V5 Metadata Discovery Endpoints

The V5 API provides metadata endpoints under https://delphi.cmu.edu/epidata/v5/metadata/ to explore available sources, signals, geographies, schemas, and date ranges.

Endpoint Description Parameters Example Query
/epidata/v5/metadata/ Overview of active sources, signals, geographic levels, and date ranges. source (optional) ?source=nssp
geo_signals/ Active sources and signals available for a given location. geo_type (required)
geo_value (required)
?geo_type=state&geo_value=pa
report_times/ Sorted list of publication dates (report_time). source (required)
signal (optional)
?source=nssp
reference_times/ Sorted list of observation dates (reference_time). source (required)
signal (optional)
?source=nssp
extra_key_values/ Distinct values for source-specific extra dimension columns. source (required)
signal (optional)
?source=nwss
aux_schema/ Column names and SQL data types for auxiliary tables. source (optional) ?source=nwss
api_version_hash/ Current Git commit hash of the running API server. None api_version_hash/