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HERE Query API

Get metadata for catalogs, partitions, and indexes

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

HERE Query API is one of 139 APIs that HERE publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.4.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://use.apilookup.for.a.base.url/.

4 operations 4 paths 5 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.4
Base URL
https://account.api.here.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

HERE Query API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (Bearer). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • Bearer — A token obtained from a separate endpoint using client credentials and an OAuth 1.0a HMAC-SHA256 signed request. For more information on how to get a bearer to…

Paths & Operations 4

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

Query 4

Get metadata for catalogs, partitions, and indexes

GET
/layers/{layerId}/changes
Gets changes for the version or time range for the specific partition(s)
QueryAPIV1GetChangesById 8 params → 200400401403404
GET
/layers/{layerId}/partitions
Gets metadata for the requested partitions
QueryAPIV1GetPartitionsById 6 params → 200400401403404
GET
/layers/{layerId}/versions/{version}/quadkeys/{quadKey}/depths/{depth}
Gets index metadata of versioned
QueryAPIV1QuadTreeIndex 7 params → 200400401403404
GET
/layers/{layerId}/quadkeys/{quadKey}/depths/{depth}
Gets index metadata for volatile layers
QueryAPIV1QuadTreeIndexVolatile 5 params → 200400401403404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ParentQuad (8 properties), SubQuad (8 properties), Partition (7 properties), Index (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SubQuad
object
8 properties 3 required
Partitions
object
Describes a list of partitions for a given layer and layer version.
1 property 1 required
Index
object
2 properties 2 required
ParentQuad
object
8 properties 3 required
Partition
object
Describes the partition object which is unique within a layer.
7 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

here-query-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
here:here-query-api
Base URL
https://account.api.here.com
Docs
https://docs.here.com/identity-and-access-management/reference
Provider
HERE
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