NOAA CO-OPS · Example Payload

Water Level Request

Example request parameters for retrieving 6-minute water level observations at San Francisco (station 9414290) for January 1-7, 2023, in metric units relative to MLLW datum.

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Water Level Request is an example object payload from NOAA CO-OPS, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

descriptionmethodurlparameters

Example Payload

{
  "description": "Example request parameters for retrieving 6-minute water level observations at San Francisco (station 9414290) for January 1-7, 2023, in metric units relative to MLLW datum.",
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod/datagetter?station=9414290&product=water_level&datum=MLLW&begin_date=20230101&end_date=20230107&time_zone=gmt&units=metric&format=json&application=MyApp",
  "parameters": {
    "station": "9414290",
    "product": "water_level",
    "datum": "MLLW",
    "begin_date": "20230101",
    "end_date": "20230107",
    "time_zone": "gmt",
    "units": "metric",
    "format": "json",
    "application": "MyApp"
  }
}

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