GET /srv/eng/csw

europa.eu:inspire-geoportal

Summary: CSW endpoint (GET)
Operation ID: cswGet
Auth: unknown
Description

OGC Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) endpoint for discovering geospatial metadata. Supports GetCapabilities, GetRecords, and GetRecordById operations.

Parameters (11)

constraint (string, query, optional)

Filter constraint (CQL_TEXT or OGC Filter XML)

elementSetName (string, query, optional, default: summary)

Level of detail in response

Constraints: {'enum': ['brief', 'summary', 'full']}

id (string, query, optional)

Record identifier for GetRecordById

maxRecords (integer, query, optional, default: 10)

Maximum number of records to return

outputSchema (string, query, optional, default: http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2)

Output schema for records

Constraints: {'enum': ['http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2', 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd', 'http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/mdb/2.0', 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gfc', 'http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#']}

request (string, query, required)

CSW operation to perform

Constraints: {'enum': ['GetCapabilities', 'GetRecords', 'GetRecordById', 'DescribeRecord', 'GetDomain']}

resultType (string, query, optional, default: results)

Result type for GetRecords (hits=count only, results=full records)

Constraints: {'enum': ['hits', 'results', 'validate']}

service (string, query, required, default: CSW)

Service type - must be CSW

Constraints: {'enum': ['CSW']}

startPosition (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Starting position for pagination

typeNames (string, query, optional, default: csw:Record)

Type of records to return

Constraints: {'enum': ['csw:Record', 'gmd:MD_Metadata', 'mdb:MD_Metadata', 'gfc:FC_FeatureCatalogue', 'dcat']}

version (string, query, required, default: 2.0.2)

CSW version

Constraints: {'enum': ['2.0.2']}

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
Get CSW Service Capabilities curl https://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/srv/eng/csw?service=CSW&request=GetCapabilities&version=2.0.2
Search Metadata Records (GetRecords) curl https://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/srv/eng/csw?service=CSW&request=GetRecords&version=2.0.2&typeNames=gmd:MD_Metadata&elementSetName=summary&resultType=results&maxRecords=5&startPosition=1
Get Record by ID (GetRecordById) curl https://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/srv/eng/csw?service=CSW&request=GetRecordById&version=2.0.2&id=INSPIRE-12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc&elementSetName=full

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:34:43.574872 200 222ms
2026-03-23 10:18:59.201077 200 154ms
2026-03-23 09:18:24.033939 200 133ms

Response Changes

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2026-03-23 10:18:59.201077 3931bbc69eed 536aab11b2b1
2026-03-23 10:34:43.574872 536aab11b2b1 a7ef66dd501f