Department of Interior · Example Payload

Usgs Water Error Example

Example error response when rate limit is exceeded

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Usgs Water Error Example is an example object payload from Department of Interior, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

summarydescriptionvalue

Example Payload

{
  "summary": "USGS Water Data OGC API - Error response",
  "description": "Example error response when rate limit is exceeded",
  "value": {
    "error": {
      "code": "OVER_RATE_LIMIT",
      "message": "Rate limit exceeded. You have exceeded your rate limit. Contact us via https://waterdata.usgs.gov/contact if you need higher limits."
    }
  }
}

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