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Documentation for the Search API is also available in Japanese.

Public beta for the Search API

The Mapbox Search API is in private beta for worldwide coverage and in public beta for Japan.Unless you are part of the private beta program, the Mapbox Search API is only available for Japanese-language queries for locations in Japan.

The Mapbox Search API can be used to provide an interactive search experience for end users, or can support stand-alone forward and reverse geocoding queries.

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Search API endpoints

The Search API includes six different endpoints: /suggest, /retrieve, /forward, /permanent/forward, /reverse, and /permanent/reverse.

Suggest

The /suggest endpoint is used in combination with the /retrieve endpoint to create an interactive search experience for end users. Within your application, send user searches to the /suggest endpoint. When a user selects a result on the application UI, that gets sent to the /retrieve endpoint. For more details, see the Retrieve a suggestion section of this documentation.

Retrieve

If the user selects one of the results from the /suggest endpoint, that gets sent to the /retrieve endpoint, which provides detailed information about that feature including geographic coordinates. After the /retrieve action occurs, the Search API returns GeoJSON with coordinate information for the selected feature or features. For more details, see the Retrieve a suggested feature section of this documentation.

Forward geocoding

The /forward endpoint allows you to look up a single location by name and returns its geographic coordinates. For more details, see the Forward geocoding section of this documentation.

Permanent forward geocoding

The /permanent/forward endpoint is used for use cases that require storing position data. Like the /forward endpoint, it allows you to look up a single location by name and returns its geographic coordinates. For more details, see the Permanent forward geocoding section of this documentation.

Reverse geocoding

The /reverse endpoint allows you to look up a single pair of coordinates and returns the geographic feature or features that exist at that location. For more details, see the Reverse geocoding section of this documentation.

Permanent reverse geocoding

The /permanent/reverse endpoint is used for use cases that require storing position data. Like the /reverse endpoint, it allows you to look up a single pair of coordinates and returns the geographic feature or features that exist at that location. For more details, see the Permanent reverse geocoding section of this documentation.

Administrative unit types

Various types of administrative units are available via the Search API. Any type might appear as a top-level response, as context in a top-level response, or as a filtering option using the optional types parameter. See the following table for available administrative unit types. Note that /search/v1 allows localized place names as an alternative to the standard administrative unit. In the beta release, this feature has only been enabled for Japan.

Administrative unit type	Description	Localized option
country	Generally recognized countries or, in some cases like Hong Kong, an area of quasi-national administrative status with a designated country code under ISO 3166-1.
region	Top-level sub-national administrative features, such as states in the United States or provinces in Canada or China.	prefecture
postcode	Postal codes used in country-specific national addressing systems.
district	Features that are smaller than top-level administrative features but typically larger than cities, in countries that use such an additional layer in postal addressing (for example, prefectures in China).
place	Typically these are cities, villages, municipalities, etc. They’re usually features used in postal addressing, and are suitable for display in ambient end-user applications where current-location context is needed (for example, in weather displays).	city
locality	Official sub-city features present in countries where such an additional administrative layer is used in postal addressing, or where such features are commonly referred to in local parlance. Examples include city districts in Brazil and Chile and arrondissements in France.	oaza
neighborhood	Colloquial sub-city features often referred to in local parlance. Unlike locality features, these typically lack official status and may lack universally agreed-upon boundaries. Not available for reverse geocoding requests.	chome
block	The block number. Only available in Japan.
street	The street, with no house number.
address	Individual residential or business addresses as a street with house number. In a Japanese context, this is the block number and the house number. All components smaller than chome are designated as an address.
poi	Points of interest. These include restaurants, stores, concert venues, parks, museums, etc. If you wish to receive POI in your results, contact Mapbox sales to be added to the beta program.
category	A meta-result, indicating a group of POI results. For example coffee, restaurants, or fuel. Only available in /suggest results. If you wish to receive POI in your results, contact Mapbox sales to be added to the beta program.

Session Phase 1: Request suggestions

get

https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/suggest/{search_text}

Request a suggestion. The suggest endpoint provides place predictions about what an end user is searching for, based on autocomplete of the user query. This endpoint, along with the retrieve endpoint, can be used to add autocomplete functionality to applications that include geographic searches.

POI search not available in public beta

Point of interest (POI) Search is only available to customers in private beta mode. This includes named buildings, local stores, and areas of interest such as public parks.

Required parameters	Type	Description
access_token	string	A Mapbox access token with default permissions.
session_token	string	A customer-provided session token value, which groups a series of requests together for billing purposes. UUIDv4 is recommended. For more information on how session_token is used to group Search API calls into one session, see the Session-based pricing section of this documentation.
search_text	string	The user's query string. The query string is limited to 120 characters.
language	string	The ISO language code to be returned.
country	string	An ISO 3166 alpha 2 country code.

You can further refine the results of a query to this endpoint with the following optional parameters:

Optional parameters	Type	Description
bbox	number	Limit results to only those contained within the supplied bounding box. Bounding boxes should be supplied as four numbers separated by commas, in minimum longitude,minimum latitude,maximum longitude,maximum latitude order. The bounding box cannot cross the 180th meridian.
limit	integer	The number of results to return, up to 10 for address or POI. When types=category this limit may be up to 100. The initial suggestion will return up to 10 results, but up to 100 POI will be included in the corresponding retrieve.
navigation_profile	string	The navigation routing profile to use. Available profiles are: driving, walking, and cycling. navigation_profile and origin are required for distance calculations.
origin	number	The location from which to calculate distance, provided as two comma-separated coordinates in longitude,latitude order. When both proximity and origin are provided, origin is interpreted as the target of a route, while proximity indicates the current user location. This parameter is required for distance-to-target estimates, but may incur additional latency.
proximity	number	Bias the response to favor results that are closer to this location, provided as two comma-separated coordinates in longitude,latitude order. When both proximity and origin are provided, origin is interpreted as the target of a route, while proximity indicates the current user location.
eta_type	string	Used to estimate the time of arrival from the location specified in origin. The only allowed value for this parameter is navigation. This parameter, along with origin and navigation_profile, is required for ETA calculations. ETA calculations will incur additional latency.
types	string	Limit results to one or more types of features, provided as a comma-separated list. Pass one or more of the type names as a comma separated list. If no types are specified, all possible types may be returned. Available types are: country, region, prefecture, postcode, district, place, city, locality, oaza, neighborhood, chome, block, street, address, 'poi, and category. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these types. POI and types are only available for beta customers, but in the future these may also be included by default.

Category suggestion requires at least one of bbox, origin or proximity to be specified.

Example requests: Request a suggestion

# Search for Empire State Building with limit=1

$ curl "https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/suggest/Empire%20State%20Building?language=en&limit=1&session_token=[GENERATED-UUID]&proximity=-75.38661,39.82049&country=US&access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

# Search for 新橋一丁十番一号,東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号 with limit=1

$ curl "https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/suggest/新橋一丁十番一号,東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号?language=ja&limit=1&session_token=[GENERATED-UUID]&proximity=13.38333,52.51667&country=JP&access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Response: Request a suggestion

The response to a request to the /suggest endpoint is an array of JSON suggestion objects. A suggestion will include a result name, a short description, and additional metadata when available (such as distance to proximity point). It does not include geographic coordinates. To get coordinates, make a call to the /retrieve endpoint with the information provided in the /suggest result's "action" block. The "action" block is opaque and can be used without inspection in your application.

Using the limit parameter, you can increase the maximum number of results up to 10. Pagination is not available, but this feature may be added in a later release. There is not an option to customize the order of search results.

Each result object contains the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
attribution	string	The attribution data for results.
version	string	The service version information. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
response_uuid	string	The service response identifier. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
suggestions	array of objects	The returned suggestion objects. See the table below for details on the properties contained by each suggestion object.

