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Jawg Maps Places API

The Places API from Jawg Maps — 4 operation(s) for places.

Jawg Maps Places API is one of 7 APIs that Jawg Maps publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Places. 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 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://tile.jawg.io, https://api.jawg.io.

4 operations 4 paths 3 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://tile.jawg.io
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Jawg Maps Places API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as access-token (accessToken). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • accessToken — Jawg access token, obtained from the Jawg App account.
  • bearerAuth — Jawg access token supplied as a Bearer token on api.jawg.io surfaces.

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.

Places 4
GET
/places/v1/search
Forward geocoding search.
geocodeSearch 8 params → 200401
GET
/places/v1/autocomplete
Autocomplete geocoding.
geocodeAutocomplete 4 params → 200401
GET
/places/v1/reverse
Reverse geocoding.
geocodeReverse 5 params → 200401
GET
/places/v1/place/{id}
Get details for a place by its global identifier.
getPlaceDetails 2 params → 200401

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GeocodingFeature (3 properties), GeocodingResponse (3 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GeocodingResponse
object
A GeoJSON FeatureCollection returned by the Places API.
3 properties
GeocodingFeature
object
3 properties
Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

jawg-maps-places-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Jawg Maps publishes across the network.

Jawg Maps Isochrone API
Jawg Maps Matrix API
Jawg Maps Routing API
Jawg Maps Static Maps API
Jawg Maps Styles API
Jawg Maps Tiles API