Scrappa's GET /api/chintai/locations lists all 47 CHINTAI prefectures, the municipalities of one prefecture or its railway lines.
What you get
level=prefectures (default) returns each prefecture with its slug, Japanese name, city_count and line_count. level=cities with a prefecture returns each municipality with its code and search_params. level=lines returns each line with its code and search_params. An unknown prefecture slug returns 404.
Notes
The tree is read from CHINTAI's public area and line pages. CHINTAI lists only municipalities that have listings. This call needs no lookup on CHINTAI and answers at once.
Run this endpoint
Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
This endpoint has no required query parameters.
2 optional filters available.
string
Optional
prefectures (default), cities or lines.
cities
string
Optional
Prefecture slug. Required for cities and lines, not allowed for prefectures.
tokyo
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/chintai/locations?level=cities&prefecture=tokyo")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
success
data
meta
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"level": "cities",
"prefecture": "tokyo",
"items": [
{
"type": "city",
"name": "\u5343\u4ee3\u7530\u533a",
"code": "13101",
"prefecture": "tokyo",
"prefecture_name": "\u6771\u4eac\u90fd",
"search_params": {
"prefecture": "tokyo",
"city": "13101"
}
}
]
},
"meta": {
"endpoint_family": "locations",
"billable": true
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Not Found
No CHINTAI prefecture has that slug (`NOT_FOUND`). Non-billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false,
"endpoint_family": "locations"
},
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "No CHINTAI prefecture has that slug. Take it from level=prefectures."
},
"success": false
}Validation Error
A query parameter is missing, unknown or unusable. Non-billable.
{
"errors": {
"q": [
"The q field is required."
]
},
"message": "The q field is required."
}Service Unavailable
The service could not answer (`UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE`). Retryable and never billed. Clients are never rate limited.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "locations"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "CHINTAI is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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