Department of the Interior

Department of the Interior InstantaneousValues API

Real-time instantaneous values

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /iv/ Real-time instantaneous values #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
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Authentication
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
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Documentation
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
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Documentation
https://waterservices.usgs.gov/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-interior/refs/heads/main/openapi/department-of-the-interior-instantaneousvalues-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-interior/refs/heads/main/json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-interior/refs/heads/main/json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json

Other Resources

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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-interior/refs/heads/main/examples/park-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-interior/refs/heads/main/examples/earthquake-example.json

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OpenAPI Specification

department-of-the-interior-instantaneousvalues-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: USGS Water Services Instantaneous Values API
  description: The U.S. Geological Survey Water Services API provides real-time and historical surface-water, groundwater, and water-quality data for sites across the United States. Endpoints follow the WaterML / IV (instantaneous values), DV (daily values), and Site Service patterns.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: USGS Water Mission Area
    url: https://water.usgs.gov/
  license:
    name: Public Domain
    url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
servers:
- url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/nwis
  description: National Water Information System
tags:
- name: InstantaneousValues
  description: Real-time instantaneous values
paths:
  /iv/:
    get:
      tags:
      - InstantaneousValues
      summary: Real-time instantaneous values
      operationId: getInstantaneousValues
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - name: sites
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: parameterCd
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: period
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          example: P7D
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Instantaneous values response
components:
  parameters:
    format:
      name: format
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - rdb
        - waterml
        - xml
        default: json
externalDocs:
  description: USGS Water Services
  url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/