`get_metric_data`

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

Pull the time series for one fully-specified UKHSA metric. Requires all six levels

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`theme`	string	yes	e.g. “infectious_disease”.
`sub_theme`	string	yes	e.g. “respiratory”.
`topic`	string	yes	e.g. “COVID-19”.
`geography_type`	string	yes	e.g. “Nation”.
`geography`	string	yes	e.g. “England”.
`metric`	string	yes	Dotted/underscored metric name, e.g. “COVID-19_cases_casesByDay”.
`year`	number	no	Optional. Filter to a single calendar year, e.g. 2024.
`page_size`	number	no	Optional. Observations per page (default 5 here, max ~365).
`page`	number	no	Optional. 1-based page number for paging through results.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "theme": "infectious_disease",
  "sub_theme": "respiratory",
  "topic": "COVID-19",
  "geography_type": "Nation",
  "geography": "England",
  "metric": "COVID-19_cases_casesByDay"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ukhsa/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_metric_data","arguments":{"theme":"infectious_disease","sub_theme":"respiratory","topic":"COVID-19","geography_type":"Nation","geography":"England","metric":"COVID-19_cases_casesByDay"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_metric_data', {
  "theme": "infectious_disease",
  "sub_theme": "respiratory",
  "topic": "COVID-19",
  "geography_type": "Nation",
  "geography": "England",
  "metric": "COVID-19_cases_casesByDay"
});

More examples

{
  "theme": "infectious_disease",
  "sub_theme": "respiratory",
  "topic": "COVID-19",
  "geography_type": "Nation",
  "geography": "England",
  "metric": "COVID-19_cases_casesByDay",
  "year": 2024,
  "page_size": 52
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_metric_data