# describeFeatureType

<mark style="color:green;">`GET`</mark> `https://api.os.uk/features/v1/wfs?service=wfs&version=2.0.0&request=DescribeFeatureType&typeName={typeName}&key=`

Returns a description of the attributes for each feature type supported by the WFS service.

**Required parameters**

| Name       | Value                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `key`      | The API Key provided by the OS Data Hub                                                                                                                                     |
| `request`  | `DescribeFeatureType`                                                                                                                                                       |
| `service`  | `WFS`                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `version`  | `2.0.0`, `1.1.0`, `1.0.0`                                                                                                                                                   |
| `typeName` | Any of the feature type names listed in the [what-data-is-available](https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-features-api/what-data-is-available "mention") section |

**Example Response**

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<pre class="language-xml" data-full-width="false"><code class="lang-xml">&#x3C;xsd:schema xmlns:osfeatures="http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/osfeatures/1.0" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2" targetNamespace="http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/osfeatures/1.0" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<strong>    &#x3C;xsd:import namespace="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2" schemaLocation="http://schemas.opengis.net/gml/3.2.1/gml.xsd"/>
</strong>    &#x3C;xsd:element name="OpenUPRN_Address" type="osfeatures:OpenUPRN_AddressFeatureType" substitutionGroup="gml:AbstractFeature"/>
    &#x3C;xsd:complexType name="OpenUPRN_AddressFeatureType">
        &#x3C;xsd:complexContent>
            &#x3C;xsd:extension base="gml:AbstractFeatureType">
                &#x3C;xsd:sequence>
                    &#x3C;xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="OBJECTID" type="xsd:int"/>
                    &#x3C;xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="SHAPE" nillable="true" type="gml:PointPropertyType"/>
                    &#x3C;xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="UPRN" nillable="true" type="xsd:double"/>
                    &#x3C;xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="XCoordinate" nillable="true" type="xsd:double"/>
                    &#x3C;xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="YCoordinate" nillable="true" type="xsd:double"/>
                    &#x3C;xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="Latitude" nillable="true" type="xsd:double"/>
                    &#x3C;xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="Longitude" nillable="true" type="xsd:double"/>
                &#x3C;/xsd:sequence>
            &#x3C;/xsd:extension>
<strong>        &#x3C;/xsd:complexContent>
</strong>    &#x3C;/xsd:complexType>
&#x3C;/xsd:schema>
</code></pre>

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