NOAA ERDDAP · Example Payload

Search Datasets

Search for datasets using keywords. Returns all datasets matching 'sea surface temperature'.

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Search Datasets is an example object payload from NOAA ERDDAP, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

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Example Payload

{
  "title": "Full-text dataset search",
  "description": "Search for datasets using keywords. Returns all datasets matching 'sea surface temperature'.",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/search/index.json?searchFor=sea+surface+temperature&page=1&itemsPerPage=10"
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "body": {
      "table": {
        "columnNames": ["griddap", "Subset", "tabledap", "Make A Graph", "wms", "files", "Accessible", "Title", "Summary", "FGDC", "ISO 19115", "Info", "Background Info", "RSS", "Email", "Institution", "ID"],
        "columnTypes": ["String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String"],
        "rows": [
          [
            "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMBsstd1day",
            "",
            "",
            "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMBsstd1day.graph",
            "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/wms/erdMBsstd1day/request",
            "",
            "public",
            "SST, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.025 degrees, Pacific, Daytime, 2006-present (1 Day Composite)",
            "MODIS Aqua Level-3 standard mapped image, sea surface temperature, 4μm, day. Processed with Science Quality processing, Version R2019.0.",
            "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/metadata/fgdc/xml/erdMBsstd1day_fgdc.xml",
            "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/metadata/iso19115/xml/erdMBsstd1day_iso19115.xml",
            "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/info/erdMBsstd1day/index.json",
            "https://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/satellite/MB/sst/1day",
            "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/rss/erdMBsstd1day.rss",
            "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/subscriptions/add.html?datasetID=erdMBsstd1day&showErrors=false&email=",
            "NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD",
            "erdMBsstd1day"
          ]
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}