NWIS Web Service

NWIS

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GetValues

Given a USGS station number, a variable code, a start date, and an end date, this method returns a time series in XML format.

Test

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SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /NWISTS/nwis.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: river.sdsc.edu
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://tempuri.org/NWISTS/NWIS2/GetValues"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetValues xmlns="http://tempuri.org/NWISTS/NWIS2">
      <SiteCode>string</SiteCode>
      <VariableCode>string</VariableCode>
      <StartDate>string</StartDate>
      <EndDate>string</EndDate>
    </GetValues>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetValuesResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/NWISTS/NWIS2">
      <GetValuesResult>string</GetValuesResult>
    </GetValuesResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /NWISTS/nwis.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: river.sdsc.edu
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetValues xmlns="http://tempuri.org/NWISTS/NWIS2">
      <SiteCode>string</SiteCode>
      <VariableCode>string</VariableCode>
      <StartDate>string</StartDate>
      <EndDate>string</EndDate>
    </GetValues>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetValuesResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/NWISTS/NWIS2">
      <GetValuesResult>string</GetValuesResult>
    </GetValuesResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>