ESRI ArcGIS Geocoding API
Address search, reverse geocoding, and batch geocoding
ESRI ArcGIS Geocoding API is one of 8 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 3.1.0, 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
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.
Address search, reverse geocoding, and batch geocoding
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), ReverseGeocodeResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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