NOAA Glossary API

The Glossary API from NOAA — 1 operation(s) for glossary.

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noaa-glossary-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: AviationWeather.gov Alerts Glossary API
  description: Schema for public data API of AviationWeather.gov.
  termsOfService: /data/api/
  version: v4.0
servers:
- url: https://api.weather.gov
  description: Base URL declared by the provider in apis.yml (roadmap#122).
tags:
- name: Glossary
paths:
  /glossary:
    get:
      description: Returns glossary terms
      operationId: glossary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A set of glossary terms
          headers:
            X-Correlation-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/CorrelationId'
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
            X-Server-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/ServerId'
          content:
            application/ld+json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  '@context':
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonLdContext'
                  glossary:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        term:
                          type: string
                          description: The term being defined
                        definition:
                          type: string
                          description: A definition for the term
                    description: A list of glossary terms
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      parameters: []
      tags:
      - Glossary
components:
  headers:
    CorrelationId:
      description: 'A unique identifier for the request, used for NWS debugging purposes. Please include this identifier with any correspondence to help us investigate your issue.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
    RequestId:
      description: 'A unique identifier for the request, used for NWS debugging purposes. Please include this identifier with any correspondence to help us investigate your issue.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
    ServerId:
      description: 'The identifier of the server that generated the response, used for NWS debugging purposes. Please include this identifier with any correspondence to help us investigate your issue.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    ProblemDetail:
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - status
      - detail
      - instance
      - correlationId
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: 'A URI reference (RFC 3986) that identifies the problem type. This is only an identifier and is not necessarily a resolvable URL.

            '
          format: uri
          default: about:blank
          examples:
          - urn:noaa:nws:api:UnexpectedProblem
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
          examples:
          - Unexpected Problem
        status:
          maximum: 999
          minimum: 100
          type: number
          description: 'The HTTP status code (RFC 7231, Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.

            '
          examples:
          - 500
        detail:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
          examples:
          - An unexpected problem has occurred.
        instance:
          type: string
          description: 'A URI reference (RFC 3986) that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. This is only an identifier and is not necessarily a resolvable URL.

            '
          format: uri
          examples:
          - urn:noaa:nws:api:request:493c3a1d-f87e-407f-ae2c-24483f5aab63
        correlationId:
          type: string
          description: 'A unique identifier for the request, used for NWS debugging purposes. Please include this identifier with any correspondence to help us investigate your issue.

            '
          examples:
          - 493c3a1d-f87e-407f-ae2c-24483f5aab63
      description: Detail about an error. This document conforms to RFC 7807 (Problem Details for HTTP APIs).
      additionalProperties: true
    JsonLdContext:
      anyOf:
      - type: array
        items: {}
      - type: object
  responses:
    Error:
      description: An error response.
      headers:
        X-Correlation-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/CorrelationId'
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        X-Server-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ServerId'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetail'