hydrometric_latest

The newest water level (metres) and discharge (cubic metres per second) at B.C. Water Survey of Canada stations, by station id, part of a name, or the nearest stations to a point. Real-time and provisional, read hourly from ECCC's datamart; only the latest reading is held, not a history. Not a flood warning.

Cost: 2 units of your allowance (see Rate limits).

ParametersCopy Anchor Link

• station_id (string, optional)
• query (string, optional): min length 2, max length 60
• lat (number, optional): min 48, max 61
• lon (number, optional): min -141, max -113
• radius_km (number, optional): max 100
• limit (integer, optional): min 1, max 25

RESTCopy Anchor Link

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

MCPCopy Anchor Link

Call the tool hydrometric_latest 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":"hydrometric_latest","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.