Each suggestion object contains the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
feature_name	string	The name of the feature.
matching_name	string	The name as matched by the search algorithm. Note that this may include alternative names, synonyms, or location details besides the official feature name.
highlighted_name	string	The name, as matched by the search algorithm wrapped in tags. While this field will be populated in all geographies, the matching tags are only populated for Japanese POI.
description	string	Formatted context hierarchy for the given location. For US addresses, this includes City, State Abbreviation Postcode. For POI, this is the fully-formatted address. Meta results (for example category) will include the kind of meta result.
action	object	The action block indicates the next step to continue with this suggestion.
action.endpoint	string	The endpoint to point the next request to. The current options are suggest and retrieve. The /suggest call is used when the API determines the next best option is another round of suggestions, and the /retrieve call is used when the API determines it understands what feature the user is looking for and that the user is ready for the geographic coordinates of the results.
action.method	string	The type of HTTP methods that are allowed for the next request. Options are POST or, less commonly, GET.
action.body	object	The body to pass to HTTP POST /retrieve when fetching GeoJSON.
action.multi_retrievable	boolean	Indicates whether the feature can be fetched as part of a batch retrieve. Only POI results may be multi-retrieved for map display.
result_type	array	The type of result using the global context hierarchy (region, place, locality, neighborhood, address). See the Administrative unit types section for details about these types.
geometry	object	An object describing the spatial geometry of the returned feature.
geometry.coordinates	array	The coordinates of the feature, formatted as [longitude,latitude].
geometry.type	string	This will always be "Point".
distance	number	An approximate distance to the origin location, in meters. Only provided when origin and navigation_profile are used in the request.
eta	number	The estimated time of arrival from the feature to the origin point, in minutes. Only provided when eta_type, origin, and navigation_profile are used in the request. If an address is not on the road network, an ETA will not be provided.
maki	string	A string representing an associated Maki icon to use for this result.
language	string	An IETF language tag indicating the language of the result.
internal_id	string	ID for internal metadata. This ID is not guaranteed to be stable or unique, and is not useful for development.
external_ids	object	IDs passed through from external data providers. These IDs are not guaranteed to be stable or unique, and are not useful for development.
context	array	The context of the feature.
context.localized_layer	string	The localized place_type. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
context.layer	string	The global place_type that corresponds to the localized place_type in context.localized_layer. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
context.name	string	The name of the feature.
metadata	object	Address metadata fields.
metadata.iso_3166_1	string	The country code.
metadata.iso_3166_2	string	The country code and its country subdivision code.
internal_id	string	An ephemeral ID; not recommended for production use.
external_ids	string	A collection of vendor-provided IDs. Not recommended for production.

Example responses: Request a suggestion

{
  "suggestions": [
    {
      "feature_name": "Empire State Building",
      "matching_name": "Empire State Building",
      "highlighted_name": "Empire State Building",
      "description": "20 West 34th Street, New York City, New York 10118, United States of America",
      "result_type": ["poi"],
      "language": "en",
      "action": {
        "endpoint": "retrieve",
        "method": "POST",
        "body": {
          "id": "abc123"
        },
        "multi_retrievable": true
      },
      "coordinates": "-73.985703,40.748402",
      "maki": "marker",
      "category": [
        "historic site",
        "tourist attraction",
        "monument",
        "viewpoint"
      ],
      "internal_id": "example internal id",
      "external_ids": {
        "mbx_poi": "0ad30d457a8755215c6de72a9f90e2320bb911283a32358b70b1b80ce51da099",
        "foursquare": "43695300f964a5208c291fe3",
        "federated": "poi.0ad30d457a8755215c6de72a9f90e2320bb911283a32358b70b1b80ce51da099",
        "tripadvisor": "104365"
      },
      "mapbox_id": "CkIKQDBhZDMwZDQ1N2E4NzU1MjE1YzZkZTcyYTlmOTBlMjMyMGJiOTExMjgzYTMyMzU4YjcwYjFiODBjZTUxZGEwOTk=",
      "context": [
        {
          "layer": "address",
          "localized_layer": "address",
          "name": "20 West 34th Street, New York City, NY 10001"
        },
        {
          "layer": "street",
          "localized_layer": "street",
          "name": "west 34th street"
        },
        {
          "layer": "postcode",
          "localized_layer": "postcode",
          "name": "10118"
        },
        {
          "layer": "neighborhood",
          "localized_layer": "neighborhood",
          "name": "Koreatown"
        },
        {
          "layer": "place",
          "localized_layer": "place",
          "name": "New York City"
        },
        {
          "layer": "region",
          "localized_layer": "region",
          "name": "New York"
        },
        {
          "layer": "country",
          "localized_layer": "country",
          "name": "United States of America"
        }
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "iso_3166_1": "US",
        "iso_3166_2": "US-NY"
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2022 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "4:36ab3a1922e482256ec7ebc7069bb94f805bf5ca",
  "response_uuid": "958dc02c-fb82-4b6c-9732-4d307fb66521"
}

{
  "suggestions": [
    {
      "feature_name": "〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号",
      "matching_name": "〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号",
      "description": "",
      "result_type": ["address"],
      "language": "ja",
      "action": {
        "endpoint": "retrieve",
        "method": "POST",
        "body": {
          "id": "abc123"
        },
        "multi_retrievable": false
      },
      "maki": "marker",
      "internal_id": "example internal id",
      "external_ids": {
        "service": "2wwRMXwBRYqRl13lTvTP"
      },
      "context": [
        {
          "layer": "block",
          "localized_layer": "block",
          "name": "10"
        },
        {
          "layer": "neighborhood",
          "localized_layer": "chome",
          "name": "1丁目"
        },
        {
          "layer": "locality",
          "localized_layer": "oaza",
          "name": "新橋"
        },
        {
          "layer": "place",
          "localized_layer": "city",
          "name": "港区"
        },
        {
          "layer": "region",
          "localized_layer": "prefecture",
          "name": "東京都"
        }
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "iso_3166_1": "jp",
        "iso_3166_2": "JP-13",
        "reading": {
          "ja_kana": "ﾄｳｷｮｳﾄﾐﾅﾄｸｼﾝﾊﾞｼ",
          "ja_latin": "toukyouto minatoku shinbashi"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2022 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "11:061a06471ec519420eeca5be2b87e043f2fe4cbe",
  "response_uuid": "4b659949-c8c7-42d8-a541-6b427e5806cc"
}

  {
    "suggestions": [
        {
            "feature_name": "Coffee",
            "matching_name": "Coffee",
            "highlighted_name": "Coffee",
            "description": "Category",
            "result_type": [
                "category"
            ],
            "language": "en",
            "action": {
                "endpoint": "retrieve",
                "method": "POST",
                "body": {
                    "id": "KpVh_NjD8JvR8gjOV7tdqqycNzrC55xjG3BB7kNILsu3rmturQHGDUEMcGlaQY6Cu5cCcnz8RMVRo0lUnVnfC1CUdqgeSqTkreNyVjIR3hzFb7L62ZasnYQgFvbCi6guXA1Ai1NVyRYPDzLjy-JhOz2YHiwv8Wyk9Fi6q-od7XxXliDzmxAZ0zo7YgRgNKA-zTSo3__i3ogdrYW0uz1sKY4wMTw_0KKcuZ0WQhaNUh9Y3ZrAhaAkj6MvtDj6ArrxRsLm-jzC29pqRz3c5mg3LcODCTyqFU8D0-4zKD-1hTIQIgYkQHo_x_-BQO8J9skJTm67Io0UDUqixmxX1w7VhyqCEw8ezx8d3Rp3-ourQT6ZCmzTaDC11DrGnc4ZQ0ayR4AcrwbdKV0YnTKYh0KdMa2kxLjxcq5OP6mkep1jHlamJTAd7Qka5p5gw4pvkBf5kcT2c7Zkk6HDdJDDqVruSbElBRRyLYhynYvoFGYrDGGjAQELlK7xLnMBETewCEDpUmshnjEXeI-gwK9ZtBm05cYiMi8BEYiYuUrGVu-VRcUqBoh8-rbBNoYxnHgGZnmIeDVX6iRAqqLECuKW1lzIdYFCtEYUc1HtNT8ZftaL96-CtpNHv9mf0STW68J5e3dU_WP_VVIx4lLBZeflVAb2ICVL99zjskbrXO9CYTBx9WOWtc0fvIu1GSIxltpIu3HXlumayk2Y7PEAw1tvExzfdvYqHNboFCLRe4XvP196fcup7_3mZ6ndGECkq0SdAfhiUIScWNSOu3FDM-R7Cpk4KKT2nxibzmwDuzEzwqeam49S2FhU7p3miMAQGcmhhgqwbhDJ6hqO2m3WGtFCtXvdZXX15yoT7hme29UXrIHOFGq9Qs0ZHo9tcnfUHQnET80Hi6otebeFDpp6S6B9qgY442FtX0gzZCM0VuCo4u-SZRgy86YwKjGmgqs1nqrta46hhpajdnXb5AGBiemHmx6URWC__QKflpt4BxiIyRgzkJMLYDhnktczNJakugWQThwrUm1NrmBogTPJFlTl"
                },
                "multi_retrievable": false
            },
            "maki": "cafe",
            "category": [
                "Coffee"
            ],
            "internal_id": "42CAgOTEktT0_KJKAA==.42eAgMSCTN2C_Ezd4tSisszkVAA=.Y2OAgOT8tLTUVAA=",
            "external_ids": {
                "federated": "category.coffee"
            }
        }
    ],
    "attribution": "© 2021 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
    "version": "5:541dd5c3358c4070719c266470cfb8430d72dd24",
    "response_uuid": "da631e7b-75fd-4dc3-9a1e-4915b2c16a29"
}

