NOAA CO-OPS

NOAA CO-OPS Benchmarks API

The Benchmarks API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for benchmarks.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: NOAA CO-OPS Data Retrieval Benchmarks API
  description: Retrieves real-time and historical observational and prediction data from NOAA CO-OPS coastal and Great Lakes monitoring stations. Products include water levels, tidal predictions, meteorological observations (wind, air pressure, air and water temperature, humidity, conductivity, salinity, visibility), and currents data.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: CO-OPS User Services
    email: co-ops.userservices@noaa.gov
  license:
    name: Public Domain
    url: https://www.noaa.gov/disclaimer
servers:
- url: https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod
  description: NOAA CO-OPS Data Retrieval API
tags:
- name: Benchmarks
paths:
  /benchmarks:
    get:
      operationId: getBenchmarks
      summary: Get benchmark data
      description: Returns geodetic benchmark data for a specified survey mark.
      parameters:
      - name: vm
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 4-digit vertical monument code.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '1234'
      - name: pid
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Permanent identifier for a benchmark mark (2 letters + 4 digits).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: AB1234
      - name: date
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Date of benchmark survey (YYYY-MM-DD).
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2020-01-01'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Benchmark data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
      tags:
      - Benchmarks