aggregate
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Run aggregation queries on the AQUAVIEW catalog — get counts, spatial distributions, temporal distributions, and per-collection breakdowns without fetching individual items.
Args:
aggregations: Comma-separated aggregation types (required). Valid types: total_count, datetime_max, datetime_min, datetime_frequency, collection_frequency, geometry_geohash_grid_frequency, geometry_geotile_grid_frequency.
collections: Comma-separated collection IDs to scope the aggregation (e.g., "NOAA,NDBC").
exclude_collections: Comma-separated collection IDs to omit from the aggregation (e.g., "INCIDENT_NEWS"). Applied as a CQL2 NOT filter, so it composes with filter.
bbox: Bounding box as "west,south,east,north".
datetime: Temporal filter (same format as search_datasets).
q: Free-text search to scope the aggregation. Multi-word queries are tokenised on whitespace and OR-combined to mirror search_datasets semantics (aggregate compiles q to CQL2 LIKE clauses on title/description; a raw %multi word% substring match would return 0 for most queries).
filter: CQL2-JSON filter as an object or JSON-encoded string. Flat example: {"op": "=", "args": [{"property": "aquaview:institution"}, "NOAA"]}. Nested example: {"op": "<=", "args": [{"property": "aquaview:column_stats_summary.variables.Pressure.min"}, 10]}.
license: Comma-separated SPDX license id(s) to scope the aggregation (e.g., "CC-BY-4.0,CC0-1.0"), or one of "public-domain", "proprietary", "various", "unknown". Matched against aquaview:license.
precision: Grid precision for geo aggregations (1-12, higher = finer grid). Applied to whichever geo aggregation type is requested.
datetime_frequency_interval: Interval for datetime_frequency (e.g., "month", "year", "day").
output_format: "csv" (default, sectioned CSV — ~50% fewer tokens than TOON for bucket responses), "json" (structured STAC API response), or "toon". Use "json" for deterministic/structured consumers.
Returns:
Aggregation results. In CSV mode: one ## <name> section per aggregation;
scalars render on a single line; bucket aggregations render as CSV with a
# rows: N header, a # key=value line for columns that are constant
across all rows, and a conventional CSV table of the varying columns.
In JSON/TOON mode: the raw SFEOS response with name, data_type, and
value/buckets for each requested aggregation.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| aggregations | string | yes | |
| collections | any | no | |
| exclude_collections | any | no | |
| bbox | any | no | |
| datetime | any | no | |
| q | any | no | |
| filter | any | no | |
| license | any | no | |
| precision | any | no | |
| datetime_frequency_interval | any | no | |
| output_format | string | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"aggregations": {
"type": "string"
},
"collections": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"exclude_collections": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"bbox": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"datetime": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"q": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"filter": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"additionalProperties": true,
"type": "object"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"license": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"precision": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"datetime_frequency_interval": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"output_format": {
"default": "csv",
"enum": [
"csv",
"json",
"toon"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"aggregations"
],
"type": "object"
}