Session Phase 2: Retrieve a suggested feature

post

https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/retrieve/

After one or more calls to the /suggest endpoint, you will use the information contained in the response's action block to retrieve detailed information about the feature, including coordinates. Using this endpoint requires no knowledge of what the possible parameters to pass are. Instead, you must pass information in the action block returned from the call to /suggest to this endpoint.

While a retrieve for a place or address will return details for a single result, a retrieve on a category result will return up to limit POI belonging to that category.

POI now available in public beta

Point of interest (POI) Search is now available to customers in private beta mode. This includes named buildings, local stores, and areas of interest such as public parks.

Required parameters	Type	Description
access_token	string	A Mapbox access token with default permissions.
session_token	string	A customer-provided session token value, which groups a series of requests together for billing purposes. UUIDv4 is recommended. For more information on how session_token is used to group Search API calls into one session, see the Session-based pricing section of this documentation.

Request body properties	Type	Description
id	string	The ID of the suggestion to retrieve, taken from action.body.id in the response from the /suggest endpoint.

Example request: Retrieve a suggested feature

POST /search/v1/retrieve?session_token=[GENERATED-UUID]&access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN

Example request body:

{
  "id": "12345"
}

Response: Retrieve details for a suggestion

The /retrieve endpoint returns a GeoJSON FeatureCollection. In the case of a category selection, /retrieve will return an array of GeoJSON features.

Property	Type	Description
type	string	This will always be "FeatureCollection".
attribution	string	The attribution data for results.
version	string	The service version information. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
response_uuid	string	The service response identifier. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
features	array of objects	The returned feature objects. See the table below for details on the properties contained by each feature object.

Each feature in the response body contains the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
bbox	array	A bounding box in the format minimum longitude,minimum latitude,maximum longitude,maximum latitude. Only available for places layers.
geometry	object	An object describing the spatial geometry of the returned feature.
geometry.coordinates	array	The coordinates of the feature, formatted as [longitude,latitude].
geometry.type	string	This will always be "Point".
type	string	This will always be "Feature".
properties	object	Specific properties associated with the returned feature.
properties.maki	string	A string representing an associated Maki icon to use for this result.
properties.metadata	object	Address metadata fields.
properties.metadata.iso_3166_1	string	The country code.
properties.metadata.iso_3166_2	string	The country code and its country subdivision code.
properties.feature_name	string	The name of the feature.
properties.matching_name	string	The name as matched by the search algorithm. Note that this may include alternative names, synonyms, or location details besides the official feature name.
highlighted_name	string	The name, as matched by the search algorithm wrapped in tags. While this field will be populated in all geographies, the matching tags are only populated for Japanese POI.
properties.place_name	string	A string representing the feature in the requested language, if specified, and its full result hierarchy.
properties.description	string	For POI, the locally formatted address. For place_types, the fully formatted context hierarchy above the given level.
properties.internal_id	string	ID for internal metadata. This ID is not guaranteed to be stable or unique, and is not useful for development.
properties.external_ids	object	IDs passed through from external data providers. These IDs are not guaranteed to be stable or unique, and are not useful for development.
properties.place_type	array	The result type. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.language	string	The IETF language tag.
properties.address_number	string	The house number for address objects.
properties.context	array of objects	The context of the feature.
properties.context.localized_layer	string	The localized place_type. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.context.layer	string	The global place_type that corresponds to the localized properties.place_type in context.localized_layer. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.context.name	string	The name of the feature.

Example responses: Retrieve a suggested feature

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [5.049746, 51.650652],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "Efteling",
        "matching_name": "Efteling",
        "highlighted_name": "Efteling",
        "description": "Europalaan 1, 5171 RP Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands",
        "place_name": "Efteling, Europalaan 1, 5171 RP Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands",
        "id": "2xAyKYEBLMhwlZV-L0T3",
        "place_type": ["poi"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "address",
            "localized_layer": "address",
            "name": "Europalaan 1, 5171 KW Kaatsheuvel The Netherlands"
          },
          {
            "layer": "street",
            "localized_layer": "street",
            "name": "europalaan"
          },
          {
            "layer": "postcode",
            "localized_layer": "postcode",
            "name": "5171 RP"
          },
          {
            "layer": "neighborhood",
            "localized_layer": "neighborhood",
            "name": "De Klinkenpolder"
          },
          {
            "layer": "place",
            "localized_layer": "place",
            "name": "Kaatsheuvel"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country",
            "localized_layer": "country",
            "name": "Netherlands"
          }
        ],
        "maki": "marker",
        "poi_category": ["theme park", "entertainment"],
        "internal_id": "example internal id",
        "external_ids": {
          "tripadvisor": "262610",
          "foursquare": "4a72b543f964a52041db1fe3",
          "federated": "poi.067e4e1ea55235c67f4601f56d2889ebf6c380220de994e902f33ab59dd988e1",
          "mbx_poi": "067e4e1ea55235c67f4601f56d2889ebf6c380220de994e902f33ab59dd988e1"
        },
        "mapbox_id": "CkIKQDA2N2U0ZTFlYTU1MjM1YzY3ZjQ2MDFmNTZkMjg4OWViZjZjMzgwMjIwZGU5OTRlOTAyZjMzYWI1OWRkOTg4ZTE=",
        "metadata": {
          "review_count": 7787,
          "phone": "+31 416 537 777",
          "website": "http://www.efteling.com/",
          "average_rating": 4.5,
          "detailed_description": "Discover Holland's hidden gem. Efteling is a unique theme park with a fairytale atmosphere, natural surroundings and a wide range of thrilling and enchanting attractions, making it the ideal family short-break destination!",
          "primary_photo": [
            {
              "width": 50,
              "height": 50,
              "url": "https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-t/12/5b/6f/3c/efteling-the-magic-land.jpg"
            },
            {
              "width": 150,
              "height": 150,
              "url": "https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-l/12/5b/6f/3c/efteling-the-magic-land.jpg"
            },
            {
              "width": 250,
              "height": 188,
              "url": "https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-f/12/5b/6f/3c/efteling-the-magic-land.jpg"
            },
            {
              "width": 550,
              "height": 413,
              "url": "https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/12/5b/6f/3c/efteling-the-magic-land.jpg"
            },
            {
              "width": 960,
              "height": 720,
              "url": "https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/12/5b/6f/3c/efteling-the-magic-land.jpg"
            }
          ],
          "open_hours": {
            "open_type": "Scheduled",
            "open_periods": [
              {
                "open": {
                  "day": 0,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 11,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                },
                "close": {
                  "day": 0,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 18,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                }
              },
              {
                "open": {
                  "day": 1,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 11,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                },
                "close": {
                  "day": 1,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 18,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                }
              },
              {
                "open": {
                  "day": 2,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 11,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                },
                "close": {
                  "day": 2,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 18,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                }
              },
              {
                "open": {
                  "day": 3,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 11,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                },
                "close": {
                  "day": 3,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 18,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                }
              },
              {
                "open": {
                  "day": 4,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 11,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                },
                "close": {
                  "day": 4,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 18,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                }
              },
              {
                "open": {
                  "day": 5,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 10,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                },
                "close": {
                  "day": 5,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 18,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                }
              },
              {
                "open": {
                  "day": 6,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 10,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                },
                "close": {
                  "day": 6,
                  "time": {
                    "hour": 18,
                    "minute": 0
                  }
                }
              }
            ]
          },
          "iso_3166_1": "NL",
          "iso_3166_2": "NL-NB"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2022 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "4:36ab3a1922e482256ec7ebc7069bb94f805bf5ca",
  "response_uuid": "fcdd5da0-2bb2-48ac-bf73-8da68fffc5ac"
}

