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Nominatim Details API

Internal place details, intended for debugging.

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

This API exposes 7 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Details. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a JSON-LD context, rate-limit docs, and 7 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 4.5.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org, https://{host}.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
4.5.0
Base URL
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Details 1

Internal place details, intended for debugging.

GET
/details
Show Internal Place Details
details 13 params → 200400

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PlaceDetails (25 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PlaceDetails
object
Verbose internal details for a single place.
25 properties
Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nominatim-details-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Nominatim publishes across the network.

Nominatim Deletable API
Nominatim Lookup API
Nominatim Polygons API
Nominatim Reverse API
Nominatim Search API
Nominatim Status API