Author: Bich Tran (b.tran@un-ihe.org)
Description: Ipython notebooks that contain code snippets on how to use FAO's WaPOR database API in Python
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
requests
pandas
matplotlib
rasterio
Link: https://wapor.apps.fao.org/
FAO's web portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open-access of Remotely sensed derived data (WaPOR). This portal covers Africa and the Near East, with remotely sensed data, to monitor, in near real time, agricultural water and land productivity as well carbon dioxide uptake by vegetation.
For information about the programme, please visit: http://www.fao.org/in-action/remote-sensing-for-water-productivity/en/
The ReST API documentation for accessing WaPOR database can be found at: https://io.apps.fao.org/gismgr/api/v1/swagger-ui.html
API Token is used to authorize access to WaPOR API. To get an API Token, please follow these steps:
Go to https://wapor.apps.fao.org/, click #
If you don't have an account, create a new account, then log in.
After logging in, go to My WaPOR > My Profile
Under API Token, click Generate API Token
The API Token is user's personal key, thus, should be stored and kept private. In case of losing API Token, revoke the old token and create a new one.
