SpectrumOutage API Locations API
City, state, and ZIP lookup
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: SpectrumOutage Locations API
version: 1.0.0
description: 'REST API for live Spectrum internet, TV, and phone outage data across the United States.
Data is community-sourced from user reports on spectrum outage.
Not affiliated with Charter Communications or Spectrum™.
**Rate limit:** 100 requests per minute per API key.
**Get an API key:** Email usspectrumoutage@gmail.com'
contact:
name: spectrum outage
email: usspectrumoutage@gmail.com
url: https://spectrumoutage.us/contact
license:
name: Community data — attribution required
url: https://spectrumoutage.us/disclaimer
termsOfService: https://spectrumoutage.us/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://spectrumoutage.us/api/v1
description: Production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Locations
description: City, state, and ZIP lookup
paths:
/cities/{slug}:
get:
tags:
- Locations
summary: Get city outage data
description: Returns outage stats, map clusters, and recent reports for a city.
operationId: getCity
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/citySlug'
responses:
'200':
description: City data
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CityResponse'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/CityNotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
/states:
get:
tags:
- Locations
summary: List all state report counts
description: Report counts for every US state (current month).
operationId: listStates
responses:
'200':
description: State counts
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StatesListResponse'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
/states/{slug}:
get:
tags:
- Locations
summary: Get state outage data
description: Returns outage stats, featured cities, and map clusters for a state.
operationId: getState
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/stateSlug'
responses:
'200':
description: State data
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StateResponse'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/StateNotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
/zip/{zip}:
get:
tags:
- Locations
summary: Check ZIP code status
description: Returns outage status and recent reports for a 5-digit US ZIP code.
operationId: getZipStatus
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/zipCode'
responses:
'200':
description: ZIP status
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ZipResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
components:
schemas:
ZipStatus:
type: object
properties:
zipCode:
type: string
status:
type: string
enum:
- issues_reported
- all_clear
reports:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OutageReport'
CityResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
description: City page data including stats, map clusters, and reports
StatesListResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
description: State slug to report count mapping
StartedWhen:
type: string
enum:
- just_now
- last_hour
- few_hours
- today
- yesterday
- days_ago
ZipResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ZipStatus'
ServiceType:
type: string
enum:
- internet
- tv
- phone
- all
ErrorResponse:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: object
properties:
message:
type: string
code:
type: string
required:
- message
StateResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
description: State page data including stats, featured cities, and map clusters
OutageReport:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
zipCode:
type: string
serviceType:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceType'
startedWhen:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StartedWhen'
note:
type:
- string
- 'null'
createdAt:
type: string
format: date-time
parameters:
zipCode:
name: zip
in: path
required: true
description: 5-digit US ZIP code
schema:
type: string
pattern: ^\d{5}$
example: '90210'
stateSlug:
name: slug
in: path
required: true
description: State slug (e.g. california, texas, new-york)
schema:
type: string
example: california
citySlug:
name: slug
in: path
required: true
description: City slug (e.g. los-angeles, new-york-city, charlotte)
schema:
type: string
example: los-angeles
responses:
ServerError:
description: Server error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
StateNotFound:
description: State slug not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error:
message: State not found.
code: STATE_NOT_FOUND
BadRequest:
description: Invalid request body or parameters
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error:
message: Invalid report data.
code: INVALID_INPUT
CityNotFound:
description: City slug not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error:
message: City not found.
code: CITY_NOT_FOUND
RateLimited:
description: Rate limit exceeded (100 req/min)
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error:
message: Rate limit exceeded. Max 100 requests per minute.
Forbidden:
description: Invalid API key
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error:
message: Invalid API key.
Unauthorized:
description: Missing Authorization header
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error:
message: 'Missing API key. Send Authorization: Bearer <key>'
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: API key issued by SpectrumOutage.us. Request at usspectrumoutage@gmail.com
externalDocs:
description: Full API documentation
url: https://api.spectrumoutage.us
x-provenance:
method: harvested
publisher: SpectrumOutage API
source: https://api.spectrumoutage.us/openapi.yaml
note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)