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Display navigation directions

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Use the mapbox-gl-directions plugin to show results from the Mapbox Directions API. Click the map to add an origin and destination, and use the toggle to switch among the available routing profiles.

If you'd like to learn more about implementing the Mapbox Directions API into your products, see our Getting started with the Mapbox Directions API.

Mapbox Directions API pricing

The Mapbox Directions API is billed per request. Review the Directions API pricing documentation for more information.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Display navigation directions</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.9.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.9.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-directions/v4.3.1/mapbox-gl-directions.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-directions/v4.3.1/mapbox-gl-directions.css" type="text/css">
<div id="map"></div>

<script>
	// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
	// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
	// https://account.mapbox.com
	mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
    const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
        container: 'map',
        // Choose from Mapbox's core styles, or make your own style with Mapbox Studio
        style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v12',
        center: [-79.4512, 43.6568],
        zoom: 13
    });

    map.addControl(
        new MapboxDirections({
            accessToken: mapboxgl.accessToken
        }),
        'top-left'
    );
</script>

</body>
</html>
This code snippet will not work as expected until you replace YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN with an access token from your Mapbox account.
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