What is NBSAPI?
NBSAPI is an open API designed to enable interoperability among tools that facilitate nature-based solutions (NbS) for the built and natural environments. By standardizing data sharing mechanisms, NBSAPI helps developers and technology providers who are building applications to address environmental challenges such as:
- Flood mitigation
- Drought resilience
- Urban heat reduction
- Groundwater management
With NBSAPI, tool developers can exchange data with other services and applications, fostering collaboration and innovation in environmental and urban resilience projects.
Why Use it for your project?
- Standardized Data Sharing: Share data in a consistent format to ensure interoperability.
- Adaptation Targets Tracking: Query and monitor adaptation targets across various domains.
- Customizable Access Controls: Utilize JWT-based authentication to protect sensitive data: you choose who and how NbS data is accessed.
- Seamless Integration: Compatible with FastAPI and other modern frameworks.
- Flexible Filters: Retrieve data using bounding boxes, adaptation targets, and more.
Key Features
NBSAPI provides a community and specification to enable future interoperability
- Compatible with your application / tech framework, easy to implement and understand
- Real-time adaptation target tracking across different tools
- Flexible filtering and query options for data queries
- Easy integration with FastAPI and other frameworks
API Documentation
Access the full documentation and start integrating NBSAPI into your projects:
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Below is a list of frequently asked questions around NBSAPI. Still have others? Contact us! (coming shortly)
Q1. I build tools for Nature based solution, what are the benefits for me to adopt the API?
Access the full documentation and start integrating NBSAPI into your projects
Q2. How do I contribute to the API?
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Q3. I am planning to build a application to help with Nature based solutions, how to get started fast with the reference application?
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Q4. How do I contribute?
Reach out via our documentation or join our community to help improve and expand NBSAPI.
Q5. Who is building / maintaining NBSAPI?
NBSAPI is a project maintained by Geodesignhub and initially funded as a part of the NBSINFRA project funded by the European Union.