NOAA ERDDAP Files API

Browse and download raw files associated with a dataset.

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OpenAPI Specification

noaa-erddap-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: ERDDAP REST Data Access Files API
  version: '2.23'
  description: "OpenAPI specification for ERDDAP (Environmental Research Division's Data\nAccess Program), a scientific data server providing simple, consistent\naccess to gridded and tabular scientific datasets.\n\nERDDAP runs at many institutions worldwide. Set the server URL to the base\nURL of the instance you want to access.\n\n## Two-phase workflow for data access\n\n1. **Discover** — search for datasets (`/search/`) or list all (`/info/index.json`).\n2. **Inspect** — fetch dataset metadata (`/info/{datasetID}/index.json`) to learn\n   variable names, data types, units, and coordinate ranges.\n3. **Download** — request data from `/tabledap/` or `/griddap/` using the\n   variable names and constraint ranges discovered in step 2.\n\n## Constraint syntax (tabledap and griddap)\n\nConstraints are appended to the query string as `&varName>=value` pairs.\n\n| Operator | Meaning |\n|----------|---------|\n| `=`  | equals |\n| `!=` | not equals |\n| `<`, `<=`, `>`, `>=` | numeric / time comparison |\n| `=~` | Java regular expression match |\n\nString values must be double-quoted: `&stationType=\"fixed\"`.\nTime values can be ISO 8601 (`2020-01-01T00:00:00Z`), seconds since\n1970-01-01 (Unix epoch), or relative expressions (`now-7days`, `now-1hour`).\nSpatial relative extremes are also supported: `&latitude<min(latitude)+10`.\n\n## Response format selection\n\nThe desired format is embedded in the path (`.json`, `.csv`, `.nc`, etc.)\nrather than in an `Accept` header. See the `MetadataFileType` and\n`DataFileType` schemas for the full list.\n"
  contact:
    name: ERDDAP Project
    url: https://github.com/ERDDAP/erddap
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap
  description: NOAA CoastWatch West Coast Node (reference server)
- url: https://erddap.ioos.us/erddap
  description: US IOOS ERDDAP
- url: '{baseUrl}'
  description: Any ERDDAP server — replace with the instance base URL
  variables:
    baseUrl:
      default: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap
      description: 'Base URL of any ERDDAP server, including the /erddap path segment

        if present (e.g. https://example.org/erddap).

        '
tags:
- name: Files
  description: Browse and download raw files associated with a dataset.
paths:
  /files/{datasetID}:
    get:
      summary: Browse raw files for a dataset
      operationId: listDatasetFiles
      tags:
      - Files
      description: 'Returns an HTML directory listing of the raw source files for datasets

        that expose a file system. Individual files can be downloaded by

        appending the filename to this URL.

        '
      parameters:
      - name: datasetID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: HTML directory listing.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string