NASA Earthdata Capabilities API
Essential characteristics of this API including information about the data.
Essential characteristics of this API including information about the data.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Harmony API conforming to OGC API - Coverages Capabilities API
description: Harmony API for requesting coverages for a range of NASA EOSDIS data using thc OGC API - Coverages
version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: /{cmrCollectionId}/ogc-api-coverages/1.0.0
description: Harmony server
variables:
cmrCollectionId:
default: no-default-cmr-collection
description: The CMR Collection ID for the dataset whose coverage is being accessed
tags:
- name: Capabilities
description: Essential characteristics of this API including information about the data.
paths:
/:
get:
tags:
- Capabilities
summary: landing page of this API
description: The landing page provides links to the API definition, the Conformance statements and the metadata about the coverage data in this dataset.
operationId: getLandingPage
responses:
'200':
description: links to the API capabilities
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/root'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/default'
/conformance:
get:
tags:
- Capabilities
summary: information about standards that this API conforms to
description: list all requirements classes specified in a standard that the server conforms to
operationId: getRequirementsClasses
responses:
'200':
description: the URIs of all requirements classes supported by the server
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/req-classes'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/default'
/collections:
get:
tags:
- Capabilities
summary: Describe the collections in the dataset
operationId: describeCollections
parameters:
- name: limit
in: query
description: Not yet implemented
required: false
style: form
explode: false
schema:
maximum: 10000
minimum: 1
type: integer
default: 10
- name: bbox
in: query
description: Not yet implemented
required: false
style: form
explode: false
schema:
maxItems: 6
minItems: 4
type: array
items:
type: number
- name: time
in: query
description: Not yet implemented
required: false
style: form
explode: false
schema:
type: string
- name: f
in: query
description: 'The optional f parameter indicates the output format which the server shall provide as part of the response document. It has preference over the HTTP Accept header. The default format is JSON.
'
required: false
style: form
explode: false
schema:
type: string
default: json
enum:
- json
- html
responses:
'200':
description: Metadata about the collections shared by this API.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/content'
text/html:
schema:
type: string
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/default'
/collections/{collectionId}:
get:
tags:
- Capabilities
summary: Describe the {collectionId} collection
operationId: describeCollection
parameters:
- name: collectionId
in: path
description: Not yet implemented
required: true
style: simple
explode: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Metadata about the {collectionId} collection shared by this API.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/collectionInfo'
text/html:
schema:
type: string
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/default'
components:
responses:
default:
description: An error occured.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/exception'
text/html:
schema:
type: string
schemas:
content:
required:
- collections
- links
type: object
properties:
links:
type: array
example:
- href: http://data.example.org/collections.json
rel: self
type: application/json
title: this document
- href: http://data.example.org/collections.html
rel: alternate
type: text/html
title: this document as HTML
- href: http://schemas.example.org/1.0/foobar.xsd
rel: describedBy
type: application/xml
title: XML schema for Acme Corporation data
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/link'
collections:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/collectionInfo'
exception:
required:
- code
type: object
properties:
code:
type: string
description:
type: string
collectionInfo:
required:
- links
- name
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
description: identifier of the collection used, for example, in URIs
example: buildings
title:
type: string
description: human readable title of the collection
example: Buildings
description:
type: string
description: a description of the data in the collection
example: Buildings in the city of Bonn.
links:
type: array
example:
- href: http://data.example.org/collections/buildings/items
rel: item
type: application/geo+json
title: Buildings
- href: http://example.org/concepts/building.html
rel: describedBy
type: text/html
title: Coverage for buildings
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/link'
extent:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/extent'
crs:
type: array
description: The coordinate reference systems in which geometries may be retrieved. Coordinate reference systems are identified by a URI. The first coordinate reference system is the coordinate reference system that is used by default. This is always "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84", i.e. WGS84 longitude/latitude.
items:
type: string
default:
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84
req-classes:
required:
- conformsTo
type: object
properties:
conformsTo:
type: array
example:
- http://www.opengis.net/spec/ogcapi-common/1.0/conf/core
- http://www.opengis.net/spec/ogcapi-common/1.0/conf/collections
- http://www.opengis.net/spec/ogcapi-common/1.0/conf/oas3
- http://www.opengis.net/spec/ogcapi-common/1.0/conf/html
- http://www.opengis.net/spec/ogcapi-common/1.0/conf/geojson
- http://www.opengis.net/spec/ogcapi-coverages/1.0/conf/core
items:
type: string
link:
required:
- href
type: object
properties:
href:
type: string
rel:
type: string
example: prev
type:
type: string
example: application/geo+json
hreflang:
type: string
example: en
root:
required:
- links
type: object
properties:
links:
type: array
example:
- href: http://data.example.org/
rel: self
type: application/json
title: this document
- href: http://data.example.org/api
rel: service
type: application/openapi+json;version=3.0
title: the API definition
- href: http://data.example.org/conformance
rel: conformance
type: application/json
title: OGC conformance classes implemented by this API
- href: http://data.example.org/collections
title: Metadata about the resource collections
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/link'
extent:
type: object
properties:
crs:
type: string
description: Coordinate reference system of the coordinates in the spatial extent (property `spatial`). In the Core, only WGS84 longitude/latitude is supported. Extensions may support additional coordinate reference systems.
default: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84
enum:
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84
spatial:
maxItems: 6
minItems: 4
type: array
description: West, north, east, south edges of the spatial extent. The minimum and maximum values apply to the coordinate reference system WGS84 longitude/latitude that is supported in the Core. If, for example, a projected coordinate reference system is used, the minimum and maximum values need to be adjusted.
example:
- -180
- -90
- 180
- 90
items:
type: number
trs:
type: string
description: Temporal reference system of the coordinates in the temporal extent (property `temporal`). In the Core, only the Gregorian calendar is supported. Extensions may support additional temporal reference systems.
default: http://www.opengis.net/def/uom/ISO-8601/0/Gregorian
enum:
- http://www.opengis.net/def/uom/ISO-8601/0/Gregorian
temporal:
maxItems: 2
minItems: 2
type: array
description: Begin and end times of the temporal extent.
example:
- '2011-11-11T12:22:11.000Z'
- '2012-11-24T12:32:43.000Z'
items:
type: string
format: dateTime