`odpt_resolve_station`

Pack: odpt · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/odpt_resolve_station for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Find a Japan train station by name, in English or Japanese (“Shinjuku” or “新宿”), and return its ODPT station id(s), operator, railway and coordinates — for looking up Japanese railway/metro stations (Tokyo Metro, JR East, Toei and other operators). ODPT has no name-search endpoint, so this fetches station master data for the given operator (or a short list of major Tokyo operators if none is given) and matches client-side — one station can have several ids, one per operator/railway that serves it. Use the returned station_id with odpt_station_timetable. Needs an ODPT developer consumer key via _apiKey; Pipeworx supplies one if omitted. Example: odpt_resolve_station({ query: “Shinjuku” }).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Station name in English or Japanese, e.g. “Shinjuku” or “新宿”.
`operator`	string	no	Limit to one operator, e.g. “Tokyo Metro”, “JR East”, “Toei”, or an exact odpt.Operator id. Default: searches several major Tokyo operators.
`limit`	number	no	Max matches to return, 1-50. Default 10.
`_apiKey`	string	yes	Optional: your own ODPT developer consumer key. Pipeworx supplies one if omitted.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "Hakusan",
  "operator": "Toei"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/odpt/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"odpt_resolve_station","arguments":{"query":"Hakusan","operator":"Toei"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('odpt_resolve_station', {
  "query": "Hakusan",
  "operator": "Toei"
});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`source`	string
`query`	string
`count`	number
`stations`	array
`data_as_of`	string

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "stations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "station_id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name_ja": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name_en": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "operator": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "railway": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "station_code": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "lat": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "lon": {
            "type": "number"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    },
    "data_as_of": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the odpt pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "odpt": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/odpt/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

odpt_resolve_station