Welcome to the National Park Service (NPS) Data API. This API is designed to provide authoritative NPS data and content for internal and external developers creating apps, maps, and websites. You'll find photos and essential information about parks and their facilities, events, news, alerts, and more, as well as detailed articles about NPS natural and cultural features and important people and places.
The NPS Data API should be considered beta at this time. As the API expands over time, this documentation will evolve.
Before you can use the API, you will need to sign up for an API key. To do so, fill out and submit the form below.
Once you obtain your API key, you may begin making API requests.
Each API request contains:
Consider the following URL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v0/alerts?parkCode=yell,yose
Each API key may be limited if high API traffic negatively affects server performance. Please cache data retrieved via the NPS Data API if making more than 5 requests per second or 1,000 requests per day.
If you have any comments or concerns, please contact the National Park Service web development team via email.