USGS

How it works

1. You search as usual, over HTTP or MCP, and Grounder searches the web.
2. For a question about right now that USGS can answer, Grounder also asks USGS, beside the web search.
3. The answer from USGS is served first, with the time it was read, and routing.live_calls lists it.

Grounder reads USGS without a key: the source is a public feed.

Using it

Ask the way you would ask any search. Grounder asks USGS when the question needs what the source holds.

Set USGS to one of these under Specialized APIs on your account page.

To set it for one search, send routing_settings with the request. The docs ↗ list the rest of the request.

{
  "query": "any earthquakes in California in the last hour",
  "routing_settings": {
    "specialized": { "usgs": { "use": "always" } }
  }
}