Nominatim Search API
Forward geocoding — search OSM objects by name or address.
Nominatim Search 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 Search. 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 3 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}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
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.
Forward geocoding — search OSM objects by name or address.
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Place (20 properties), Address (14 properties), Error (1 property). 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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