For developers & AI agents

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11 JSON endpoints. Free. CC-BY 4.0. 24h edge cache. No auth, no rate limit, no signup. Built to be agent-callable and copy-pasteable.

Quick start

Every endpoint returns application/json with permissive caching headers. Hit them directly from a browser, server, or AI agent — no key required.

curl + jq

curl -s https://splashpadhub.com/api/pads.json \
  | jq '.[] | select(.state == "Texas" and .cost == "free") | .name' \
  | head -5

JavaScript / TypeScript (fetch)

// Bun / Node 18+ / browser
const res = await fetch("https://splashpadhub.com/api/pads.json");
const pads = await res.json();

const houstonFree = pads.filter(
  (p) => p.citySlug === "houston" && (!p.cost || p.cost === "free"),
);

console.log(`${houstonFree.length} free splash pads in Houston`);

Python (requests)

import requests

pads = requests.get("https://splashpadhub.com/api/pads.json", timeout=10).json()

# Find top-rated toddler-friendly pads
top_toddler = sorted(
    [p for p in pads if "toddler" in (p.get("features") or [])],
    key=lambda p: p.get("rating") or 0,
    reverse=True,
)[:5]

for p in top_toddler:
    print(f"{p['rating']}  {p['name']}  ({p['city']}, {p['state']})")

All 12 endpoints

All splash pads

GET /api/pads.json

Map clients, geo agents, near-me lookups across all 50 states.

[
  {
    "id": "tx-houston-discovery-green",
    "slug": "discovery-green-splash-pad",
    "name": "Discovery Green Splash Pad",
    "city": "Houston", "state": "Texas",
    "stateSlug": "texas", "citySlug": "houston",
    "lat": 29.7536, "lng": -95.3593,
    "cost": "free", "rating": 4.7, "reviewCount": 312,
    "features": ["toddler", "shade", "restrooms"]
  },
  ...
]

State + city index

GET /api/states.json

Build navigation, regional dashboards, or seasonal status overlays.

[
  {
    "slug": "texas", "name": "Texas", "padCount": 87,
    "cities": [{ "slug": "houston", "name": "Houston", "padCount": 14 }, ...],
    "topMetro": "Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land",
    "seasonStart": "2026-04-01", "seasonEnd": "2026-10-31",
    "yearRound": false
  }
]

Unified search index

GET /api/search.json

Drop-in client-side search across pads, states, cities.

[
  { "type": "pad", "name": "Discovery Green", "href": "/pad/discovery-green-splash-pad", "subtitle": "Houston, Texas" },
  { "type": "state", "name": "Texas", "href": "/texas", "subtitle": "87 pads" },
  { "type": "city", "name": "Houston, Texas", "href": "/texas/houston", "subtitle": "14 pads" }
]

Q&A bank

GET /api/qa.json

RAG / AI agent ground-truth on splash-pad questions, safety, etiquette.

[
  {
    "slug": "are-splash-pads-safe-for-toddlers",
    "q": "Are splash pads safe for toddlers?",
    "shortAnswer": "Yes, for ages 18m+ with supervision...",
    "longAnswer": "...",
    "tags": ["safety", "toddler"],
    "related": ["splash-pad-vs-pool", ...]
  }
]

Glossary terms

GET /api/glossary.json

Define splash-pad jargon (zero-depth, ground-spray, recirculating).

[
  { "slug": "zero-depth", "term": "Zero-depth entry", "definition": "..." }
]

Category index

GET /api/categories.json

Discover curated lists: free, toddler, shade, accessible.

[
  { "slug": "free", "label": "Free splash pads", "count": 612 },
  { "slug": "toddler", "label": "Toddler-friendly", "count": 480 }
]

Seasonal open/close status

GET /api/seasonal-status.json

Show which states are open right now — peak summer signal.

[
  {
    "stateSlug": "texas",
    "typicalOpenDate": "2026-04-01",
    "typicalCloseDate": "2026-10-31",
    "yearRound": false
  }
]

State-vs-state comparisons

GET /api/state-vs.json

Pre-built comparison data (Texas vs Florida, etc).

[{ "slug": "texas-vs-florida", "stateA": "Texas", "stateB": "Florida", ... }]

City-vs-city comparisons

GET /api/city-vs.json

Pre-built city matchups for SEO and travel content.

[{ "slug": "houston-vs-austin", "cityA": "Houston", "cityB": "Austin", ... }]

Blog feed

GET /api/blog.json

Syndicate the latest splash-pad guides + reports.

[{ "slug": "summer-2026-guide", "title": "...", "publishedAt": "2026-05-01", "excerpt": "..." }]

LLM grounding bundle

GET /api/llm-context.json

One-shot context for AI agents: totals, top pads, endpoints, slugs.

{
  "site": "SplashPadHub", "url": "https://splashpadhub.com",
  "totals": { "pads": 866, "states": 51, "qa": 200, "comparisons": 50 },
  "stateCoverage": [...], "topPads": [...],
  "endpoints": { "pads": ".../api/pads.json", ... }
}

LLMs-full bundle (agent-ready)

GET /api/llms-full.json

One round-trip whole-site context for AI agents: every QA, glossary, seasonal status, state/regional/special guides, top 50 pads, recent blog, endpoint catalog.

{
  "meta": { "generatedAt": "...", "version": "1.0", "license": "CC BY 4.0", ... },
  "summary": { "pads": 866, "states": 51, "qa": 480, "blog": 20, "stateGuides": 51, ... },
  "qaLibrary": [{ "slug": "...", "q": "...", "shortAnswer": "...", "tags": [...] }, ...],
  "glossary": [{ "slug": "...", "term": "...", "definition": "..." }, ...],
  "seasonalStatus": [{ "stateSlug": "...", "typicalOpenDate": "...", "bestMonthsToVisit": "..." }],
  "stateGuides": [{ "stateSlug": "...", "title": "...", "intro": "..." }],
  "regionalPicks": [...], "specialGuides": [...],
  "recentBlog": [...], "topPads": [...],
  "apis": [{ "url": "...", "description": "..." }, ...]
}

Embed widget

Drop a list of splash pads for any US city into your site with a one-line iframe. Read-only, self-contained, no JS dependencies.

HTML

<iframe
  src="https://splashpadhub.com/embed/texas/houston"
  width="100%"
  height="520"
  loading="lazy"
  style="border:0;border-radius:12px"
  title="Splash pads in Houston, TX"
></iframe>

URL pattern: /embed/[stateSlug]/[citySlug]. Slugs match the values in /api/states.json. See full embed docs for examples.

Caching

Browser: max-age=3600 (1 hour)
Edge / CDN: s-maxage=86400 (24 hours)
Stale-while-revalidate: 604800 (1 week) on most endpoints

There is currently no rate limit and no authentication. We trust you. If you plan to hit endpoints from a bot at high volume, please cache locally and respect the headers above.

License & attribution

All data is licensed CC-BY 4.0. You may use it commercially, modify it, and redistribute it. We ask for one thing: a visible link back to splashpadhub.com near the data.

Data from SplashPadHub.com (CC-BY 4.0)

Honesty notes

This is a free open-data project, not enterprise-grade. No SLA.
Data refreshes quarterly; seasonal status updates more often. Treat cost, features, and operating dates as best-effort.
If a field is missing, we left it blank on purpose — better than guessing.
Endpoints are statically generated at build time; new pads appear after each deploy.

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