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Esri Geocoding API

The Geocoding API from Esri — 4 operation(s) for geocoding.

Esri Geocoding API is one of 4 APIs that Esri 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.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://geocode-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services, https://route-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services, https://www.arcgis.com.

4 operations 4 paths 1 schemas 3 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest
Authentication
API Key, OAuth 2.0
License
Proprietary
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Esri 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 clientCredentials and authorizationCode flows. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyAuth — ArcGIS Platform API key or access token passed as the token query parameter (or Authorization: Bearer header on REST services).

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Geocoding 4
GET
/World/GeocodeServer/findAddressCandidates
Find candidate address matches
findAddressCandidates 10 params → 200
POST
/World/GeocodeServer/geocodeAddresses
Batch geocode addresses
geocodeAddresses body → 200
GET
/World/GeocodeServer/reverseGeocode
Reverse geocode a coordinate to an address
reverseGeocode 6 params → 200
GET
/World/GeocodeServer/suggest
Autocomplete suggestions for an address query
suggestAddresses 6 params → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is Candidate (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Candidate
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

esri-geocoding-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Esri publishes across the network.

Esri ArcGIS Platform API
Esri Auth API
Esri Routing API