# Space Weather API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bureau-of-meteorology/space-weather-api/  
**Provider:** Bureau of Meteorology — https://apis.io/providers/bureau-of-meteorology/  
**Base URL:** https://sws-data.sws.bom.gov.au/api/v1  
**Documentation:** https://sws-data.sws.bom.gov.au/api-docs

Space Weather API is one of 2 APIs that [Bureau of Meteorology](https://apis.io/providers/bureau-of-meteorology/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Space Weather, Aurora, and Geomagnetic. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://sws-data.sws.bom.gov.au/api-docs
- **Documentation** — https://sws.bom.gov.au/Products_and_Services/4/3
- **APIsJSON** — https://artifacts.apis.io/bureau-of-meteorology/apis.yml

## Other Bureau of Meteorology APIs (1)

- [Water Data Online SOS2](https://apis.io/apis/bureau-of-meteorology/water-data-online-sos2/)

## Tags

Space Weather, Aurora, Geomagnetic

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