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# GetPopulationExposure

> GetPopulationExposure returns country population data or estimates population within a radius.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api/DisplacementService.openapi.yaml get /api/displacement/v1/get-population-exposure
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: DisplacementService API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.worldmonitor.app
security:
  - WorldMonitorKey: []
  - ApiKeyHeader: []
paths:
  /api/displacement/v1/get-population-exposure:
    get:
      tags:
        - DisplacementService
      summary: GetPopulationExposure
      description: >-
        GetPopulationExposure returns country population data or estimates
        population within a radius.
      operationId: GetPopulationExposure
      parameters:
        - name: mode
          in: query
          description: 'Mode: "countries" (default) or "exposure".'
          required: false
          example: countries
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: lat
          in: query
          description: Latitude (required for exposure mode).
          required: false
          example: 40.7128
          schema:
            type: number
            format: double
        - name: lon
          in: query
          description: Longitude (required for exposure mode).
          required: false
          example: -74.006
          schema:
            type: number
            format: double
        - name: radius
          in: query
          description: Radius in km (required for exposure mode, defaults to 50).
          required: false
          example: 1.5
          schema:
            type: number
            format: double
        - name: jmespath
          in: query
          description: >-
            Optional JMESPath expression applied server-side to project or
            reduce the JSON response before it is returned (mirrors the MCP
            jmespath argument). Invalid expressions, expressions larger than
            1024 UTF-8 bytes, or projections that exceed the 256 KB output cap
            return HTTP 400 with a {_jmespath_error, original_keys} envelope.
            Grammar and worked examples:
            https://www.worldmonitor.app/docs/mcp-jmespath.
          required: false
          example: keys(@)
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                countries:
                  - code: US
                    densityPerKm2: 1
                    name: WorldMonitor Analyst
                    population: 1
                exposure:
                  densityPerKm2: 1
                  exposedPopulation: 1
                  exposureRadiusKm: 1.5
                  nearestCountry: US
                success: true
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetPopulationExposureResponse'
        '400':
          description: Validation error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JmespathProjectionError'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: >-
            API access requires an active subscription (the API key's
            subscription is inactive or expired).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded.
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              description: Maximum requests allowed in the active rate-limit window.
              schema:
                type: string
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: Requests remaining in the active rate-limit window.
              schema:
                type: string
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              description: >-
                Unix epoch milliseconds when the active rate-limit window
                resets.
              schema:
                type: string
            Retry-After:
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying the request.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError'
        default:
          description: Gateway or handler error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GatewayError'
components:
  schemas:
    GetPopulationExposureResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          description: True if the request succeeded.
        countries:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryPopulationEntry'
        exposure:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExposureResult'
      description: >-
        GetPopulationExposureResponse returns either a countries list or an
        exposure estimate.
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      properties:
        violations:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldViolation'
          description: List of validation violations
      required:
        - violations
      description: >-
        ValidationError is returned when request validation fails. It contains a
        list of field violations describing what went wrong.
    JmespathProjectionError:
      description: >-
        Returned when a REST jmespath projection is invalid or exceeds the
        expression/output byte limits.
      properties:
        _jmespath_error:
          description: Projection error discriminator and details.
          type: string
        original_keys:
          description: Top-level keys or shape of the unprojected response.
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
      required:
        - _jmespath_error
        - original_keys
      type: object
    UnauthorizedError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
      required:
        - error
      description: >-
        Returned when the API key is missing, malformed, or lacks current API
        access.
    ForbiddenError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable entitlement failure reason.
        requiredTier:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Minimum entitlement tier required for this endpoint.
        currentTier:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Caller entitlement tier when known.
        planKey:
          type: string
          description: Caller plan key when known.
      required:
        - error
      description: >-
        Returned when a PRO-gated endpoint denies access because the caller has
        no resolved authenticated user, entitlements cannot be verified, or the
        caller lacks the required entitlement tier.
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message (e.g., 'user not found', 'database connection failed')
      description: >-
        Error is returned when a handler encounters an error. It contains a
        simple error message that the developer can customize.
    RateLimitError:
      type: object
      description: Returned when a gateway or handler rate limit rejects the request.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable rate-limit failure reason.
      required:
        - error
    GatewayError:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Returned by gateway infrastructure errors before an RPC handler runs,
        such as origin, routing, method, authentication, or quota checks.
      properties:
        error:
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: object
              additionalProperties: true
          description: Gateway error reason or structured gateway failure details.
      required:
        - error
    CountryPopulationEntry:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Country name.
        population:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: >-
            Total population.. Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in
            JavaScript
        densityPerKm2:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Population density per square kilometer.
      description: CountryPopulationEntry represents a country with population data.
    ExposureResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        exposedPopulation:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: >-
            Estimated exposed population.. Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose
            precision in JavaScript
        exposureRadiusKm:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Radius used for the estimate in km.
        nearestCountry:
          type: string
          description: ISO3 code of nearest priority country.
        densityPerKm2:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Population density used for the estimate.
      description: ExposureResult contains the population exposure estimate.
    FieldViolation:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The field path that failed validation (e.g., 'user.email' for nested
            fields). For header validation, this will be the header name (e.g.,
            'X-API-Key')
        description:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Human-readable description of the validation violation (e.g., 'must
            be a valid email address', 'required field missing')
      required:
        - field
        - description
      description: FieldViolation describes a single validation error for a specific field.
  securitySchemes:
    WorldMonitorKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-WorldMonitor-Key
      description: User-issued WorldMonitor API key.
    ApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
      description: Alias header for the WorldMonitor API key (X-WorldMonitor-Key).

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