api.data.gov Locations API

The Locations API from api.data.gov — 1 operation(s) for locations.

Operations 1

GET /api/locations/search Search location display names and ids #

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OpenAPI Specification

api-data-gov-locations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Datagov Catalog Locations API
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
- url: https://catalog.data.gov
tags:
- name: Locations
paths:
  /api/locations/search:
    get:
      description: For autocomplete, we use an API to search our locations database for the typed query
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: q
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: size
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocationsResults'
          description: Successful response
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          description: Validation error
      summary: Search location display names and ids
      tags:
      - Locations
      operationId: getApiLocationsSearch
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    LocationResponse:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        display_name:
          type: string
        id:
          format: uuid
          type: string
      type: object
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          properties:
            <location>:
              properties:
                <field_name>:
                  items:
                    type: string
                  type: array
              type: object
          type: object
        message:
          type: string
      type: object
    LocationsResults:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        locations:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocationResponse'
          type: array
        size:
          type: integer
        total:
          type: integer
      type: object