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [139.7596417, 35.6675028],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号",
        "matching_name": "〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号",
        "description": "",
        "place_name": "〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号",
        "id": "2wwRMXwBRYqRl13lTvTP",
        "place_type": ["address"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "block",
            "localized_layer": "block",
            "name": "10"
          },
          {
            "layer": "chome",
            "localized_layer": "chome",
            "name": "1丁目"
          },
          {
            "layer": "oaza",
            "localized_layer": "oaza",
            "name": "新橋"
          },
          {
            "layer": "city",
            "localized_layer": "city",
            "name": "港区"
          },
          {
            "layer": "prefecture",
            "localized_layer": "prefecture",
            "name": "東京都"
          }
        ],
        "language": "ja",
        "maki": "marker",
        "internal_id": "example internal id",
        "external_ids": {
          "japan_address": "2wwRMXwBRYqRl13lTvTP"
        },
        "accuracy": "rooftop",
        "address": "〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号",
        "address_number": "1",
        "metadata": {
          "iso_3166_1": "jp",
          "iso_3166_2": "JP-13",
          "reading": {
            "ja_kana": "ﾄｳｷｮｳﾄﾐﾅﾄｸｼﾝﾊﾞｼ",
            "ja_latin": "toukyouto minatoku shinbashi"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2022 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "11:061a06471ec519420eeca5be2b87e043f2fe4cbe",
  "response_uuid": "55491b50-f5df-4725-aeb1-3e8ed4a07b17"
}

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [-6.6543203, 55.204344],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "Koko",
        "matching_name": "Koko",
        "highlighted_name": "Koko",
        "description": "10 Castle Erin Road, Portrush, None, United Kingdom",
        "place_name": "Koko, 10 Castle Erin Road, Portrush, None, United Kingdom",
        "id": "zAK63YEBNHearXczfx0E",
        "place_type": ["poi"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "address",
            "localized_layer": "address",
            "name": "10 Castle Erin Road, Portrush BT56 8DH, United Kingdom"
          },
          {
            "layer": "street",
            "localized_layer": "street",
            "name": "Castle Erin Road"
          },
          {
            "layer": "postcode",
            "localized_layer": "postcode",
            "name": "None"
          },
          {
            "layer": "neighborhood",
            "localized_layer": "neighborhood",
            "name": "None"
          },
          {
            "layer": "place",
            "localized_layer": "place",
            "name": "Portrush"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country",
            "localized_layer": "country",
            "name": "United Kingdom"
          }
        ],
        "maki": "restaurant",
        "poi_category": [
          "food",
          "food and drink",
          "coffee shop",
          "coffee",
          "cafe"
        ],
        "internal_id": "Y2aAgIL8TAA=.42eAgMSCTN2C_Ezd4tSisszkVAA=.U2aAgLT80qLiwtLEolQ9U-NUy7QkAwsTS4vUNPNUC8tkI5OkZEMzAA==",
        "external_ids": {
          "mbx_poi": "d290c111831b4b1bb441ca1f9c03775e7e0d787f69c670fdf66d5b036445f5a1",
          "federated": "poi.d290c111831b4b1bb441ca1f9c03775e7e0d787f69c670fdf66d5b036445f5a1",
          "foursquare": "53e9fb08498ef7e89c24bc16"
        },
        "mapbox_id": "CkIKQGQyOTBjMTExODMxYjRiMWJiNDQxY2ExZjljMDM3NzVlN2UwZDc4N2Y2OWM2NzBmZGY2NmQ1YjAzNjQ0NWY1YTE=",
        "metadata": {
          "primary_photo": [],
          "iso_3166_1": "GB",
          "iso_3166_2": "GB-NIR"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [-2.751394, 52.708212],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "Aroma Tea & Coffee Merchants",
        "matching_name": "Aroma Tea & Coffee Merchants",
        "highlighted_name": "Aroma Tea & Coffee Merchants",
        "description": "8a St Marys Pl, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DZ, United Kingdom",
        "place_name": "Aroma Tea & Coffee Merchants, 8a St Marys Pl, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DZ, United Kingdom",
        "id": "oOgD3YEBNHearXczYB58",
        "place_type": ["poi"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "address",
            "localized_layer": "address",
            "name": "8a St Marys Pl"
          },
          {
            "layer": "street",
            "localized_layer": "street",
            "name": "st marys pl"
          },
          {
            "layer": "postcode",
            "localized_layer": "postcode",
            "name": "SY1 1DZ"
          },
          {
            "layer": "place",
            "localized_layer": "place",
            "name": "Shrewsbury"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country",
            "localized_layer": "country",
            "name": "United Kingdom"
          }
        ],
        "maki": "cafe",
        "poi_category": ["coffee roaster", "coffee", "food and drink"],
        "internal_id": "Y2aAgIL8TAA=.42eAgMSCTN2C_Ezd4tSisszkVAA=.U2aAgLT80qLiwtLEolQ9MwMTIxNTg1QT8yQL4zSzREPLtJQkkyQDAA==",
        "external_ids": {
          "federated": "poi.a0d64973784b740fae2b89645e5e36ac818d46a3a58974057bfea54b58d0ff33",
          "foursquare": "6042450e47b83f6a19fdb4b0",
          "mbx_poi": "a0d64973784b740fae2b89645e5e36ac818d46a3a58974057bfea54b58d0ff33"
        },
        "mapbox_id": "CkIKQGEwZDY0OTczNzg0Yjc0MGZhZTJiODk2NDVlNWUzNmFjODE4ZDQ2YTNhNTg5NzQwNTdiZmVhNTRiNThkMGZmMzM=",
        "metadata": {
          "primary_photo": [],
          "iso_3166_1": "GB",
          "iso_3166_2": "GB-ENG"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2021 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "5:541dd5c3358c4070719c266470cfb8430d72dd24",
  "response_uuid": "26d4c339-91cc-474b-b417-48056ab38220"
}

Forward geocoding

get

https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/forward/{search_text}

Retrieve detailed information about a specific feature, including geographic coordinates, in response to a user query.

POI search now available in public beta

Point of interest (POI) Search is only available to customers in private beta mode. This includes named buildings, local stores, and areas of interest such as public parks.

Required parameters	Type	Description
access_token	string	A Mapbox access token with default permissions.
search_text	string	The user's query string. The query string is limited to 120 characters.
language	string	The ISO language code to be returned.
country	string	An ISO 3166 alpha 2 country code.

You can further refine the results of a query to this endpoint with the following optional parameters:

Optional parameters	Type	Description
bbox	number	Limit results to only those contained within the supplied bounding box. Bounding boxes should be supplied as four numbers separated by commas, in minimum longitude,minimum latitude,maximum longitude,maximum latitude order. The bounding box cannot cross the 180th meridian.
limit	integer	The number of results to return, up to 10.
navigation_profile	string	The navigation routing profile to use. Available profiles are: driving, walking, and cycling. navigation_profile and origin are required for distance calculations.
proximity	number	Bias the response to favor results that are closer to this location, provided as two comma-separated coordinates in longitude,latitude order. When both proximity and origin are provided, origin is interpreted as the target of a route, while proximity indicates the current user location.
types	string	Limit results to one or more types of features, provided as a comma-separated list. Pass one or more of the type names as a comma separated list. If no types are specified, all possible types may be returned. Available types are: country, region, prefecture, postcode, district, place, city, locality, oaza, neighborhood, chome, block, street, address and poi. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these types. Note that meta types such as category are only supported in session requests. POI are only available for beta customers, but in the future these may also be included by default.

