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US Geological Survey

US Geological Survey Metadata API

API metadata and discovery operations

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US Geological Survey Metadata API is one of 12 APIs that US Geological Survey publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1.

3 operations 3 paths 0 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Server
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1
Contact
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
License
US Government Work
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Metadata 3

API metadata and discovery operations

GET
/catalogs
List Earthquake Catalogs
listCatalogs → 200
GET
/contributors
List Data Contributors
listContributors → 200
GET
/version
Get API Version
getVersion → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

us-geological-survey-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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us-geological-survey:us-geological-survey-metadata-api
Server
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1
Docs
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
Provider
US Geological Survey
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