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Urban Observatory API (Urban Sciences Building) — Summary

A compact summary view over Urban Sciences Building entities and the feeds attached to them.

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GET /api/v2.0a/sensors/summary List all entities in summary form #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
x-provenance:
  method: derived
  x-source-url: https://api.usb.urbanobservatory.ac.uk/openapi.json
  generated: '2026-08-30'
  x-operator: institution
  derived_from: openapi/_original/newcastle-urban-observatory.yaml
  note: >-
    A per-tag split produced by API Evangelist's refine-openapis from Newcastle University's own
    published Urban Observatory OpenAPI. The contract is Newcastle's; this per-tag serialisation is
    ours. urbanobservatory.ac.uk is registered to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and served
    from ns0/ns1.ncl.ac.uk; api.usb.urbanobservatory.ac.uk resolves to UOWEB4.ncl.ac.uk.
info:
  title: 'Urban Observatory API: Urban Sciences Building Entity Summary API'
  version: 2.0a
  description: "The Urban Observatory represents the largest open platform of urban sensing data in the United Kingdom. The updated API is currently in operation for the Urban Sciences Building and some of the newer data sources across the city. It is anticipated that this schema, once complete, will replace the existing API.\n\nFor more information...\n* [Data explorer](https://3d.usb.urbanobservatory.ac.uk/) \n* [Live stream](https://api.usb.urbanobservatory.ac.uk/live/) \n* [Newcastle University](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/) \n* [Urban Observatory](http://www.urbanobservatory.ac.uk/) \n\nYou can also download this specification in [OpenAPI](openapi.json) format."
  contact:
    name: Luke Smith
    email: luke.smith@ncl.ac.uk
    url: http://www.urbanobservatory.ac.uk/
servers:
- url: https://api.usb.urbanobservatory.ac.uk/api/v2.0a
  description: Urban Sciences Building production API
tags:
- name: Summary
paths:
  /api/v2.0a/sensors/summary:
    get:
      operationId: SummaryController.getSummary
      summary: List all entities in summary form
      description: Non-paginated list of all entities, with only basic information provided.
      tags:
      - Summary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntitySummary'
components:
  schemas:
    EntitySummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        entityId:
          type: string
          description: A unique identifier associated with this entity.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Friendly name associated with the entity, not used internally.
        feed:
          type: object
          description: A direct mapping of feed IDs to their respective metrics, with all other data omitted.
      example:
        entityId: 970d26c6-37c3-49e4-b2f8-00db042ac3eb
        name: 'Urban Sciences Building: Floor 2: Room 2.048 Zone 1'
        feed:
          87b2d34e-b96e-44c1-ae69-374f4bac02cd: Room Temperature

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