# Retrieve MVT protobuf

| **Description** | Standard protocol to stream vector data as mapbox vectortile protobuffer                          |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Endpoint**    | `/ogc/mvt/{pathId}/{z}/{x}/{y}?token={token}&style={style}&timestampId={timestampId}&zoom={zoom}` |
| **Method**      | GET                                                                                               |

## Access Level Rules

| **Minimum Access Level** | view |
| ------------------------ | ---- |

## Processing Units

| **Minimum processing units** | None |
| ---------------------------- | ---- |

## Parameters

| Name          | Type         | Description                                                  | Required | Default       |
| ------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | ------------- |
| `pathId`      | uuid         | The id of the vector layer.                                  | true     |               |
| `timestampId` | uuid         | The id of the timestamp.                                     | true     |               |
| `z`           | int          | The zoom level of the vector tile to retrieve.               | true     |               |
| `x`           | int          | The x position of the vector tile to retrieve.               | true     |               |
| `y`           | int          | The y position of the vector tile to retrieve.               | true     |               |
| `style`       | uuid or JSON | The id of a style or a JSON fully describing a vector style. | false    | Default null. |
| `zoom`        | int          | Max zoomlevel of the layer.                                  | false    | Default null. |


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