Example requests: Forward geocoding

$ curl "https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/forward/34170%20Gannon%20Terrace?language=en&limit=1&proximity=-121.90662,37.42827&country=US&access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

$ curl "https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/forward/新橋一丁十番一号,東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号?language=ja&limit=1&proximity=13.38333,52.51667&country=JP&access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Permanent forward geocoding

get

https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/permanent/forward/{search_text}

The Mapbox Terms of Service state that all data returned by the /suggest, /retrieve, /forward, or /reverse endpoints is only available for temporary use. If your use case requires storing position data for place or address types, contact Mapbox sales. POI will not be included in permanent geocoding results. This is consistent with the Terms of Service for Mapbox Geocoding API calls to the mapbox.places-permanent endpoint.

The /permanent/forward endpoint takes the same path and query parameters as the /forward endpoint.

Response: Forward geocoding

The response to a request to the /forward endpoint is a GeoJSON FeatureCollection.

Using the limit parameter, you can increase the maximum number of results up to 10. Pagination is not available, but this feature may be added in a later release. There is not an option to customize the order of search results.

Property	Type	Description
type	string	This will always be "FeatureCollection".
attribution	string	The attribution data for results.
version	string	The service version information. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
response_uuid	string	The service response identifier. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
features	array of objects	The returned feature objects. See the table below for details on the properties contained by each feature object.

Each feature in the response body contains the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
bbox	array	A bounding box in the format minimum longitude,minimum latitude,maximum longitude,maximum latitude. Not available during the public beta phase.
geometry	object	An object describing the spatial geometry of the returned feature.
geometry.coordinates	array	The coordinates of the feature, formatted as [longitude,latitude].
geometry.type	string	This will always be "Point".
type	string	This will always be "Feature".
properties	object	Specific properties associated with the returned feature.
properties.maki	string	A string representing an associated Maki icon to use for this result.
properties.metadata	object	Address metadata fields.
properties.metadata.iso_3166_1	string	The country code.
properties.metadata.iso_3166_2	string	The country code and its country subdivision code.
properties.description	string	For POI, the locally formatted address. For place_types, the fully formatted context hierarchy above the given level.
properties.address_number	string	The house number for address objects.
properties.feature_name	string	The name of the feature.
properties.matching_name	string	The name as matched by the search algorithm. Note that this may include alternative names, synonyms, or location details besides the official feature name.
highlighted_name	string	The name, as matched by the search algorithm wrapped in tags. While this field will be populated in all geographies, the matching tags are only populated for Japanese POI.
properties.place_name	string	A string representing the feature in the requested language, if specified, and its full result hierarchy.
properties.place_type	array	The result type. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.language	string	The IETF language tag.
properties.internal_id	string	ID for internal metadata. This ID is not guaranteed to be stable or unique, and is not useful for development.
properties.external_ids	object	IDs passed through from external data providers. These IDs are not guaranteed to be stable or unique, and are not useful for development.
properties.context	array of objects	The context of the feature.
properties.context.localized_layer	string	The localized place_type. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.context.layer	string	The global place_type that corresponds to the localized properties.place_type in context.localized_layer. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.context.name	string	The name of the feature.

Example responses: Forward geocoding

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [-122.05963, 37.56153],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "34170 Gannon Terrace",
        "matching_name": "34170 Gannon Terrace",
        "highlighted_name": "34170 Gannon Terrace",
        "description": "Fremont, California 94555, United States",
        "place_name": "34170 Gannon Terrace, Fremont, California 94555, United States",
        "id": "address.1556645983160292",
        "place_type": ["address"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "neighborhood.7327715941516860",
            "localized_layer": "neighborhood.7327715941516860",
            "name": "Ardenwood"
          },
          {
            "layer": "postcode.11243426117484610",
            "localized_layer": "postcode.11243426117484610",
            "name": "94555"
          },
          {
            "layer": "place.11532961120628200",
            "localized_layer": "place.11532961120628200",
            "name": "Fremont"
          },
          {
            "layer": "district.11187960009291250",
            "localized_layer": "district.11187960009291250",
            "name": "Alameda County"
          },
          {
            "layer": "region.9803118085738010",
            "localized_layer": "region.9803118085738010",
            "name": "California"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country.14135384517372290",
            "localized_layer": "country.14135384517372290",
            "name": "United States"
          }
        ],
        "language": "en",
        "maki": "marker",
        "internal_id": "example internal id",
        "external_ids": {
          "federated": "carmen.address.1556645983160292",
          "carmen": "address.1556645983160292"
        },
        "accuracy": "rooftop",
        "address_number": "34170",
        "metadata": {
          "iso_3166_1": "us",
          "iso_3166_2": "US-CA"
        },
        "routable_points": [
          {
            "name": "Address",
            "coordinates": [-122.059679, 37.561366]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2022 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "4:36ab3a1922e482256ec7ebc7069bb94f805bf5ca",
  "response_uuid": "b32870f4-fa52-48f5-98c4-2200bb13ce7c"
}

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [139.7596417, 35.6675028],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号",
        "matching_name": "〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号",
        "description": "",
        "place_name": "〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号",
        "id": "2wwRMXwBRYqRl13lTvTP",
        "place_type": ["address"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "block",
            "localized_layer": "block",
            "name": "10"
          },
          {
            "layer": "chome",
            "localized_layer": "chome",
            "name": "1丁目"
          },
          {
            "layer": "oaza",
            "localized_layer": "oaza",
            "name": "新橋"
          },
          {
            "layer": "city",
            "localized_layer": "city",
            "name": "港区"
          },
          {
            "layer": "prefecture",
            "localized_layer": "prefecture",
            "name": "東京都"
          }
        ],
        "language": "ja",
        "maki": "marker",
        "internal_id": "example internal id",
        "external_ids": {
          "japan_address": "2wwRMXwBRYqRl13lTvTP"
        },
        "accuracy": "rooftop",
        "address": "〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋1丁目10番1号",
        "address_number": "1",
        "metadata": {
          "iso_3166_1": "jp",
          "iso_3166_2": "JP-13",
          "reading": {
            "ja_kana": "ﾄｳｷｮｳﾄﾐﾅﾄｸｼﾝﾊﾞｼ",
            "ja_latin": "toukyouto minatoku shinbashi"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2022 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "11:061a06471ec519420eeca5be2b87e043f2fe4cbe",
  "response_uuid": "733725e4-3992-43e5-9cad-bac75698eb59"
}

Reverse geocoding

get

https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/reverse/{search_text}

The /reverse endpoint allows you to look up a single pair of coordinates and returns the geographic feature or features that exist at that location.

Required parameters	Type	Description
access_token	string	A Mapbox access token with default permissions.
search_text	string	The user's query string. The query string is limited to 120 characters.
language	string	The ISO language code to be returned.

You can further refine the results of a query to this endpoint with the following optional parameters:

Optional parameters	Type	Description
limit	integer	The number of results to return, up to 10.
types	string	Limit results to one or more types of features, provided as a comma-separated list. Pass one or more of the type names as a comma separated list. If no types are specified, all possible types may be returned. Available types are: country, region, prefecture, postcode, district, place, city, locality, oaza, block, street, address, and poi. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these types. POI are only available for beta customers, but in the future these may also be included by default.

Example requests: Reverse geocoding

$ curl "https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/reverse/13.329048,52.51258?language=de&access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

$ curl "https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/reverse/139.58028,35.29556?language=ja&access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Permanent reverse geocoding

get

https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/permanent/reverse/{search_text}

The Mapbox Terms of Service state that all data returned by the /suggest, /retrieve, /forward, or /reverse endpoints is only available for temporary use. If your use case requires storing position data for address or place types, contact Mapbox sales. POI will not be included in permanent geocoding results. This is consistent with the Terms of Service for Mapbox Geocoding API calls to the mapbox.places-permanent endpoint.

