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World Meteorological Organization wis2-discovery-metadata API

WIS2 discovery metadata

World Meteorological Organization wis2-discovery-metadata API is one of 9 APIs that World Meteorological Organization publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include wis2-discovery-metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 8 operations across 5 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.2, at version 0.23.3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://wis2-gdc.weather.gc.ca.

8 operations 5 paths 2 schemas 5 GET2 OPTIONS1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.2
API Version
0.23.3
Base URL
https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/json/
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 8

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 5 GET, 2 OPTIONS, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

wis2-discovery-metadata 8

WIS2 discovery metadata

GET
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata
Get WIS2 discovery metadata metadata
describeWis2-discovery-metadataCollection 2 params → 200400404500
GET
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/items
Get WIS2 discovery metadata items
getWis2-discovery-metadataFeatures 47 params → 200400404500
OPTIONS
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/items
Options for WIS2 discovery metadata items
optionsWis2-discovery-metadataFeatures → 200
POST
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/items
Get WIS2 discovery metadata items with CQL2
getCQL2Wis2-discovery-metadataFeatures body → 200400500
GET
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/items/{featureId}
Get WIS2 discovery metadata item by id
getWis2-discovery-metadataFeature 4 params → 200400404500
OPTIONS
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/items/{featureId}
Options for WIS2 discovery metadata item by id
optionsWis2-discovery-metadataFeature 1 param → 200
GET
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/queryables
Get WIS2 discovery metadata queryables
getWis2-discovery-metadataQueryables 4 params → 200400404500
GET
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/schema
Get WIS2 discovery metadata schema
getWis2-discovery-metadataSchema 2 params → 200400404500

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are queryable (6 properties), queryables (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

queryable
object
6 properties 2 required
queryables
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wmo-wis2-discovery-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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