GET /search/v1/datasets

noaa.gov:noaa-ocean-api

Summary: Search available datasets
Operation ID: searchDatasets
Auth: unknown
Description

Discover available datasets in the NCEI archive. Returns dataset metadata including descriptions, temporal coverage, and available parameters.

Parameters (8)

available (boolean, query, optional)

Filter to datasets available in the Data Service API

bbox (string, query, optional)

Bounding box as N,W,S,E to filter datasets by spatial coverage

endDate (string, query, optional)

Filter datasets covering data until this date (ISO 8601 format)

keywords (string, query, optional)

Comma-separated GCMD keywords or ISO 19115-2 terms

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

Maximum number of results to return

Constraints: {'maximum': 100}

offset (integer, query, optional, default: 0)

Number of results to skip (for pagination)

startDate (string, query, optional)

Filter datasets covering data from this date (ISO 8601 format)

text (string, query, optional)

Search terms matching dataset name and description

Examples (2)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search available datasets openapi-spec https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/search/v1/datasets?bbox=40,-70,30,-60
Search available datasets probe-gate https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/search/v1/datasets?bbox=40%2C-70%2C30%2C-60&limit=10&offset=0

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:22:52.963596 200 1117ms
2026-03-23 09:39:49.029792 200 1114ms