WS Light

The Service Interface Binding is SWIM Yellow Profile Compliant, using WS Light enabling HTTP GET requests and associated responses.

  • The Service shall return a .json response for metadata requests:
    • OpenAPI:
      • / gets the EDR root data entrypoint
      • /api gets the EDR spec for exposed endpoints
    • /conformance gets the conformance data for the API
    • Collections data:
      • /collections gets the end point that contains information about all the collections available
      • /collections/{collectionId} gets the end point that contains information about an individual collection {collectionId}
    • Item data: /collections/{collectionId}/items gets the end point that contains information about items available in an individual collection {collectionId}
  • Request for meteorological forecast data shall return a response as a 302 URL redirect to the GRIB2 payload:
    • Item data: /collections/{collectionId}/items/{itemsId} gets the end point for forecast data contained in the {itemId} item from an individual collection {collectionId}