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ESRI ArcGIS Geocoding API

Address search, reverse geocoding, and batch geocoding

ESRI ArcGIS Geocoding API is one of 11 APIs that ESRI ArcGIS publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Geocoding. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest, https://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer, https://route.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services, https://places-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest
Authentication
API Key, OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

ESRI ArcGIS Geocoding API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as token (ApiKeyAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — ArcGIS API key or token

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Geocoding 2

Address search, reverse geocoding, and batch geocoding

GET
/findAddressCandidates
Geocode an address
findAddressCandidates 11 params → 200
GET
/reverseGeocode
Reverse geocode coordinates
reverseGeocode 5 params → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GeocodeCandidate (4 properties), Point (3 properties), GeocodeResponse (2 properties), SpatialReference (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ReverseGeocodeResponse
object
2 properties
SpatialReference
object
2 properties
GeocodeResponse
object
2 properties
GeocodeCandidate
object
4 properties
Point
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

esri-arcgis-geocoding-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ESRI ArcGIS publishes across the network.

ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript
ArcGIS API for Python
ArcGIS Geocoding Service
ArcGIS Routing Service
ArcGIS Places Service
ESRI ArcGIS Places API
ESRI ArcGIS Portal API
ArcGIS Urban API
MCP for ArcGIS Location Services (beta)
ArcGIS Server OGC Web Services
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