Met Office

Met Office Instance Metadata API

Description of the information available from instances.

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Operations 2

GET /collections/{collection_name}/instances Available instances for this collection #

GET /collections/{collection_name}/instances/{instance_id} List query types supported by the feature service #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Met Office Instance Metadata API
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    name: Data Provisioning Team (DPT)
    url: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/contact
    email: enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk
  description: 'Operations tagged Instance Metadata across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: mo-site-specific-blended-probabilistic-forecast-v2_subscriber.json, met-office-blended-probabilistic-forecast-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/mo-blended-prob-forecast-feature-svc/2.0.0
  description: Base URL stated on the Weather DataHub API documentation page
security:
- api_key: []
tags:
- name: Instance Metadata
  description: Description of the information available from instances.
paths:
  /collections/{collection_name}/instances:
    get:
      tags:
      - Instance Metadata
      summary: Available instances for this collection
      description: Lists the available instances within the collection from the Feature Service API.
      parameters:
      - name: collection_name
        in: path
        required: true
        style: simple
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Lists of links and instances
          content: {}
        '500':
          description: An unexpected error has occurred within the Feature service
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
      security:
      - api_key: []
      x-auth-type: Application & Application User
      x-throttling-tier: Unlimited
      operationId: getCollectionsByCollectionNameInstances
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /collections/{collection_name}/instances/{instance_id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Instance Metadata
      summary: List query types supported by the feature service
      description: This will provide information about the query types that are supported by the feature service.
      parameters:
      - name: instance_id
        in: path
        required: true
        style: simple
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: collection_name
        in: path
        required: true
        style: simple
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Links and details of the feature service
          content: {}
        '500':
          description: An unexpected error has occurred within the Feature Service
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
      security:
      - api_key: []
      x-auth-type: Application & Application User
      x-throttling-tier: Unlimited
      operationId: getCollectionsByCollectionNameInstancesByInstanceId
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      description: The API Key generated with your Subscription in Weather DataHub, this must be set as 'apikey' in your header.
      name: apikey
      in: header
x-refined-from:
- mo-site-specific-blended-probabilistic-forecast-v2_subscriber.json
- met-office-blended-probabilistic-forecast-openapi.yml