# Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Data Service

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/swpc-data-service/  
**Provider:** NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — https://apis.io/providers/noaa-gov/  
**Base URL:** https://services.swpc.noaa.gov  
**Documentation:** https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/data-access

Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Data Service is one of 24 APIs that [NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](https://apis.io/providers/noaa-gov/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Space Weather, Solar, Geomagnetic, Aurora, and Real-Time. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a changelog.

SWPC publishes solar wind, geomagnetic, X-ray flux, aurora forecast, radiation storm, and coronal mass ejection products through a static-file data service organised by format. JSON, text, and image feeds refresh on intervals from one minute (real-time solar wind) to daily summaries. No authentication required; products power aviation, satellite, power grid, GPS, and HAM radio operators. A modernization of the JSON catalog landed 2026-03-31 with old products deprecated 2026-04-30.

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **Documentation** — https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/data-access
- **BaseURL** — https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/json/
- **BaseURL** — https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/products/
- **BaseURL** — https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/text/
- **BaseURL** — https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/
- **ChangeLog** — https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/scn-upcoming-json-modifications-and-changes
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/noaa-gov/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration APIs (12)

- [CO-OPS Data Retrieval API (Tides & Currents)](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/co-ops-data-api/)
- [CO-OPS Metadata API (MDAPI v1)](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/co-ops-metadata-api/)
- [CO-OPS Derived Product API (DPAPI v0.1)](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/co-ops-derived-product-api/)
- [NCEI Access Data Service (v1)](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/ncei-access-data-service/)
- [NCEI Climate Data Online (CDO) v2 API](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/ncei-cdo-v2-api/)
- [National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Web Data Service](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/ndbc-data-service/)
- [NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP Server](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/erddap-coastwatch/)
- [NOAA Open Data Dissemination (NODD)](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/nodd-open-data/)
- [NOAA Fisheries One Stop Shop (FOSS) ODS / ORDS](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/foss-landings-api/)
- [NOAA InPort Metadata Catalog](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/inport-metadata-api/)
- [NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Alerts API](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/noaa-gov-alerts-api/)
- [NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aviation API](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/noaa-gov-aviation-api/)

## Tags

Space Weather, Solar, Geomagnetic, Aurora, Real-Time

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