`get_locations`

Pack: openaq · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openaq/mcp

Find air quality monitoring stations by city and/or country (e.g., city=“Delhi”, country=“IN”). Returns station coordinates, names, and available pollutant parameters.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`limit`	number	no	Maximum number of locations to return (default 10, max 100).
`city`	string	no	City name to filter locations by (e.g. “London”, “Los Angeles”).
`country`	string	no	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter by (e.g. “US”, “GB”).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "city": "Delhi",
  "country": "IN",
  "limit": 15
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openaq/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_locations","arguments":{"city":"Delhi","country":"IN","limit":15}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_locations', {
  "city": "Delhi",
  "country": "IN",
  "limit": 15
});

More examples

{
  "city": "London",
  "country": "GB"
}

Response shape

Always returns: count, locations

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Number of locations returned
`locations`	array	List of air quality monitoring stations

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of locations returned"
    },
    "locations": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of air quality monitoring stations",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Numeric location ID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Station name"
          },
          "city": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "City where station is located"
          },
          "country": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Country where station is located"
          },
          "coordinates": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "latitude": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "Latitude coordinate"
              },
              "longitude": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "Longitude coordinate"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "latitude",
              "longitude"
            ]
          },
          "parameters": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "List of available pollutant parameters",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "last_updated": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ISO timestamp of last data update"
          },
          "first_updated": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ISO timestamp of first data collection"
          },
          "is_mobile": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether station is mobile"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name",
          "city",
          "country",
          "coordinates",
          "parameters",
          "last_updated",
          "first_updated",
          "is_mobile"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "locations"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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