Bureau of Meteorology

Space Weather API

The Space Weather API provides access to near real-time Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (A index, K index, Dst index, magnetic alerts and warnings, aurora alerts, watches and outlooks). Requests are HTTP POSTs with a JSON body carrying an API key obtained by registration.

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https://sws-data.sws.bom.gov.au/api-docs
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https://sws.bom.gov.au/Products_and_Services/4/3

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https://artifacts.apis.io/bureau-of-meteorology/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Space Weather API
description: The Space Weather API provides access to near real-time Australian Space Weather Forecasting
  Centre data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (A index, K index, Dst index, magnetic alerts
  and warnings, aurora alerts, watches and outlooks). Requests are HTTP POSTs with a JSON body carrying
  an API key obtained by registration.
humanURL: https://sws-data.sws.bom.gov.au/api-docs
baseURL: https://sws-data.sws.bom.gov.au/api/v1
tags:
- Space Weather
- Aurora
- Geomagnetic
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://sws-data.sws.bom.gov.au/api-docs
- type: Documentation
  url: https://sws.bom.gov.au/Products_and_Services/4/3
  name: Space Weather API (ASWFC)
aid: bureau-of-meteorology:space-weather-api