The /permanent/reverse endpoint takes the same path and query parameters as the /reverse endpoint.

Response: Reverse geocoding

The response to a request to the /reverse endpoint is a GeoJSON FeatureCollection.

Using the limit parameter, you can increase the maximum number of results up to 10. Pagination is not available, but this feature may be added in a later release. There is not an option to customize the order of search results.

Property	Type	Description
type	string	This will always be "FeatureCollection".
attribution	string	The attribution data for results.
version	string	The service version information. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
response_uuid	string	The service response identifier. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
features	array of objects	The returned feature objects. See the table below for details on the properties contained by each feature object.

Each feature in the response body contains the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
bbox	array	A bounding box in the format minimum longitude,minimum latitude,maximum longitude,maximum latitude. Not available during the public beta phase.
geometry	object	An object describing the spatial geometry of the returned feature.
geometry.coordinates	array	The coordinates of the feature, formatted as [longitude,latitude].
geometry.type	string	This will always be "Point".
type	string	This will always be "Feature".
properties	object	Specific properties associated with the returned feature.
properties.maki	string	A string representing an associated Maki icon to use for this result.
properties.metadata	object	Address metadata fields.
properties.metadata.iso_3166_1	string	The country code.
properties.metadata.iso_3166_2	string	The country code and its country subdivision code.
properties.feature_name	string	The name of the feature.
properties.matching_name	string	The name as matched by the search algorithm. Note that this may include alternative names, synonyms, or location details besides the official feature name.
highlighted_name	string	The name, as matched by the search algorithm wrapped in tags. While this field will be populated in all geographies, the matching tags are only populated for Japanese POI.
properties.place_name	string	A string representing the feature in the requested language, if specified, and its full result hierarchy.
properties.place_type	array	The result type. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.description	string	For POI, the locally formatted address. For place_types, the fully formatted context hierarchy above the given level.
properties.language	string	The IETF language tag.
properties.internal_id	string	ID for internal metadata. This ID is not guaranteed to be stable or unique, and is not useful for development.
properties.external_ids	object	IDs passed through from external data providers. These IDs are not guaranteed to be stable or unique, and are not useful for development.
properties.address_number	string	The house number for address objects.
properties.context	array of objects	The context of the feature.
properties.context.localized_layer	string	The localized place_type. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.context.layer	string	The global place_type that corresponds to the localized properties.place_type in context.localized_layer. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.context.name	string	The name of the feature.

Example responses: Reverse geocoding

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [13.3295589, 52.5125463],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "Straße Des 17. Juni 115",
        "matching_name": "Straße Des 17. Juni 115",
        "highlighted_name": "Straße Des 17. Juni 115",
        "description": "10623 Berlin, Deutschland",
        "place_name": "Straße Des 17. Juni 115, 10623 Berlin, Deutschland",
        "id": "address.3419053976491624",
        "place_type": ["address"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "postcode.5398366936640250",
            "localized_layer": "postcode.5398366936640250",
            "name": "10623"
          },
          {
            "layer": "locality.12210531181979940",
            "localized_layer": "locality.12210531181979940",
            "name": "Charlottenburg"
          },
          {
            "layer": "place.14094307404564380",
            "localized_layer": "place.14094307404564380",
            "name": "Berlin"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country.10814856728480410",
            "localized_layer": "country.10814856728480410",
            "name": "Deutschland"
          }
        ],
        "language": "de",
        "maki": "marker",
        "internal_id": "example internal id",
        "external_ids": {
          "federated": "carmen.address.3419053976491624",
          "carmen": "address.3419053976491624"
        },
        "accuracy": "rooftop",
        "address_number": "115",
        "metadata": {
          "iso_3166_1": "de"
        },
        "routable_points": [
          {
            "name": "Address",
            "coordinates": [13.32955240836938, 52.51264818693428]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [13.329777, 52.512344],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "Chemiegebäude C TU Berlin",
        "matching_name": "Chemiegebäude C TU Berlin",
        "highlighted_name": "Chemiegebäude C TU Berlin",
        "description": "Straße des 17. Juni 115, 10623 Berlin, Deutschland",
        "place_name": "Chemiegebäude C TU Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 115, 10623 Berlin, Deutschland",
        "id": "ZHtfKIEBLMhwlZV-fxwF",
        "place_type": ["poi"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "address",
            "localized_layer": "address",
            "name": "Straße des 17. Juni 115"
          },
          {
            "layer": "street",
            "localized_layer": "street",
            "name": "straße des 17 juni"
          },
          {
            "layer": "postcode",
            "localized_layer": "postcode",
            "name": "10623"
          },
          {
            "layer": "neighborhood",
            "localized_layer": "neighborhood",
            "name": "Berlin-10623"
          },
          {
            "layer": "place",
            "localized_layer": "place",
            "name": "Berlin"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country",
            "localized_layer": "country",
            "name": "Deutschland"
          }
        ],
        "maki": "marker",
        "poi_category": ["universitätsgebäude"],
        "internal_id": "example internal id",
        "external_ids": {
          "federated": "poi.cf57c7f9cb1ef13109b9110018d46716dcfc8b1dc835f541e1aece69f283a8f7",
          "foursquare": "4d3569c6329e54812c70ca1d",
          "mbx_poi": "cf57c7f9cb1ef13109b9110018d46716dcfc8b1dc835f541e1aece69f283a8f7"
        },
        "mapbox_id": "CkIKQGNmNTdjN2Y5Y2IxZWYxMzEwOWI5MTEwMDE4ZDQ2NzE2ZGNmYzhiMWRjODM1ZjU0MWUxYWVjZTY5ZjI4M2E4Zjc=",
        "metadata": {
          "primary_photo": [],
          "iso_3166_1": "DE",
          "iso_3166_2": "DE-BE"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [13.3297794, 52.5129985],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "RWE-Effizienz",
        "matching_name": "RWE-Effizienz",
        "highlighted_name": "RWE-Effizienz",
        "description": "10623, Deutschland",
        "place_name": "RWE-Effizienz, 10623, Deutschland",
        "id": "3-aBKIEBLMhwlZV-ZzLV",
        "place_type": ["poi"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "postcode",
            "localized_layer": "postcode",
            "name": "10623"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country",
            "localized_layer": "country",
            "name": "Deutschland"
          }
        ],
        "maki": "marker",
        "poi_category": ["ladestation", "transport"],
        "internal_id": "example internal id",
        "external_ids": {
          "mbx_poi": "bac9da3a9611cfaf6690c583e67b9d6f0534ff1189171ba4a57e5278284f6f86",
          "osm": "n1272542311",
          "federated": "poi.bac9da3a9611cfaf6690c583e67b9d6f0534ff1189171ba4a57e5278284f6f86"
        },
        "mapbox_id": "CkIKQGJhYzlkYTNhOTYxMWNmYWY2NjkwYzU4M2U2N2I5ZDZmMDUzNGZmMTE4OTE3MWJhNGE1N2U1Mjc4Mjg0ZjZmODY=",
        "metadata": {
          "primary_photo": [],
          "iso_3166_1": "DE",
          "iso_3166_2": "DE-BE"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [13.329943, 52.512203],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "INI Chemie TU Berlin",
        "matching_name": "INI Chemie TU Berlin",
        "highlighted_name": "INI Chemie TU Berlin",
        "description": "Straße des 17. Juni 115, 10623 Berlin, Deutschland",
        "place_name": "INI Chemie TU Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 115, 10623 Berlin, Deutschland",
        "id": "z_QpKYEBLMhwlZV-Lx1H",
        "place_type": ["poi"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "address",
            "localized_layer": "address",
            "name": "Straße des 17. Juni 115"
          },
          {
            "layer": "street",
            "localized_layer": "street",
            "name": "straße des 17 juni"
          },
          {
            "layer": "postcode",
            "localized_layer": "postcode",
            "name": "10623"
          },
          {
            "layer": "neighborhood",
            "localized_layer": "neighborhood",
            "name": "Berlin-10623"
          },
          {
            "layer": "place",
            "localized_layer": "place",
            "name": "Berlin"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country",
            "localized_layer": "country",
            "name": "Deutschland"
          }
        ],
        "maki": "marker",
        "poi_category": ["universitätsgebäude"],
        "internal_id": "example internal id",
        "external_ids": {
          "foursquare": "5166e725e4b0532deebdf0b6",
          "federated": "poi.eafb7426dd4209ee679236576265a9b2a1374aa784f2fb8e690f680abbad6a70",
          "mbx_poi": "eafb7426dd4209ee679236576265a9b2a1374aa784f2fb8e690f680abbad6a70"
        },
        "mapbox_id": "CkIKQGVhZmI3NDI2ZGQ0MjA5ZWU2NzkyMzY1NzYyNjVhOWIyYTEzNzRhYTc4NGYyZmI4ZTY5MGY2ODBhYmJhZDZhNzA=",
        "metadata": {
          "primary_photo": [],
          "iso_3166_1": "DE",
          "iso_3166_2": "DE-BE"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [13.327865, 52.512276],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "Fachbereich Logistik",
        "matching_name": "Fachbereich Logistik",
        "highlighted_name": "Fachbereich Logistik",
        "description": "Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Deutschland",
        "place_name": "Fachbereich Logistik, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Deutschland",
        "id": "pQnqJ4EBLMhwlZV-Ik2S",
        "place_type": ["poi"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "address",
            "localized_layer": "address",
            "name": "Straße des 17. Juni 135"
          },
          {
            "layer": "street",
            "localized_layer": "street",
            "name": "straße des 17 juni"
          },
          {
            "layer": "postcode",
            "localized_layer": "postcode",
            "name": "10623"
          },
          {
            "layer": "neighborhood",
            "localized_layer": "neighborhood",
            "name": "Berlin-10623"
          },
          {
            "layer": "place",
            "localized_layer": "place",
            "name": "Berlin"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country",
            "localized_layer": "country",
            "name": "Deutschland"
          }
        ],
        "maki": "marker",
        "poi_category": ["büro"],
        "internal_id": "example internal id",
        "external_ids": {
          "foursquare": "5475a534498e3f576fa1b5d9",
          "federated": "poi.0918e824a5229b4682881bb3383d8f192a059709db2c2659e5b93fa89f50f455",
          "mbx_poi": "0918e824a5229b4682881bb3383d8f192a059709db2c2659e5b93fa89f50f455"
        },
        "mapbox_id": "CkIKQDA5MThlODI0YTUyMjliNDY4Mjg4MWJiMzM4M2Q4ZjE5MmEwNTk3MDlkYjJjMjY1OWU1YjkzZmE4OWY1MGY0NTU=",
        "metadata": {
          "primary_photo": [],
          "iso_3166_1": "DE",
          "iso_3166_2": "DE-BE"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2022 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "4:36ab3a1922e482256ec7ebc7069bb94f805bf5ca",
  "response_uuid": "f728ec84-5599-4ac5-aee3-dda48d970e74"
}

