building_acronym.md

Building Details

GET /buildings/{building_code}.{format}

Description

This method returns the official building name, its unique number, and its lat/long coordinates given a building code.

Summary

Name	Value	Name	Value
Request Protocol	GET	Requires API Key	Yes
Method ID	1217	Enabled	Yes
Service Name	buildings	Service ID	257
Information Steward	Institution of Analysis & Planning (IAP)	Data Type	CSV
Update Frequency	When updated by the steward/via github pull request	Cache Time	0 seconds

Notes

• Usage won't increase if there is no data returned
• This data is community curated on github.
• Any value can be null

Sources

• https://github.com/uWaterloo/Datasets/blob/master/Buildings/Buildings.csv

Parameters

GET /buildings/{building_code}.{format}

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
key	filter	yes	Your API key
callback	filter	no	JSONP callback format

Output Formats

• json
• xml

Examples

GET /buildings/{building_code}.{format}

• http://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/buildings/MHR.json
• http://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/buildings/MHR.xml
• http://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/buildings/MHR.json?callback=myResponse

Response

Field Name	Type	Value Description
building_id	string	Unique building number
building_code	string	Official building name
alternate_names	array	Alternate building names
latitude	float	Latitude of building location
longitude	float	Longitude of building location
building_sections	array	List of building sections section_name array Name of section latitude float Latitude of building section location longitude float Longitude of building section location

Any value can be null

Output

JSON

{
  "meta":{
    "requests":121,
    "timestamp":1381957030,
    "status":200,
    "message":"Request successful",
    "method_id":2,
    "version":2.07,
    "method":{
      
    }
  },
  "data":{
    "building_id":"23",
    "building_code":"MHR",
    "building_name":"Minota Hagey Residence",
    "alternate_names":[
      "Velocity"
    ],
    "latitude":43.46579535,
    "longitude":-80.54275113,
    "building_sections":[
      
    ],
    "building_outline":[
      
    ]
  }
}