Department of Interior Articles API

News articles and releases

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GET /articles Get articles #

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OpenAPI Specification

doi-articles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: This API is designed to provide authoritative National Park Service (NPS) data and content about parks and their facilities, events, news, alerts, and more. Explore the NPS API below and even try to make API calls. In order to try an API call, you'll need to click on the "Authorize" button below and add your API key. If you don't have an API key yet, visit our Get Started page.
  version: 1.0.0
  title: National Park Service Articles API
servers:
- url: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- name: Articles
  description: Retrieve articles created by national parks and other NPS entities. (See "people" and "places" below for other specific article types.)
paths:
  /articles:
    get:
      tags:
      - Articles
      description: Returns National Park Service articles, with optional filters for park codes, state codes, or a search term.
      operationId: getArticles
      parameters:
      - name: parkCode
        in: query
        description: A comma delimited list of 4 character park codes.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: stateCode
        in: query
        description: A comma delimited list of 2 character state codes.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: Number of results to return per request. Default is 50.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: start
        in: query
        description: Get the next [limit] results starting with this number. Default is 0.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: Term to search on
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      security:
      - api_key: []
      - api_key_header: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Article'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
      summary: Get articles
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    Article:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: string
          example: '7934'
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              url:
                type: string
                description: Link to article
              geometryPoiId:
                type: string
                description: Id for Geometry Point of Interest
                example: 8793be28-0d54-493f-8556-877e7ecbe937
              title:
                type: string
                description: Article title
              id:
                type: string
                description: Unique identifier for this article
              listingDescription:
                type: string
                description: Short description of the content
              listingImage:
                type: object
                description: Small image that accompanies the short description
                properties:
                  credit:
                    type: string
                  altText:
                    type: string
                  title:
                    type: string
                  description:
                    type: string
                  caption:
                    type: string
                  url:
                    type: string
              relatedParks:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    states:
                      type: string
                    parkCode:
                      type: string
                    designation:
                      type: string
                    fullName:
                      type: string
                    url:
                      type: string
                    name:
                      type: string
                description: Parks that have a tie to this asset in a comma-delimited list
              latLong:
                type: string
                description: geolocation coordinates
              latitude:
                type:
                - number
                - 'null'
              longitude:
                type:
                - number
                - 'null'
              tags:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              credit:
                type: string
            example:
              url: https://www.nps.gov/articles/lafayette-square-preservation.htm
              title: 'The “First Neighborhood”: Presidents and Preservation in Lafayette Park'
              id: FB939FC8-04B4-42F7-BC97-5557890D33F8
              geometryPoiId: 8793be28-0d54-493f-8556-877e7ecbe937
              listingDescription: Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as two first ladies, were instrumental in preserving the 19th century historic character of Lafayette Square. Their advocacy influenced not only the White House's closest national historic district, but the development of national historic preservation law.
              listingImage:
                url: https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20170118/articles/F6AD3834-1DD8-B71B-0BA8516D0F8C4D85/F6AD3834-1DD8-B71B-0BA8516D0F8C4D85.jpg
                credit: ''
                altText: Historic town homes in front of modern brick building
                title: ''
                description: ''
                caption: ''
              relatedParks:
              - states: DC
                parkCode: whho
                designation: ''
                fullName: President's Park (White House)
                url: https://www.nps.gov/whho
                name: President's Park (White House)
              latitude: 38.8994750976563
              longitude: -77.0365524291992
              latLong: '{lat:38.89947509765625, long:-77.03655242919922}'
        limit:
          type: string
          example: '1'
        start:
          type: string
          example: '0'
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: api_key
      in: query
    api_key_header:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-Api-Key
      in: header
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Department of Interior
  source: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/customcf/swagger.json?03142019
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)