# Met Office Instance Metadata API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-instance-metadata-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 Metadata 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 Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 10 JSON Schemas.

Description of the information available from instances.

## Operations (2)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |

## Machine-readable artifacts (17)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/met-office/openapi/met-office-instance-metadata-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 Data API](https://apis.io/apis/met-office/met-office-instance-data-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 Metadata

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