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [139.58041388935513, 35.29559166696336],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "逗子5丁目2番",
        "matching_name": "逗子5丁目2番",
        "description": "日本, 神奈川県逗子市逗子5丁目2番16",
        "place_name": "日本, 神奈川県逗子市逗子5丁目2番16",
        "id": "address.141324126",
        "place_type": ["address"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "postcode.15947689941269040",
            "localized_layer": "postcode.15947689941269040",
            "name": "249-0006"
          },
          {
            "layer": "place.9212495244633840",
            "localized_layer": "place.9212495244633840",
            "name": "逗子市"
          },
          {
            "layer": "region.3991212366959510",
            "localized_layer": "region.3991212366959510",
            "name": "神奈川県"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country.9827633378530190",
            "localized_layer": "country.9827633378530190",
            "name": "日本"
          }
        ],
        "language": "ja",
        "maki": "marker",
        "internal_id": "example internal id",
        "external_ids": {
          "carmen": "address.141324126",
          "federated": "carmen.address.141324126"
        },
        "accuracy": "point",
        "address_number": "16",
        "metadata": {
          "iso_3166_1": "jp",
          "iso_3166_2": "JP-14"
        },
        "routable_points": []
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2022 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "11:061a06471ec519420eeca5be2b87e043f2fe4cbe",
  "response_uuid": "29135029-2b4d-477e-bc30-67303b12ddad"
}

Category Hot Button

get

https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/category/{category_id}

Retrieve detailed information about a specific feature, including geographic coordinates, in response to a user query.

POI search now available in public beta

Point of interest (POI) Search is only available to customers in private beta mode. This includes named buildings, local stores, and areas of interest such as public parks.

Required parameters	Type	Description
access_token	string	A Mapbox access token with default permissions.
canonical_id	string	The canonical ID of a Mapbox category. These may be obtained from a /suggest or /list/category call. Category names are guaranteed stable for 30 days. It is recommended that users refresh canonical IDs on a periodic basis.
language	string	The ISO language code to be returned.
country	string	An ISO 3166 alpha 2 country code.

You can further refine the results of a query to this endpoint with the following optional parameters:

Optional parameters	Type	Description
bbox	number	Limit results to only those contained within the supplied bounding box. Bounding boxes should be supplied as four numbers separated by commas, in minimum longitude,minimum latitude,maximum longitude,maximum latitude order. The bounding box cannot cross the 180th meridian.
limit	integer	The number of results to return, up to 10.
navigation_profile	string	The navigation routing profile to use. Available profiles are: driving, walking, and cycling. navigation_profile and origin are required for distance calculations.
proximity	number	Bias the response to favor results that are closer to this location, provided as two comma-separated coordinates in longitude,latitude order. When both proximity and origin are provided, origin is interpreted as the target of a route, while proximity indicates the current user location.
types	string	Limit results to one or more types of features, provided as a comma-separated list. Pass one or more of the type names as a comma separated list. If no types are specified, all possible types may be returned. Available types are: country, region, prefecture, postcode, district, place, city, locality, oaza, neighborhood, chome, block, street, and address. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these types. Note that meta types such as category are only supported in session requests.

Example requests: Category Hot Button Search

$ curl "https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/category/coffee?language=en&limit=5&proximity=-78.476678,38.029306&access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Response: Category Hot Button search

The response to a request to the /category/{category_id} endpoint is a GeoJSON FeatureCollection.

Using the limit parameter, you can increase the maximum number of results up to 100. Pagination is not available, but this feature may be added in a later release. There is not an option to customize the order of search results.

Property	Type	Description
type	string	This will always be "FeatureCollection".
attribution	string	The attribution data for results.
version	string	The service version information. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
response_uuid	string	The service response identifier. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
features	array of objects	The returned feature objects. See the table below for details on the properties contained by each feature object.

Each feature in the response body contains the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
geometry	object	An object describing the spatial geometry of the returned feature.
geometry.coordinates	array	The coordinates of the feature, formatted as [longitude,latitude].
geometry.type	string	This will always be "Point".
type	string	This will always be "Feature".
properties	object	Specific properties associated with the returned feature.
properties.maki	string	A string representing an associated Maki icon to use for this result.
properties.metadata	object	Address metadata fields.
properties.metadata.iso_3166_1	string	The country code.
properties.metadata.iso_3166_2	string	The country code and its country subdivision code.
properties.description	string	For POI, the locally formatted address. For place_types, the fully formatted context hierarchy above the given level.
properties.address_number	string	The house number for address objects.
properties.feature_name	string	The name of the feature.
properties.matching_name	string	Duplicate of properties.feature_name.
highlighted_name	string	Duplicate of properties.feature_name.
properties.place_name	string	A string representing the feature in the requested language, if specified, and its full result hierarchy.
properties.place_type	array	The result type. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.language	string	The IETF language tag.
properties.internal_id	string	ID for internal metadata. This ID is not guaranteed to be stable or unique, and is not useful for development.
properties.external_ids	object	IDs passed through from external data providers. These IDs are not guaranteed to be stable or unique, and are not useful for development.
properties.context	array of objects	The context of the feature.
properties.context.localized_layer	string	The localized place_type. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.context.layer	string	The global place_type that corresponds to the localized properties.place_type in context.localized_layer. See the Administrative unit types section for details about these place types.
properties.context.name	string	The name of the feature.

