NPnps
newsreleases

GET /newsreleases

Returns National Park Service news releases, with optional filters for park codes, state codes, or a search term.

Request

  • Base URL
    https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  • Auth
    • API key in query parameter api_key
    • or API key in header X-Api-Key

Query parameters

parkCodestring[]

A comma delimited list of park codes (each 4 characters in length).

stateCodestring[]

A comma delimited list of 2 character state codes.

limitinteger

Number of results to return per request. Default is 50.

startinteger

Get the next [limit] results starting with this number. Default is 0.

qstring

Term to search on

sortstring[]

A comma delimited list of resource properties to sort the results by. Each resource identifies which properties are 'sortable'. Ascending order is assumed for each property. If descending order is desired, the unary negative should prefix the property name. The sortable properties are listed in the documentation for each resource. Invalid property values will be ignored. Default is -releaseDate.

Response

successful operation

totalstring
limitstring
startstring

Example response

{
  "total": "1889",
  "data": [
    {
      "abstract": "Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal National Historical Park will be conducting hazardous tree pruning and removal at five locations in Montgomery County; these locations are Riley’s Lock, Marsden Tract, Violettes Lock, Great Falls, and Anglers.",
      "id": "5604563",
      "image": {
        "credit": "",
        "altText": "",
        "title": "",
        "description": "",
        "caption": "",
        "url": ""
      },
      "latitude": "40.7034",
      "longitude": "-74.0168",
      "parkCode": "choh",
      "relatedOrganizations": [
        {
          "id": "1ED09DFF-E65B-425F-8596-7087FAC00343",
          "url": "http://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/",
          "name": "Investigative Services"
        }
      ],
      "relatedParks": [
        {
          "states": "AR",
          "parkCode": "buff",
          "designation": "National River",
          "fullName": "Buffalo National River",
          "url": "https://www.nps.gov/buff/index.htm",
          "name": "Buffalo"
        }
      ],
      "releaseDate": "2017-07-31 06:45:00.0",
      "title": "C&O Canal NHP begins hazardous tree maintenance in Montgomery County",
      "url": "https://www.nps.gov/choh/learn/news/hazardous-tree-maintenance.htm"
    },
    {
      "abstract": "This week, Branching Out field teams from Boston and New York City met at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site for a four-day long gathering to learn about landscape management and work on various projects with park staff.",
      "id": "5604164",
      "image": {
        "credit": "NPS/Paul Cecere",
        "altText": "Working on the nature trial",
        "title": "Branching Out students ready for work on the nature trail",
        "description": "Branching Out students ready for work on the nature trail.",
        "caption": "Branching Out students ready for work on the nature trail.",
        "url": "https://www.nps.gov/sahi/learn/news/images/IMG_5819_1.JPG"
      },
      "parkCode": "sahi",
      "releaseDate": "2017-07-30 12:30:00.0",
      "title": "Branching Out Field Teams Converge on Sagamore Hill",
      "url": "https://www.nps.gov/sahi/learn/news/branching-out-field-teams-converge-on-sagamore-hill.htm"
    }
  ],
  "limit": "50",
  "start": "0"
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.