catalogue_status

Whether the catalogue metadata index is available, how many datasets it holds against what the catalogue reported, the last complete run, the licence breakdown, and the current access status (the harvest is off while catalogue API access is pending).

Cost: 1 unit of your allowance (see Rate limits).

ParametersCopy Anchor Link

This tool takes no arguments. Send {}.

RESTCopy Anchor Link

curl -X POST https://api.bcmcp.ca/v1/tools/catalogue_status \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BCDATA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

MCPCopy Anchor Link

Call the tool catalogue_status with these arguments. Over raw JSON-RPC:

curl -X POST https://api.bcmcp.ca/mcp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BCDATA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"catalogue_status","arguments":{}}}'

What comes backCopy Anchor Link

Every answer is the same envelope, over REST and over MCP: available, data, citations, freshness and notes. See Citations and freshness.