Open-Meteo Elevation API API

The Elevation API API from Open-Meteo — 1 operation(s) for elevation api.

Operations 1

GET /v1/elevation Get terrain elevation for coordinates

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OpenAPI Specification

open-meteo-elevation-api-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Open-Meteo Air Quality Air Quality Elevation API
  description: Hourly air quality forecasts for PM2.5, PM10, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, pollen, and other pollutants from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Open-Meteo
    url: https://open-meteo.com
    email: info@open-meteo.com
  license:
    name: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  termsOfService: https://open-meteo.com/en/features#terms
servers:
- url: https://api.open-meteo.com
  description: Base URL declared by the provider in apis.yml (roadmap#122).
tags:
- name: Elevation API
paths:
  /v1/elevation:
    servers:
    - url: https://api.open-meteo.com
    - url: https://customer-api.open-meteo.com
    get:
      tags:
      - Elevation API
      summary: Get terrain elevation for coordinates
      description: Returns terrain elevation using a 90-metre digital elevation model.
      parameters:
      - name: latitude
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Comma-separated list of latitude values in WGS84.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: longitude
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Comma-separated list of longitude values in WGS84.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: apikey
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  elevation:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: number
                      format: float
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: boolean
                  reason:
                    type: string