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GET
/
buoys
List all buoys
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
import requests

url = "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "buoys": [
      {
        "id": 10,
        "name": "Anglet",
        "lat": 43.4832,
        "lng": -1.5586,
        "source": "Candhis",
        "source_identifier": "64002",
        "last_reading_time": "2025-11-01T10:00:00Z",
        "readings_count": 125430,
        "last_reading": {
          "uuid": "abc-123-def",
          "significient_height": 1.5,
          "maximum_height": 2,
          "period": 8.5,
          "time": "2025-11-01T10:00:00Z",
          "water_temperature": 18.5,
          "direction": 270,
          "unit": "m"
        }
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  },
  "meta": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 50,
    "total_pages": 1,
    "timestamp": "2025-11-01T10:00:00Z"
  }
}
{
"error": "bad_request",
"message": "Search term must be at least 2 characters",
"timestamp": "2025-12-27T14:30:00Z",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
{
"error": "unauthorized",
"message": "Invalid API key",
"timestamp": "2025-12-27T14:30:00Z",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
{
"error": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"message": "You have exceeded 1000 requests per hour",
"timestamp": "2025-12-27T14:30:00Z",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key authentication. Pass your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Format: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Alternative: Pass as query parameter ?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Security: API keys are stored as BCrypt hashes (never plain text). Only the hash is stored in the database.

Query Parameters

bounds
string

Geographic bounding box as JSON string {"north":44,"south":43,"east":-1,"west":-2}

near
string

Coordinates and radius in format lat,lng (e.g., "43.5,-1.5"). Use with radius parameter.

radius
integer
default:100

Search radius in kilometers (used with near parameter, default: 100)

source
string

Filter by source (e.g., "Candhis", "Meteo France", "Sofar Ocean")

country
string

Filter by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., "FR", "ES", "PT"). When set, up to 500 buoys are returned per page.

Pattern: ^[A-Z]{2}$
active_only
boolean
default:true

Only return buoys with recent readings (default: true)

page
integer
default:1
per_page
integer
default:50
Required range: x <= 500

Response

Successful response

status
string
Example:

"success"

data
object
meta
object

Pagination metadata included in list responses