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WAQI Get Air Quality

Get real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) data for a city or monitoring station using the World Air Quality Index API. Returns AQI values, dominant pollutant, and individual pollutant readings (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, O3, SO2, CO). IMPORTANT: without a personal token the public 'demo' token is used, which returns a fixed sample station (Shanghai) regardless of the requested city — do NOT treat demo results as the requested city's air quality. Set the free WAQI_API_KEY environment variable (register at ht…

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Overview

Get real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) data for a city or monitoring station using the World Air Quality Index API. Returns AQI values, dominant pollutant, and individual pollutant readings (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, O3, SO2, CO). IMPORTANT: without a personal token the public 'demo' token is used, which returns a fixed sample station (Shanghai) regardless of the requested city — do NOT treat demo results as the requested city's air quality. Set the free WAQI_API_KEY environment variable (register at https://aqicn.org/data-platform/token/) to get real per-city data.

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

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Examples (1)

Default WAQI Get Air Quality call

Public-safe example · rate-limited

JSON input · 3 lines · 23 chars
Expected response keys: success

Identifiers

Catalog ID
tu_WAQI_get_air_quality
Tool name
WAQI_get_air_quality
Added
2026-05-01 00:58Z
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