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Disaster Alerts API - GDACS Quakes, Cyclones, Floods

GDACS global disaster alerts (UN and European Commission): earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires with green, orange or red alert level, severity, dates, country and coordinates.

$0.08 per 1,000 rows

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What it returns

GDACS global disaster alerts (UN and European Commission): earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires with green, orange or red alert level, severity, dates, country and coordinates.

Request

POST https://api.pushbuild.com/gdacs-disaster-alerts/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.

FieldTypeDescription
eventTypesstringEQ, TC, FL, VO, DR, WF (comma separated)
alertLevelsstringgreen, orange, red
countrystringCountry name
dateFromstringYYYY-MM-DD, default 30 days ago
dateTostringYYYY-MM-DD
maxItemsintegerMaximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100.

Example

curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/gdacs-disaster-alerts/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"eventTypes": "EQ,TC,FL,VO,DR,WF", "alertLevels": "green,orange,red", "maxItems": 20}'

Response

{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}

Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.

Pricing

Pay only for results returned: $0.08 per 1,000 rows. No charge for errors or empty searches.

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