BC Geographical Names Web Service - REST API API

Overview

This REST API provides searchable access to information about geographical names in the province of British Columbia, including name status and details about the corresponding geographic feature. Please note that you may experience issues when submitting requests to the delivery or test environment if using this [OpenAPI specification](https://github.com/bcgov/api-specs) in other API console viewers.

BC Geographical Names Web Service - REST API is an open data API from gov.bc.ca. It needs no API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 14 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication

No auth

HTTPS

Yes

CORS

Unknown

Category

Open Data

Base URL

https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws

Version

3.x.x

Endpoints

14

OpenAPI

Specification ↗

Spec updated

2021-06-21

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

curl -X GET "https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/featureCategories" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

const response = await fetch("https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/featureCategories", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/featureCategories",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

Questions