ECMWF

ECMWF Web API

Programmatic access to ECMWF data archives (MARS and public datasets) through the ECMWF Web API at api.ecmwf.int, used by the ecmwf-api-client Python library with a personal API key. No machine-readable contract is published; the base answers 403 "Missing access token" without credentials.

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https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/WEBAPI

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: ECMWF Web API
description: Programmatic access to ECMWF data archives (MARS and public datasets) through the ECMWF Web
  API at api.ecmwf.int, used by the ecmwf-api-client Python library with a personal API key. No machine-readable
  contract is published; the base answers 403 "Missing access token" without credentials.
humanURL: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/computing/software/ecmwf-web-api
baseURL: https://api.ecmwf.int/v1
tags:
- Weather
- Data
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/WEBAPI
aid: ecmwf:ecmwf-web-api