OGC API standards define modular API building blocks to spatially enable Web APIs in a consistent way. OpenAPI is used to define the reusable API building blocks with responses in JSON and HTML.
The OGC API family of standards is organized by resource type. The draft OGC API - Processes standard enables the execution of computing processes and the retrieval of metadata describing their purpose and functionality. Typically, these processes combine raster, vector, and/or coverage data with well-defined algorithms to produce new raster, vector, and/or coverage information.
GET /processes
Lists the processes this API offers.
GET /processes/{process-id}
Returns a detailed description of a process.
GET /processes/{process-id}/jobs
Returns the running and finished jobs for a process (optional).
POST /processes/{process-id}/jobs
Executes a process, i.e. creates a new job. Inputs and outputs will have to be specified in a JSON document that needs to be send in the POST body.
GET /processes/{process-id}/jobs/{job-id}
Returns the status of a job of a process.
DELETE /processes/{process-id}/jobs/{job-id}
Cancel a job execution.
GET /processes/{process-id}/jobs/{job-id}/results
Returns the result of a job of a process.