Groundwater Wells, Aquifers and Registry API API

Overview

The groundwater wells, aquifers and registry API contains information related to groundwater wells and aquifers as well as a register of qualified well drillers and well pump installers registered to operate in B.C.

Groundwater Wells, Aquifers and Registry API is an open data API from gov.bc.ca. Requests are authenticated with an API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 24 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication

API key

HTTPS

Yes

CORS

Unknown

Category

Open Data

Base URL

https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/gwells/api/v1/

Version

v1

Endpoints

24

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.nrs.gov.bc.ca/gwells/api/v1/aquifer-codes/demand/" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch("https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/gwells/api/v1/aquifer-codes/demand/", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/gwells/api/v1/aquifer-codes/demand/",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

Questions