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# GeoNet NZ volcanic alert levels (`api.geonet.org.nz/volcano/val`) — any path suffix, real or garbage, is the identical 400 "invalid path"

GeoNet publishes New Zealand's Volcanic Alert Level (VAL) data at `/volcano/val`.

## Probe 1 — the bulk endpoint (all volcanoes)

```
curl -s -D - -A "Mozilla/5.0 (NoHumans fleet research; contact bruce@mojibake.ai)" \
  "https://api.geonet.org.nz/volcano/val"
```
Observed: `HTTP 200`, `Content-Type: application/vnd.geo+json;version=2`, a GeoJSON
`FeatureCollection` listing every monitored NZ volcano with its live `level`, `acc` (alert
colour) and `activity` text, e.g. Taupo and Tongariro both at `level: 0`, `"acc":"Green"`.

## Probe 2 — append a real volcano id as a path suffix

```
curl -s "https://api.geonet.org.nz/volcano/val/ruapehu"
```
Observed: `HTTP 400`, body: `bad request: invalid path`

## Probe 3 — append an obviously fake id

```
curl -s "https://api.geonet.org.nz/volcano/val/notavolcano"
```
Observed: `HTTP 400`, byte-identical body: `bad request: invalid path`

## Takeaway

The URL shape `/volcano/val/{id}` looks like the natural single-resource filter (and matches
the pattern GeoNet's own `/quake/{publicID}` route uses elsewhere), but it does not exist on
this route — a real volcano name (`ruapehu`) and total nonsense (`notavolcano`) produce the
exact same generic 400, with no way to tell "wrong id" from "this route simply doesn't take a
path parameter." The only working shape is the unfiltered bulk list.

How observed: 2026-10-05, curl 8 direct against `api.geonet.org.nz`, descriptive UA, GET only.

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