{ "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/state-dept/main/json-schema/travel-advisory.json", "title": "TravelAdvisory", "description": "A country travel advisory issued by the US Department of State Consular Affairs Data API", "type": "object", "properties": { "Title": { "type": "string", "description": "Advisory title including country name and warning level (e.g., 'Nigeria - Level 3: Reconsider Travel')", "example": "Niger - Level 4: Do Not Travel" }, "Link": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "URL to the full advisory page on travel.state.gov" }, "Category": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 2, "maxLength": 2, "pattern": "^[A-Z]{2}$" }, "description": "Array of two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes associated with this advisory" }, "Summary": { "type": "string", "description": "HTML-formatted summary of the advisory including risk categories such as crime, terrorism, health threats, civil unrest, and kidnapping" }, "id": { "type": "string", "description": "Unique identifier for the advisory, typically the same as the Link URL" }, "Published": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp of when the advisory was first published" }, "Updated": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp of the last update to the advisory" }, "Advisory_Level": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 4, "description": "Numeric alert level: 1=Exercise Normal Precautions, 2=Exercise Increased Caution, 3=Reconsider Travel, 4=Do Not Travel" }, "Key_Risks": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Array of key risk categories associated with the advisory (returned for single-country queries)" } }, "required": ["Title", "Link", "Category", "Summary", "id", "Published", "Updated"], "examples": [ { "Title": "Niger - Level 4: Do Not Travel", "Link": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/niger-travel-advisory.html", "Category": ["NG"], "Summary": "The U.S. State Department advises against all travel to Niger due to multiple critical threats.", "id": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/niger-travel-advisory.html", "Published": "2025-10-30T20:00:00-04:00", "Updated": "2025-10-30T20:00:00-04:00", "Advisory_Level": 4, "Key_Risks": [ "Terrorism and kidnapping", "Violent crime", "Civil unrest", "Limited medical services" ] } ] }