Climate Engine

Climate Engine Metadata API

Dataset dates, variables, county names, and raster classifications.

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Operations 3

GET /metadata/dataset_dates Metadata Dataset Dates #

GET /metadata/dataset_variables Metadata Dataset Variables #

GET /metadata/county_names County Names #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: 'Climate Engine API v1: climate-engine-pro Home Metadata API'
  description: On-demand geospatial processing of satellite and gridded climate datasets on Google Earth Engine. The Climate Engine REST API returns timeseries, map tiles (mapid), asynchronous raster exports, zonal statistics, pre-built reports, and dataset metadata over point coordinates and GeoJSON feature collections. Datasets include Landsat, Sentinel, MODIS, GRIDMET, ERA5, CHIRPS, and many more.
  termsOfService: https://www.climateengine.com
  contact:
    name: Climate Engine
    url: https://support.climateengine.org
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
- url: https://api.climateengine.org
  description: Climate Engine production API
security:
- APIKeyHeader: []
tags:
- name: Metadata
  description: Dataset dates, variables, county names, and raster classifications.
paths:
  /metadata/dataset_dates:
    get:
      operationId: metadataDatasetDates
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Metadata Dataset Dates
      description: Returns the available date range for a dataset.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Dataset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ExportFormat'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Date range for the dataset.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /metadata/dataset_variables:
    get:
      operationId: metadataDatasetVariables
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Metadata Dataset Variables
      description: Returns the variables available for a dataset.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Dataset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ExportFormat'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Variables available for the dataset.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /metadata/county_names:
    get:
      operationId: metadataCountyNames
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: County Names
      description: Returns county names usable as predefined feature regions.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ExportFormat'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: County names.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  parameters:
    ExportFormat:
      name: export_format
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type:
        - string
        - 'null'
      description: Optional response/export format.
    Dataset:
      name: dataset
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        default: GRIDMET
      description: Dataset name (e.g. GRIDMET, ERA5, MODIS, CHIRPS).
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: API key issued by the Climate Engine team, sent in the Authorization header. Request a key from the ClimateEngine.org team.