ESM Waveform Band Instrument Web-Service

Sample requests

Publicly Available Data

Data can be obtained using any program supporting the HTTP-GET method, e.g. your favourite web browser:

https://esm-db.eu/esmws/waveform-band-instrument/1/query?eventid=INT-20250210_0000370&network=HL&station=AMGA&location=00&instrument=HN&indent=true

Restricted Data (authenticated users only)

ESM Administrators and users with special authorizations can access data intended for internal use and/or embargoed.
Data can be obtained using any program supporting the HTTP-POST method, e.g. CURL:

curl -X POST -F "message=@path/to/token.txt" "https://esm-db.eu/esmws/waveform-band-instrument/1/query?eventid=INT-20161030_0000029&network=IV&station=ROM9&location=&instrument=HN&indent=true"

HTTP-POST variables (required)

Option	Description
message	The clearsign token obtained from the generate-signed-message authentication webservice.

Query options

Option	Description	Default
eventid	Select one event ID	n/a
network	Select one network code.	n/a
station	Select one station code	n/a
location	Select one location code	n/a
instrument	Select one instrument code	n/a
group	Select a specific thematic group of information. Available groups are: 'echo', 'intensity', 'availability', 'quality', 'all'. NOTE: Fields related to the availability metadata ("availability_code", "event_availability_code", "network_availability_code", "station_availability_code", "web_availability_code") are encoded as follows: 0 = public, 1 = restricted, 9 = unavailable.	all
format	Specify format of result, currently only 'json' is supported.	json
indent	{true,false} Prettifies output setting a 4 spaces indentation style. Valid only in combination with 'json' format	false

Backend Python software used by this web service was originally developed by Puglia R. and Russo E., and it is currently maintained by Russo E. and Felicetta C.