Authenticate and search oil/gas wells with the WellDatabase REST API v2
domain: app.welldatabase.com · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Sign up for a WellDatabase account and generate an API key from your account settings.
All v2 requests go to https://app.welldatabase.com/api/v2; send the key in an Api-Key request header.
Every request must also include a valid User-Agent header identifying your app or username, or WellDatabase returns 403 Forbidden.
POST a JSON body with a Filters object to /wells/search (e.g. curl -X POST .../wells/search -H "Api-Key:KEY" -H "User-Agent:MyApp" -d '{"Filters":{}}') to get a paginated summary list of wells.
Fetch a single well's full detailed record with GET /wells/{wellId}.
Watch the RateLimit-Limit / RateLimit-Remaining / RateLimit-Reset response headers to avoid 429 Too Many Requests.
Known gotchas
A missing or blank User-Agent header returns 403 Forbidden even with a valid API key.
An invalid or missing API key returns 404 Not Found (not 401/403) on protected resource endpoints, by design, to avoid leaking existence of private data.
WellDatabase covers oil/gas well records (permits, completions, production) only, not domestic or agricultural water wells - pair with a state water-well source for potable groundwater.
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