US Army Corps of Engineers

US Army Corps of Engineers Catalog API

The Catalog API from US Army Corps of Engineers — 1 operation(s) for catalog.

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GET /catalog/{dataset} Get Data Catalog #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: USACE CWMS Data Catalog API
  description: The Corps Water Management System (CWMS) Data API (CDA) is a RESTful API that enables secure data exchange for publicly available USACE water management data. The API provides access to timeseries data, location information, ratings, reservoirs, levels, and other water resource data maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    name: USACE HEC
    url: https://cwms-data.usace.army.mil/cwms-data/
  license:
    name: Public Domain
    url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
servers:
- url: https://cwms-data.usace.army.mil/cwms-data
  description: Production server (public data)
- url: https://cwms-data-test.cwbi.us/cwms-data
  description: Test server
tags:
- name: Catalog
paths:
  /catalog/{dataset}:
    get:
      operationId: getCatalog
      summary: Get Data Catalog
      description: Returns a catalog of available data items for the specified dataset type.
      tags:
      - Catalog
      parameters:
      - name: dataset
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Dataset type to catalog
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - TIMESERIES
          - LOCATIONS
          - BASINS
          - BLOBS
          - COUNTIES
          - LEVELS
          - OFFICES
          - RATINGS
          - SPECIFIED-LEVELS
          - STATES
          - STREAMS
          - UNITS
      - name: office
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter by office
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page-size
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Records per page
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 500
      - name: page
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Pagination cursor
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Data catalog entries
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CatalogResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CatalogResponse:
      type: object
      description: Paginated catalog of available data items
      properties:
        page:
          type: string
          description: Current page cursor
        next-page:
          type: string
          description: Next page cursor
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of entries
        page-size:
          type: integer
          description: Records per page
        entries:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              office:
                type: string
              name:
                type: string
              units-available:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string

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