Foreign Agricultural Service GATS API

Global Agricultural Trade System

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: USDA FAS Open Data Services ESR GATS API
  version: '1.0'
  description: "Best-effort OpenAPI 3.1 description of the USDA Foreign Agricultural\nService (FAS) Open Data Services, derived from the public Swagger 2.0\ndocument at https://apps.fas.usda.gov/opendata/swagger/docs/v1 and the\nOpendataWeb portal at https://apps.fas.usda.gov/opendataweb/home.\nThe API exposes three datasets:\n  - ESR: U.S. weekly Export Sales of Agricultural Commodity Data\n  - GATS: Global Agricultural Trade System (Census and UN Trade)\n  - PSD: Production, Supply and Distribution\nAuthentication uses an `API_KEY` header issued via api.data.gov.\n"
  contact:
    name: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
    url: https://www.fas.usda.gov/
servers:
- url: https://apps.fas.usda.gov/OpenData
  description: Production
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: GATS
  description: Global Agricultural Trade System
paths:
  /api/gats/census/data/exports/dataReleaseDates:
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: List GATS Census export data release dates
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/census/data/imports/dataReleaseDates:
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: List GATS Census import data release dates
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/UNTrade/data/exports/dataReleaseDates:
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: List GATS UN Trade export data release dates
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/UNTrade/data/imports/dataReleaseDates:
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: List GATS UN Trade import data release dates
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/regions:
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: List GATS regions
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/countries:
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: List GATS countries
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/commodities:
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: List GATS commodities
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/HS6Commodities:
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: List GATS HS6 commodities
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/unitsOfMeasure:
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: List GATS units of measure
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/customsDistricts:
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: List GATS customs districts
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/censusImports/partnerCode/{partnerCode}/year/{year}/month/{month}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PartnerCode'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Year'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Month'
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: Census imports by partner/year/month
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/censusExports/partnerCode/{partnerCode}/year/{year}/month/{month}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PartnerCode'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Year'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Month'
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: Census exports by partner/year/month
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/censusReExports/partnerCode/{partnerCode}/year/{year}/month/{month}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PartnerCode'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Year'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Month'
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: Census re-exports by partner/year/month
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/customsDistrictExports/partnerCode/{partnerCode}/year/{year}/month/{month}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PartnerCode'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Year'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Month'
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: Customs district exports by partner/year/month
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/customsDistrictImports/partnerCode/{partnerCode}/year/{year}/month/{month}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PartnerCode'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Year'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Month'
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: Customs district imports by partner/year/month
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/customsDistrictReExports/partnerCode/{partnerCode}/year/{year}/month/{month}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PartnerCode'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Year'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Month'
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: Customs district re-exports by partner/year/month
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/UNTradeImports/reporterCode/{reporterCode}/year/{year}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ReporterCode'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Year'
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: UN Trade imports by reporter/year
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/UNTradeExports/reporterCode/{reporterCode}/year/{year}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ReporterCode'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Year'
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: UN Trade exports by reporter/year
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
  /api/gats/UNTradeReExports/reporterCode/{reporterCode}/year/{year}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ReporterCode'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Year'
    get:
      tags:
      - GATS
      summary: UN Trade re-exports by reporter/year
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Json'
components:
  responses:
    Json:
      description: JSON response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
  parameters:
    ReporterCode:
      name: reporterCode
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    Month:
      name: month
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 12
    Year:
      name: year
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    PartnerCode:
      name: partnerCode
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: API_KEY
      description: API key issued via api.data.gov for the FAS Open Data Services