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ARSO Current Hydrology

Slovenian river and lake station measurements for building a local water-level conditions display.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Beginner — comfortable for a first prototype
Size
Tiny · ≤0.005 GB
Formats
XML
Access
API
API Key
Not Required
Provider
Slovenian Environment Agency
Updates
Near Real Time
Last Verified
Sep 28, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
Data Terms
ARSO permits public-information reuse for commercial and noncommercial analysis with source citation.
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

The official Slovenian Environment Agency feed supplies current public data. Start with two current Slovenian stations; a provisional station level is not a flood warning or a destination-wide measurement.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • An internet connection
  • The requests Python package
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Read the official data documentation and reuse terms.
  2. 2.Fetch the small official feed and inspect two records.
  3. 3.Preserve source timestamps and locations before mapping results.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install requests

import requests
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET

url = "https://www.arso.gov.si/xml/vode/hidro_podatki_zadnji.xml"
response = requests.get(url, timeout=20)
response.raise_for_status()
root = ET.fromstring(response.content)
print("Prepared", root.findtext("datum_priprave"))
for station in root.findall("postaja")[:2]:
    print(station.get("sifra"), station.findtext("reka"),
          station.findtext("vodostaj"), station.findtext("datum_cet"))
4

Test a Useful Signal

Inspect Dated Local Conditions

Inspect two current Slovenian stations with source timestamps.

  1. 01Fetch the official source and retain its update time.
  2. 02Show two records with their station or notice identifiers.
  3. 03Explain why these records are context rather than complete hazard coverage.

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Dataset Details

Slovenian Environment Agency is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: current observations or notices.

Data Types

Time Series

Geography

Slovenia

Formats

XML

Provider

Slovenian Environment Agency

Data Terms

ARSO permits public-information reuse for commercial and noncommercial analysis with source citation.

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