World Air Quality Index (WAQI) Map API
Map tile and station boundary queries
World Air Quality Index (WAQI) Map API is one of 3 APIs that World Air Quality Index (WAQI) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Map. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.waqi.info.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
World Air Quality Index (WAQI) Map API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as token (tokenAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
tokenAuth— API token obtained from the Air Quality Open Data Platform at https://aqicn.org/data-platform/token/
Paths & Operations 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Map tile and station boundary queries
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are MapStation (5 properties), MapBoundsResponse (2 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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