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Sites Endpoint

The /sites endpoint provides information about NEON field sites where data are available. Numerous data products are produced from each site. Site names are abbreviated into four-letter site codes -- for example, the Arikaree River site abbreviation is ARIK. For more information about sites, including the four-letter code for each site, you can find a list on our main website. For information about locations within a site (plots, instruments, etc.), explore the /locations endpoint.

Data Releases

The /sites endpoint allows filtering the response based on data available within a particular release by adding a release query parameter to requests. For example:

/sites?release={releaseTag}

The learn more about data releases, see: releases

Paths

GET /sites

Description

Get information about all field sites.

Parameters

Type Name Description Schema
Query release
optional
The name or tag of the release to get availability for. string

Responses

HTTP Code Description Schema
200 List of field sites Response 200
default General error error
Response 200
Name Schema
data
optional
[site]

Produces

  • application/json

Tags

  • Sites

GET /sites/{siteCode}

Description

Get information about a field site.

Parameters

Type Name Description Schema
Path siteCode
required
Site to get string
Query release
optional
The name or tag of the release to get availability for string

Responses

HTTP Code Description Schema
200 Single site Response 200
400 Site(s) not found Response 400
default General error error
Response 200
Name Schema
data
optional
site
Response 400
Name Schema
errors
optional
[error]

Produces

  • application/json

Tags

  • Sites

Definitions

site

Name Description Schema
siteCode Four character code for the site string
siteName Full name for the site string
siteDescription Brief version of site name string
siteType Core or Gradient site enum (CORE, GRADIENT)
siteLatitude Point latitude for the site number
siteLongitude Point longitude for the site number
stateCode Two-letter state code that this site is in string
stateName Full name of the state or territory that this site is in string
domainCode Three-character domain abbreviation (D01, D02, etc) for the domain this site is in string
domainName Name of the domain this site is in string
deimsId Dynamic Ecological Information Management System - Site and dataset registry (DEIMS-SDR) ID for the site, see deims.org string
releases List of releases that this site has available data within [releases]
dataProducts List of data products and months of available data [productAvailability]

releases

Name Description Schema
release The name of the release string
generationDate The generation date of the release string (date-time)
url The URL to the API endpoint that references the release string

productAvailability

Name Description Schema
dataProductCode Revisioned, shortened code for the data product (DP1.00001.001, DP1.10072.001, etc.) string
dataProductTitle Full title for the data product string
availableMonths List of years and months that products are available, formatted as YYYY-MM [string]
availableDataUrls List of data urls for products that are available [string]
availableReleases List of available releases and months contained within each release [availableReleases]

availableReleases

Name Description Schema
release The name of the release. string
availableMonths List of years and months that products are available within for this release. Formatted as YYYY-MM. [string]

error

Name Schema
detail
optional
string
status
optional
number (int)