State Department Travel Advisories API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: State Department Consular Affairs Data Country Information Travel Advisories API
  description: Public REST API providing travel advisories for all countries, country travel information, and passport acceptance facility locations. The API is hosted at cadataapi.state.gov and requires no authentication.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: US Department of State Consular Affairs
    url: https://travel.state.gov/
  x-api-id: state-dept-consular-affairs
  x-provider: state-dept
servers:
- url: https://cadataapi.state.gov
  description: State Department Consular Affairs Data API
tags:
- name: Travel Advisories
  description: Current US Department of State travel advisories for countries worldwide, with alert levels ranging from 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions) to 4 (Do Not Travel)
paths:
  /api/TravelAdvisories:
    get:
      operationId: getTravelAdvisories
      summary: Get all travel advisories
      description: Returns current travel advisories for all countries worldwide. Each advisory includes the country name, alert level (1-4), publication date, last updated timestamp, and detailed summary of risks including crime, terrorism, health threats, civil unrest, and kidnapping.
      tags:
      - Travel Advisories
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of travel advisory objects for all countries
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/TravelAdvisory'
              example:
              - Title: 'Nigeria - Level 3: Reconsider Travel'
                Link: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/nigeria-travel-advisory.html
                Category:
                - NI
                Summary: <p><b><i>Reconsider travel to Nigeria due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and maritime crime.</i></b></p>
                id: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/nigeria-travel-advisory.html
                Published: '2026-06-11T20:00:00-04:00'
                Updated: '2026-06-11T20:00:00-04:00'
  /api/TravelAdvisories/{countryCode}:
    get:
      operationId: getTravelAdvisoryByCountry
      summary: Get travel advisory by country code
      description: Returns the current travel advisory for a specific country identified by its two-letter ISO country code. Includes alert level (1-4), risk summary, and key risk categories.
      tags:
      - Travel Advisories
      parameters:
      - name: countryCode
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., NG for Nigeria, FR for France)
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 2
          maxLength: 2
          example: NG
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Travel advisory for the specified country
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TravelAdvisoryDetail'
              example:
                Title: 'Niger - Level 4: Do Not Travel'
                Link: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/niger-travel-advisory.html
                Category:
                - NG
                Summary: The U.S. State Department advises against all travel to Niger due to multiple critical threats.
                id: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/niger-travel-advisory.html
                Published: '2025-10-30T20:00:00-04:00'
                Updated: '2025-10-30T20:00:00-04:00'
                Advisory_Level: 4
                Key_Risks:
                - Terrorism and kidnapping
                - Violent crime
                - Civil unrest
                - Limited medical services
components:
  schemas:
    TravelAdvisoryDetail:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TravelAdvisory'
      - type: object
        description: Extended travel advisory with additional detail fields returned for single-country queries
        properties:
          Advisory_Level:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            maximum: 4
            description: 'Numeric alert level: 1=Exercise Normal Precautions, 2=Exercise Increased Caution, 3=Reconsider Travel, 4=Do Not Travel'
            example: 4
          Key_Risks:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
            description: Array of key risk categories associated with the advisory
            example:
            - Terrorism and kidnapping
            - Violent crime
            - Civil unrest
            - Limited medical services
    TravelAdvisory:
      type: object
      description: A country travel advisory issued by the US Department of State
      properties:
        Title:
          type: string
          description: 'Advisory title including country name and warning level (e.g., ''Nigeria - Level 3: Reconsider Travel'')'
          example: 'Nigeria - Level 3: Reconsider Travel'
        Link:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL to the full advisory page on travel.state.gov
          example: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/nigeria-travel-advisory.html
        Category:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            minLength: 2
            maxLength: 2
          description: Array of two-letter ISO country codes associated with this advisory
          example:
          - NI
        Summary:
          type: string
          description: HTML-formatted summary of the advisory including risk categories such as crime, terrorism, health threats, civil unrest, and kidnapping
          example: <p><b><i>Reconsider travel to Nigeria due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and maritime crime.</i></b></p>
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the advisory, typically the same as the Link URL
          example: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/nigeria-travel-advisory.html
        Published:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO 8601 timestamp of when the advisory was first published
          example: '2026-06-11T20:00:00-04:00'
        Updated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO 8601 timestamp of the last update to the advisory
          example: '2026-06-11T20:00:00-04:00'
      required:
      - Title
      - Link
      - Category
      - Summary
      - id
      - Published
      - Updated