Department of Interior

Department of Interior Roadevents API

Retrieve information relating to road events by park and/or type of event (incident or workzone)

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GET /roadevents Get roadevents #

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OpenAPI Specification

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 Roadevents API
servers:
- url: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- name: roadevents
  description: Retrieve information relating to road events by park and/or type of event (incident or workzone)
paths:
  /roadevents:
    get:
      tags:
      - roadevents
      description: Returns road events, optionally filtered by park code and event type.
      operationId: getRoadevents
      parameters:
      - name: parkCode
        in: query
        description: A comma delimited list of 4 character park codes.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: type
        in: query
        description: either 'incident' or 'workzone'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      security:
      - api_key: []
      - api_key_header: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RoadEvents'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status data
      summary: Get roadevents
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    RoadEvents:
      type: object
      properties:
        features:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              geometry:
                type: object
                properties:
                  coordinates:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: number
                        description: arrays of geocoordinates
                      example:
                      - -119.702835431915
                      - 37.6557553889563
                  type:
                    type: string
                    example: LineString
              id:
                type: string
                description: UUID for this feature
                example: 13a5ed88-e452-440f-8daf-98707ed728b5
              properties:
                type: object
                description: ''
                properties:
                  core_details:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      data_source_id:
                        type: string
                        example: 16e33ae7-e71f-45ce-2e37-08d4c7ad36e2
                      description:
                        type: string
                        example: Glacier Point Road is closed from July 9 at 10 pm through July 14. The road will be open starting July 15, with 30-minute delays.
                      direction:
                        type: string
                        example: unknown
                      event_type:
                        type: string
                        example: work-zone
                      name:
                        type: string
                        example: Glacier Point Road Construction Closure
                      road_names:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: string
                          example: Glacier Point Road
                  end_date:
                    type: string
                    example: '2023-07-15T01:00:00Z'
                  is_end_date_verified:
                    type: boolean
                    example: false
                  is_end_position_verified:
                    type: boolean
                    example: false
                  is_start_date_verified:
                    type: boolean
                    example: false
                  is_start_position_verified:
                    type: boolean
                    example: false
                  location_method:
                    type: string
                    example: unknown
                  start_date:
                    type: string
                    example: '2023-06-30T23:04:00Z'
                  types_of_work:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        type_name:
                          type: string
                          example: painting
                        description:
                          type: string
                        incident_category:
                          type: string
                        incident_type:
                          type: string
                  vehicle_impact:
                    type: string
                    example: all-lanes-closed
                  Id:
                    type: string
                  _id:
                    type: integer
                  beginning_accuracy:
                    type: string
                  end_date_accuracy:
                    type: string
                  ending_accuracy:
                    type: string
                  start_date_accuracy:
                    type: string
                  types_of_incident:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        description:
                          type: string
                        incident_category:
                          type: string
                        incident_type:
                          type: string
              type:
                type: string
                description: ''
                example: Feature
        road_event_feed_info:
          type: object
          properties:
            contact_email:
              type: string
              example: asknps@nps.gov
            contact_name:
              type: string
              example: National Park Service
            data_sources:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  contact_email:
                    type: string
                    example: YOSE_Superintendent@nps.gov
                  contact_name:
                    type: string
                    example: Yosemite National Park
                  data_source_id:
                    type: string
                    example: 16e33ae7-e71f-45ce-2e37-08d4c7ad36e2
                  organization_name:
                    type: string
                    example: Yosemite National Park
                  update_date:
                    type: string
                    example: '2023-07-09T11:07:22.389219Z'
                  update_frequency:
                    type: number
                    example: 150
            id:
              type: string
              example: 6ba84a20-3be7-4df0-81eb-711eccf84f18
            license:
              type: string
              example: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
            publisher:
              type: string
              example: National Park Service
            update_date:
              type: string
              example: '2023-04-28T06:37:22.497618Z'
            update_frequency:
              type: number
              example: 60
            version:
              type: string
              example: '4.1'
        type:
          type: string
          example: FeatureCollection
  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)

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