Groundwater Wells, Aquifers and Registry API

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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.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET aquifers_list

return a list of aquifers

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/aquifers?limit=10&offset=0&search=hello&ordering=example&aquifer_id=1

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/aquifers/?limit=10&offset=0&search=hello&ordering=example&aquifer_id=1"

import requests
params = {
    "limit": "10",
    "offset": "0",
    "search": "hello",
    "ordering": "example",
    "aquifer_id": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/aquifers/",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/aquifers/');
url.searchParams.set('limit', '10');
url.searchParams.set('offset', '0');
url.searchParams.set('search', 'hello');
url.searchParams.set('ordering', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('aquifer_id', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/aquifers/")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("limit", "10")
	q.Set("offset", "0")
	q.Set("search", "hello")
	q.Set("ordering", "example")
	q.Set("aquifer_id", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/aquifers/")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "limit" => "10",
  "offset" => "0",
  "search" => "hello",
  "ordering" => "example",
  "aquifer_id" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/aquifers/?" . http_build_query([
    "limit" => "10",
    "offset" => "0",
    "search" => "hello",
    "ordering" => "example",
    "aquifer_id" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET drillers_list

Returns a list of all person records

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/drillers?limit=10&offset=0&search=hello&ordering=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/drillers/?limit=10&offset=0&search=hello&ordering=example"

import requests
params = {
    "limit": "10",
    "offset": "0",
    "search": "hello",
    "ordering": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/drillers/",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/drillers/');
url.searchParams.set('limit', '10');
url.searchParams.set('offset', '0');
url.searchParams.set('search', 'hello');
url.searchParams.set('ordering', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/drillers/")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("limit", "10")
	q.Set("offset", "0")
	q.Set("search", "hello")
	q.Set("ordering", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/drillers/")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "limit" => "10",
  "offset" => "0",
  "search" => "hello",
  "ordering" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/drillers/?" . http_build_query([
    "limit" => "10",
    "offset" => "0",
    "search" => "hello",
    "ordering" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET wells_list

returns a list of wells

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/wells?limit=10&offset=0

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/wells/?limit=10&offset=0"

import requests
params = {
    "limit": "10",
    "offset": "0"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/wells/",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/wells/');
url.searchParams.set('limit', '10');
url.searchParams.set('offset', '0');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/wells/")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("limit", "10")
	q.Set("offset", "0")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/wells/")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "limit" => "10",
  "offset" => "0"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/gov.bc.ca/gwells/v1/wells/?" . http_build_query([
    "limit" => "10",
    "offset" => "0"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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