World Meteorological Organization

OSCAR/Surface REST API

The OSCAR/Surface REST API provides programmatic access to the WMO Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review tool for surface-based stations. The public GET endpoints enable search and retrieval of station metadata records in JSON format covering WIGOS station identifiers, station locations, observation variables, and operational status. The search station endpoint supports pagination with up to 50,000 station records per query. Authentication tokens are required for write (POST/XML upload) operations but not for read access.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://oscar.wmo.int/surface/

Other Resources

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WADL
https://oscar.wmo.int/surface/rest/api?_wadl

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: wmo:oscar-surface-api
name: OSCAR/Surface REST API
tags:
- Observations
- Weather Stations
- WIGOS
- Metadata
humanURL: https://oscar.wmo.int/surface/
baseURL: https://oscar.wmo.int/surface/rest/api
properties:
- url: https://oscar.wmo.int/surface/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://oscar.wmo.int/surface/rest/api?_wadl
  type: WADL
description: The OSCAR/Surface REST API provides programmatic access to the WMO Observing Systems Capability
  Analysis and Review tool for surface-based stations. The public GET endpoints enable search and retrieval
  of station metadata records in JSON format covering WIGOS station identifiers, station locations, observation
  variables, and operational status. The search station endpoint supports pagination with up to 50,000
  station records per query. Authentication tokens are required for write (POST/XML upload) operations
  but not for read access.