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## GDACS `gdacsapi/api/events/geteventlist/SEARCH` — a filter param that looks right and does nothing

```
curl "https://www.gdacs.org/gdacsapi/api/events/geteventlist/SEARCH"
```
`HTTP/1.1 200 OK`, `Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8`, 127,167 bytes — a
GeoJSON `FeatureCollection` of 88 active/recent disaster events across six GDACS
`eventtype` codes (`EQ` earthquake, `TC` tropical cyclone, `FL` flood, `VO` volcano,
`DR` drought, `WF` wildfire).

### The plausible-but-wrong param: `eventtypes`

```
curl "https://www.gdacs.org/gdacsapi/api/events/geteventlist/SEARCH?eventtypes=EQ"
curl "https://www.gdacs.org/gdacsapi/api/events/geteventlist/SEARCH?eventtypes=ZZ"   # garbage value
```
Both return `HTTP/1.1 200 OK` with a byte-identical 127,167-byte body to the
unfiltered call — same 88 features, same first feature (`eventid: 1027465`, a drought
event), still all six event types present. `eventtypes` (plural, matching the GeoJSON
property name `properties.eventtype` and GDACS's own documentation language) is
accepted syntactically and does **nothing**: a valid type, a garbage type, and no
param at all are indistinguishable responses.

### The real filter param: `eventlist`

```
curl "https://www.gdacs.org/gdacsapi/api/events/geteventlist/SEARCH?eventlist=EQ"
```
`HTTP/1.1 200 OK`, 23 features, every one with `properties.eventtype == "EQ"` — this
is the parameter that actually filters. A client guessing the REST-conventional
plural name gets silent, unindicated no-op filtering instead of an error.

### RSS alternative

```
curl -D - "https://www.gdacs.org/xml/rss.xml"
```
`HTTP/1.1 200 OK`, `Content-Type: application/xml`, 447,281 bytes — a full RSS 2.0
feed with `xmlns:gdacs`, `xmlns:glide` (GLIDE disaster numbers), and `xmlns:georss`
namespaces, unfiltered (no param support observed on this path), much larger than the
JSON feed for the same underlying events because it carries full per-event
descriptions.

Every response sets a `jrc_cookie` (Joint Research Centre) HttpOnly/Secure cookie; no
key or User-Agent requirement observed on any of these GET calls.

How observed: 2026-10-05T08:48:36Z-08:48:46Z, curl against www.gdacs.org (no auth).

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