Example responses: Category Hot Button

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [-78.478664, 38.030008],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "Java Java Cafe",
        "matching_name": "Java Java Cafe",
        "highlighted_name": "Java Java Cafe",
        "description": "421 E Main St, Virginia 22902, United States of America",
        "place_name": "Java Java Cafe, 421 E Main St, Virginia 22902, United States of America",
        "id": "s7_YsYEBLMhwlZV-mB3E",
        "place_type": ["poi"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "address",
            "localized_layer": "address",
            "name": "421 E Main St"
          },
          {
            "layer": "street",
            "localized_layer": "street",
            "name": "e main st"
          },
          {
            "layer": "postcode",
            "localized_layer": "postcode",
            "name": "22902"
          },
          {
            "layer": "neighborhood",
            "localized_layer": "neighborhood",
            "name": "North Downtown"
          },
          {
            "layer": "region",
            "localized_layer": "region",
            "name": "Virginia"
          },
          {
            "layer": "country",
            "localized_layer": "country",
            "name": "United States of America"
          }
        ],
        "maki": "restaurant",
        "poi_category": [
          "food",
          "food and drink",
          "coffee shop",
          "coffee",
          "cafe"
        ],
        "internal_id": "Y2aAgIL8TAA=.42eAgMSCTN2C_Ezd4tSisszkVAA=.U2aAgLT80qLiwtLEolQ9kyRzc0MTS7M0SzOTRFMjA1ND8ySj1FRjAA==",
        "external_ids": {
          "federated": "poi.52dc76305c4b719dd2470a6ed92829eecd98ee4d990d2cc5cc486fc13959095b",
          "safegraph": "233-222@63g-bf8-x5z",
          "mbx_poi": "52dc76305c4b719dd2470a6ed92829eecd98ee4d990d2cc5cc486fc13959095b",
          "foursquare": "4b771496f964a520517b2ee3"
        },
        "mapbox_id": "CkIKQDUyZGM3NjMwNWM0YjcxOWRkMjQ3MGE2ZWQ5MjgyOWVlY2Q5OGVlNGQ5OTBkMmNjNWNjNDg2ZmMxMzk1OTA5NWI=",
        "metadata": {
          "primary_photo": [],
          "iso_3166_1": "US",
          "iso_3166_2": "US-VA"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2021 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "5:541dd5c3358c4070719c266470cfb8430d72dd24",
  "response_uuid": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "coordinates": [139.761493, 35.676906],
        "type": "Point"
      },
      "properties": {
        "feature_name": "Patagonia",
        "matching_name": "Patagonia",
        "highlighted_name": "Patagonia",
        "description": "東京都千代田区丸の内３－１－１",
        "place_name": "Patagonia, 東京都千代田区丸の内３－１－１",
        "id": "z9fWqYEBJNOCvqh5yCj1",
        "place_type": ["poi"],
        "context": [
          {
            "layer": "address",
            "localized_layer": "address",
            "name": "東京都千代田区丸の内３－１－１"
          },
          {
            "layer": "street",
            "localized_layer": "street",
            "name": "丸の内３-１-１"
          },
          {
            "layer": "postcode",
            "localized_layer": "postcode",
            "name": "100-0005"
          }
        ],
        "maki": "shop",
        "poi_category": ["ショップ>スポーツ用品", "ショップ"],
        "brand": [],
        "internal_id": "Y2aAgIL8TAA=.42eAgMSCTN2C_Ezd4tSisszkVAA=.U2aAgLT80qLiwtLEolQ9UyMjU_PkJDNDwxQjg0TLtLRUA0vTpNREAA==",
        "external_ids": {
          "foursquare": "52257cb611d20a9ffe095bea",
          "mbx_poi": "55481c53b3b1d1a32563260c74e9ed3579989c092a840d4b2eeef6236d813af8",
          "federated": "poi.55481c53b3b1d1a32563260c74e9ed3579989c092a840d4b2eeef6236d813af8"
        },
        "mapbox_id": "CkIKQDU1NDgxYzUzYjNiMWQxYTMyNTYzMjYwYzc0ZTllZDM1Nzk5ODljMDkyYTg0MGQ0YjJlZWVmNjIzNmQ4MTNhZjg=",
        "metadata": {
          "iso_3166_1": "JP",
          "iso_3166_2": "JP-13"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "© 2021 Mapbox and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Use of this data is subject to the Mapbox Terms of Service. (https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/)",
  "version": "17:20edfdc9a9545e04146c74ba4f0faf9cce5b8b57",
  "response_uuid": "405be5a0-84e8-4b8e-93c2-318c30f74720"
}

List Categories

get

https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/list/category

Retrieve the list of canonical category IDs for category hot button search.

Required parameters	Type	Description
access_token	string	A Mapbox access token with default permissions.
language	string	The ISO language code to be returned.

You can further refine the results of a query to this endpoint with the following optional parameters:

Optional parameters	Type	Description
limit	integer	The number of canonical IDs to return, up to 10000.
industry_code	string	Specify taxonomy to retrieve. Allowed values are global and japan

Example requests: Category List

$ curl "https://api.mapbox.com/search/v1/list/category?language=en&limit=10000&access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Response: Category List

The response to a request to the /list/category/ endpoint is an array of categories..

Using the limit parameter, you can increase the maximum number of results up to 10000. Pagination is not available, but this feature may be added in a later release. There is not an option to customize the order of search results.

Property	Type	Description
type	string	This will always be "listItems".
attribution	string	The attribution data for results.
version	string	The service version information. Include this information if you report an issue to Mapbox.
listItems	array of objects	The returned category objects. See the table below for details on the properties contained by each feature object.

Each category in the response body contains the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
canonical_id	string	The canonical ID of the item.
icon	string	maki to use with objects of this category
name	string	Display name for category in the requested language.

Search API errors

Public beta for the Search API

If your account is not enabled for the global private beta and you are making requests outside Japan you will receive a 401 response with the error, that the feature is not enabled.

Response body message	HTTP error code	Description
Not authorized	401	Check the access token used in the query.
Bad request	400	Check the request for syntax errors in the endpoint, path parameters, and query parameters.
Forbidden	403	There may be an issue with your account. Check your Account page for more details. In some cases, using an access tokens with URL restrictions can also result in a 403 error. For more information, see our Token management guide.
Not found	404	No search_text was provided in the query.

Search API restrictions and limits

• The default rate limit for the Mapbox Search API is 600 requests per minute. If you require a higher rate limit, contact Mapbox Sales.
• Calls to the Search API's /suggest and /retrieve endpoints must include a session_token parameter. Each API call in a search session counts individually against the rate limit. For example, 10 sequential calls to /suggest with the same session_token and one call to /retrieve are 11 requests per the rate limit, but are billed as belonging to a single session. See more about how the Search API is billed in the Session-based pricing section of this documentation.

Search API pricing

Usage of the Search API is billed either by search session or by API call, depending on the Search API endpoints that you use. During the beta phase's limited release in Japan, details about the number of requests included in the free tier and the cost per request beyond what is included in the free tier are available on the Japanese-language pricing page.

Session-based pricing

The Search API's /suggest and /retrieve endpoints must include a session_token parameter. The session_token parameter is used to group a series of requests together into one session for billing purposes.

A session ends after the following actions:

• Make a call to /suggest followed by a call to /retrieve with a common session_token.
• Make 50 successive calls to /suggest with a common session_token but are not followed by a call to /retrieve.
• Make a call to /suggest and 60 minutes pass without being followed by a call to /retrieve.

For more specific details on session pricing, contact Mapbox sales.

Per-call pricing

Calls to the Search API's /forward, /permanent/forward, /reverse, and /permanent/reverse endpoints are billed by API calls. For more details on how calls to these endpoints are billed, see the Japanese-language pricing page.

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