ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Places API

The Places API from ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology — 3 operation(s) for places.

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Operations 3

GET /places Get places #

GET /places/geojson Get places geojson #

GET /places/geojson/{id} Get places geojson by id #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Eth Zurich Places API
  contact:
    name: API Management ETH Library
    email: api@library.ethz.ch
    url: https://library.ethz.ch
  license:
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch/terms
    name: Bibliographic metadata that are not specifically marked are free for general use (Public Domain). Documents, images or other digital objects linked in metadata may be subject to other copyright restrictions. Whenever possible, the licence of the referenced digital objects is indicated in the metadata. In case of doubt, the licence can be inquired at api@library.ethz.ch.
  termsOfService: https://developer.library.ethz.ch/terms
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Places across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: eth-zurich-geo.yaml, eth-zurich-vector.yaml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.library.ethz.ch/geo/v1/
  description: Production
- url: https://api.library.ethz.ch/vector/v1/
  description: Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Places
paths:
  /places:
    get:
      tags:
      - Places
      description: Returns all places defined in the ETHorama database.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns Places as GeoJSON
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '500':
          description: server error
      summary: Get places
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getPlaces
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://api.library.ethz.ch/geo/v1/
      description: Production
  /places/geojson:
    get:
      tags:
      - Places
      description: Returns all or filtered places defined in the ETHorama database as GeoJSON.
      parameters:
      - name: nearto
        schema:
          type: string
        in: query
        required: false
        description: "Places nearto a point, which is defined by the comma separated value: lat, lng, distance in meter (default: 1000). \n\n Example: nearto=47.383046,8.536655,2000"
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns a geoJSON FeatureCollection
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '500':
          description: server error
      summary: Get places geojson
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getPlacesGeojson
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://api.library.ethz.ch/geo/v1/
      description: Production
  /places/geojson/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Places
      description: Returns place (by POI ID or Wikidata QID) as geoJSON
      parameters:
      - name: id
        schema:
          type: string
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID from ETHorama (2o6hEWTkOGDL35HANR5c) or Wikidata QID (Q64093)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns a place as geoJSON Feature
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '404':
          description: there is no place available with this id
      summary: Get places geojson by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getPlacesGeojsonById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://api.library.ethz.ch/geo/v1/
      description: Production
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apikey
x-refined-from:
- eth-zurich-geo.yaml
- eth-zurich-vector.yaml