# Met Office Instance Data API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-instance-data-api/  
**Provider:** Met Office — https://apis.io/providers/met-office/  
**Base URL:** https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0  
**Documentation:** https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/docs/f/category/site-specific/type/site-specific/api-documentation

Met Office Instance Data API is one of 10 APIs that [Met Office](https://apis.io/providers/met-office/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 10 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Instance Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 10 JSON Schemas.

Available instance data queries.

## Operations (3)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/collections/{collection_name}/instances/{instance_id}/locations` | Locations query |
| GET | `/collections/{collection_name}/instances/{instance_id}/locations/{location_id}` | Location data query |
| GET | `/collections/{collection_name}/instances/{instance_id}/position` | Nearest neighbour query |

## Machine-readable artifacts (17)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/openapi/met-office-instance-data-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/docs/f/category/site-specific/type/site-specific/api-documentation
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/json-schema/met-office-spot-forecast-feature-collection-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/docs/f/category/atmospheric/type/atmospheric/api-documentation
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/json-schema/met-office-api-run-list-for-model-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/json-schema/met-office-api-order-file-details-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/json-schema/met-office-api-order-details-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/json-schema/met-office-api-order-list-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/json-schema/met-office-api-run-list-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/docs/f/category/map-images/type/map-images/api-documentation
- **Documentation** — https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/docs/f/category/site-specific/type/probabilistic-forecast-feature/api-documentation
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/json-schema/met-office-collection-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/json-schema/met-office-model5c21c2-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/json-schema/met-office-model3b85ce-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/json-schema/met-office-model682434-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/docs/g/category/warnings/type/nswws/api-documentation
- **Documentation** — https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/docs/o/category/observations/type/land-observations/api-documentation

## Other Met Office APIs (9)

- [Met Office Capabilities API](https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-capabilities-api/)
- [Met Office Collection Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-collection-metadata-api/)
- [Met Office Instance Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-instance-metadata-api/)
- [Met Office Met Office Land Observations Public API](https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-met-office-land-observations-public-api-api/)
- [Met Office Nearest API](https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-nearest-api/)
- [Met Office Objects API](https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-objects-api/)
- [Met Office Orders API](https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-orders-api/)
- [Met Office Point API](https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-point-api/)
- [Met Office Runs API](https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-runs-api/)

## Tags

Instance Data

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