Department of Interior Tours API

Retrieve tours with stops at the special places, campgrounds, and visitor centers found within national parks.

Operations 1

GET /tours Get tours #

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OpenAPI Specification

doi-tours-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 Tours API
servers:
- url: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- name: Tours
  description: Retrieve tours with stops at the special places, campgrounds, and visitor centers found within national parks.
paths:
  /tours:
    get:
      tags:
      - Tours
      description: Returns tours at National Park Service sites, with optional filters for tour IDs, park codes, state codes, or a search term.
      operationId: getTours
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: query
        description: A comma delimited list of tour IDs.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - 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: q
        in: query
        description: A string to search for.
        required: false
        schema:
          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: sort
        in: query
        description: A comma delimited list of resource properties to sort the results by. Ascending order is assumed for each property. If descending order is desired, the unary negative should prefix the property name. Invalid property values will be ignored. If no sort parameter is passed in a request, the default sort is by display order. If sorting by relevanceScore, you 1) will likely use -relevanceScore as a higher score indicates a more relevant result and 2) cannot use it in conjunction with other sort properties. Possible fields to sort by are name, parkCode, Title, and relevanceScore.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      security:
      - api_key: []
      - api_key_header: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tours'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
      summary: Get tours
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    Tours:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: string
          example: '2'
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              topics:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    id:
                      type: string
                      description: UUID for this topic
                      example: 77B7EFDF-1A74-409C-8BA2-324EC919DB0E
                    name:
                      type: string
                      description: Name for this topic
                      example: Arctic
              description:
                type: string
                description: ''
                example: A tour that exists purely to ensure tours show up in the API successfully.
              images:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    credit:
                      type: string
                      description: photo credit for this image
                      example: NPS Photo / Emily Mesner
                    crops:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          aspectRatio:
                            type: number
                            description: ''
                            example: 1
                          url:
                            type: string
                            description: URL to this image crop
                            example: https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/tours/primary/6B230275-0DCB-8052-19039607F9A25672.jpg
                    altText:
                      type: string
                      description: the alternate text for this image
                      example: a brown bear
                    title:
                      type: string
                      description: title for this image
                      example: Title!
                    caption:
                      type: string
                      description: caption for this image
                      example: Grizzlies can sometimes be seen in the Savage River area of Denali
                    url:
                      type: string
                      description: URL for this image.
                      example: https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/tours/6B230275-0DCB-8052-19039607F9A25672.jpg
              durationMax:
                type: string
                description: ''
                example: '120'
              stops:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    significance:
                      type: string
                    assetId:
                      type: string
                      description: ''
                      example: CD74CF08-6C88-418B-A2C2-F7B957975C76
                    assetName:
                      type: string
                      description: ''
                      example: Savage River
                    assetType:
                      type: string
                      description: ''
                      example: Place
                    id:
                      type: string
                      description: ''
                      example: 6886BB60-C11B-1A87-589FEABEE387E9E4
                    ordinal:
                      type: string
                      description: ''
                      example: '1'
                    directionsToNextStop:
                      type: string
                      description: ''
                    audioFileUrl:
                      type: string
                    audioTranscript:
                      type: string
              activities:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    id:
                      type: string
                      example: BFF8C027-7C8F-480B-A5F8-CD8CE490BFBA
                    name:
                      type: string
                      example: Hiking
              durationUnit:
                type: string
                description: ''
                example: m
              title:
                type: string
                description: ''
                example: API Test
              id:
                type: string
                description: ''
                example: 6880801D-EDC4-00AF-FBD5EAFFB3B7FD32
              durationMin:
                type: string
                description: ''
                example: '60'
              relevanceScore:
                type: number
                description: The relevance score is a numeric calculation of how much your item meets the criteria of your q (query text) search. This is normally coupled with a sort value of -relevanceScore. A higher value means that your item meets the criteria of the q search with a higher frequency and accuracy.
                example: 1
              tags:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              type:
                type: string
                description: 'Tour type. Options: Standard, Driving, or Non-Geo-Located'
                example: Standard
              park:
                type: object
                properties:
                  states:
                    type: string
                    example: AK
                  designation:
                    type: string
                    example: National Park & Preserve
                  parkCode:
                    type: string
                    example: dena
                  fullName:
                    type: string
                    example: Denali National Park & Preserve
                  url:
                    type: string
                    example: https://www.nps.gov/dena/index.htm
                  name:
                    type: string
                    example: Denali
        limit:
          type: string
          example: '50'
        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)