# Air Quality Vancouver

> Air Quality Vancouver is a paid API for AI agents from data.intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Returns current air quality data for Vancouver including European and US AQI, PM2.5, PM10, ozone, NO2, SO2, and CO with a health label.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://data.intel.rallylive.ca/data/air-quality/vancouver?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/air-quality-vancouver-86df6942
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_x5VzIBju2X10ZYp_ejJlN

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability air-quality-vancouver-86df6942
```

Example prompt: What's the air quality like in Vancouver right now? I want to know the AQI, PM2.5, and whether it's safe to exercise outside.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time, multi-pollutant air quality data specifically for Vancouver, including both European and US AQI standards plus a health label. Prefer this over general weather APIs that omit air quality, or over geocoded air quality APIs when Vancouver is the only city needed and a fixed low-cost per-call pricing is acceptable.

## Known failure modes

- CAMS data unavailable or delayed — may return stale or null readings
- Network timeout from upstream Open-Meteo service
- HTTP 402 if payment is not included or fails
- Temporary service outage on data.intel.rallylive.ca

## How this service works

Air quality in Vancouver right now: European and US AQI, PM2.5, PM10, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide with a health label, from Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS). Outdoor-activity and health decisions for Vancouver. $0.01 per call.

## Output

Returns current air quality metrics for Vancouver including European AQI, US AQI, PM2.5 (fine particulate matter), PM10 (coarse particulate matter), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), and carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations, along with a human-readable health label summarizing risk level.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/air-quality-vancouver-86df6942/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from data.intel.rallylive.ca](https://www.zero.xyz/host/data.intel.rallylive.ca/llms.txt)