Fetch upcoming events for a park via the NPS API

domain: developer.nps.gov · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Obtain an NPS API key through the free developer sign-up process
  2. Resolve the target park's 4-letter parkCode via the /parks endpoint
  3. Call GET https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1/events?parkCode=code with your API key attached
  4. Use the documented query parameters (park code and date-range style filters) to narrow results
  5. Page through results and read each event's dateStart/dateEnd, title, and description fields

Known gotchas

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