# swisstopo Vocabularies API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/swisstopo/swisstopo-vocabularies-api/  
**Provider:** swisstopo — https://apis.io/providers/swisstopo/  
**Base URL:** https://webmap-api.swissgeol.ch  
**Documentation:** https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/developer-portal

swisstopo Vocabularies API is one of 4 APIs that [swisstopo](https://apis.io/providers/swisstopo/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Vocabularies. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 6 JSON Schemas.

Endpoints for listing vocabularies and their terms

## Operations (9)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/vocabularies` | Get the list of available vocabularies |
| GET | `/vocabularies/chronostratigraphy/terms` | Get all Chronostratigraphy terms |
| GET | `/vocabularies/tectonic-units/terms` | Get all Tectonic Units terms |
| GET | `/vocabularies/lithostratigraphy/terms` | Get all Lithostratigraphy terms |
| GET | `/vocabularies/lithology/terms` | Get all Lithology terms |
| GET | `/vocabularies/chronostratigraphy/layers` | Get layers filterable by Chronostratigraphy vocabulary |
| GET | `/vocabularies/tectonic-units/layers` | Get layers filterable by Tectonic Units vocabulary |
| GET | `/vocabularies/lithostratigraphy/layers` | Get layers filterable by Lithostratigraphy vocabulary |
| GET | `/vocabularies/lithology/layers` | Get layers filterable by Lithology vocabulary |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/swisstopo/openapi/swisstopo-vocabularies-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/swisstopo/json-schema/swisstopo-wms-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/swisstopo/json-schema/swisstopo-wms-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/swisstopo/json-schema/swisstopo-default-filters-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/swisstopo/json-schema/swisstopo-wmts-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/swisstopo/json-schema/swisstopo-inline-response-200-1-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/swisstopo/json-schema/swisstopo-inline-response-200-schema.json

## Other swisstopo APIs (3)

- [swisstopo Layers API](https://apis.io/apis/swisstopo/swisstopo-layers-api/)
- [swisstopo WMS API](https://apis.io/apis/swisstopo/swisstopo-wms-api/)
- [swisstopo WMTS API](https://apis.io/apis/swisstopo/swisstopo-wmts-api/)

## Tags

Vocabularies

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/swisstopo/swisstopo-vocabularies-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/swisstopo/.