Requesting Hazard Types

To request the list of hazard types configured in the system please use the route defined here:

List all hazard types

get

Returns the full set of hazard type reference values (e.g. EARTHQUAKE, FLOOD).

Authorizations

bearerAuth

AuthorizationstringRequired

JWT access token obtained from POST /authorize. Tokens expire after 15 minutes.

Responses

200

Array of hazard types.

application/json

403

Forbidden -- invalid or expired token.

text/plain

get

/hazards/types

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /hazards/types HTTP/1.1
Host: api-v2.disasteraware.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

[
  {
    "type_id": "EARTHQUAKE",
    "type_name": "Earthquake",
    "type_icon": "earthquake.png"
  }
]

See Authorizing Requests page to get your accessToken.

This request will return an array that contains all of the hazard types. Each element in the array will have three properties:

Properties	Definitions
type_id	This is like the primary key for the hazard type. This is the value that will be found on the hazard object.
type_name	A human readable value for the hazard e.g. Volcano.
type_icon	This is the url for the hazard type icon's image e.g. avalanche.png. The hazard icons are hosted at: https://static.pdc.org/icons/hazard/large/. To construct the fully qualified location for the hazard type's icon combine the host location with type_icon value.