Locations

Location Instance

Represents a single location instance.

URI

https://www.bcjobs.ca/api/v1.1/locations/{id}

Properties

Property	Type	Description
id	Int32	Unique identifier of the loction.
name	String (max 256)	Human readable name for the location.
description	String (max 300)	Human readable description for the location.
type	String (max 50)	The type of location.
latitude	Decimal (9,6)	Centroid latitude.
longitude	Decimal (9,6)	Centroid longitude.
swLatitude	Decimal (9,6)	Bounding box south west latitude.
swLongitude	Decimal (9,6)	Bounding box south west longitude.
neLatitude	Decimal (9,6)	Bounding box north east latitude
neLongitude	Decimal (9,6)	Bounding box north east longitude
area	Array of Arrays	Array of paths that defines a geospacial area of the location. Each array item contains 2 values, a latitude followed by a longitude.

HTTP GET

Authentication: Not Required

Example

Request

https://www.bcjobs.ca/api/v1.1/locations/156

Response

{
    "id":156,
    "neLatitude":49.309410,
    "swLongitude":-123.268227,
    "area": [
        { "latitude": 49.234343, "longitude": -123.267883 },
        { "latitude": 49.200929, "longitude": -123.134274 },
        { "latitude": 49.19891, "longitude": -123.02298 },
        { "latitude": 49.294523, "longitude": -123.022637 },
        { "latitude": 49.30941, "longitude": -123.141312 },
        { "latitude": 49.29206, "longitude": -123.268227 }
    ],
    "swLatitude":49.198910,
    "description":"Vancouver, BC",
    "name":"Vancouver",
    "longitude":-123.145264,
    "neLongitude":-123.022637,
    "latitude":49.267239,
    "type":"Town"
}
    

HTTP POST, PUT, and DELETE

Not supported.

Locations List

Represents a list of locations.

URI

https://www.bcjobs.ca/api/v1.1/locations

HTTP GET

Returns a list of locations. The list includes paging information and is sorted by the name length in ascending order.

Authentication: Not Required

Query String

Paramter	Type	Required?	Description
q	String	No	Location query term. This will match partial names. For example, van will match Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Vanderhoof. If this parameter is ommitted, then locations will not be filtered by term.
types	String	No	Comma separated list of location types to return. Supported types: suburb town province territory country
pageSize	Int32	No	Specifies the number of records to return at a time. The default is 10 and the maximum is 100.
page	Int32	No	Specifies which page to return. The default is 1.

Example

Request all location headers.

Request

https://www.bcjobs.ca/api/v1.1/locations?types=province,territory

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 802
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "data":[
        {
            "id": 429,
            "name": "Yukon",
            "type": "Territory",
            "description": "Yukon",
            "latitude": 64.836899,
            "longitude": -136.791992,
            "swLatitude": 59.999680,
            "swLongitude": -141.002701,
            "neLatitude": 69.674118,
            "neLongitude": -123.788017,
            "area": [
                { "latitude": 59.99968, "longitude": -141.002701 },
                { "latitude": 59.99968, "longitude": -123.788017 },
                { "latitude": 62.520776, "longitude": -128.995537 },
                { "latitude": 67.029776, "longitude": -133.587822 },
                { "latitude": 67.281777, "longitude": -135.741142},
                { "latitude": 69.628274, "longitude": -136.444267 },
                { "latitude": 69.674118, "longitude": -141.002701}
            ]
        },
        ...
    ],
    "paging":{
        "total":448,
        "previous":null,
        "page":1,
        "pages":2,
        "next":"https://www.bcjobs.ca/api/v1.1/locations?types=province,territory&pageSize=10&page=2",
        "pageSize":10
    }
}