Geocode Earth Place API

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Geocode Earth Forward Place API
  description: Hosted geocoding and address autocomplete API built on the open-source Pelias geocoder. Provides forward (search), autocomplete, reverse, and structured geocoding plus place lookup over open data sources (OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses, Who's on First, and Geonames). All responses are GeoJSON FeatureCollections. Authentication is via an api_key query string parameter.
  termsOfService: https://geocode.earth/terms/
  contact:
    name: Geocode Earth Support
    url: https://geocode.earth/
    email: hello@geocode.earth
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.geocode.earth/v1
  description: Geocode Earth v1 production API
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Place
paths:
  /place:
    get:
      operationId: place
      tags:
      - Place
      summary: Place lookup by gid
      description: Look up one or more records directly by their Geocode Earth global identifier (gid). Multiple ids may be supplied as a comma-separated list.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: ids
        in: query
        required: true
        description: One or more global identifiers (gid) to retrieve, comma-separated.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: whosonfirst:locality:101750367
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A GeoJSON FeatureCollection containing the requested records.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeocodingResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  schemas:
    GeocodingResponse:
      type: object
      description: A GeoJSON FeatureCollection returned by the Geocode Earth API.
      properties:
        geocoding:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeocodingBlock'
        type:
          type: string
          example: FeatureCollection
        features:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Feature'
        bbox:
          type: array
          description: Bounding box of all results as [min_lon, min_lat, max_lon, max_lat].
          items:
            type: number
            format: double
    Geometry:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          example: Point
        coordinates:
          type: array
          description: Coordinates as [longitude, latitude].
          items:
            type: number
            format: double
          example:
          - -73.981929
          - 40.752663
    GeocodingBlock:
      type: object
      description: Metadata about the geocoding request and engine.
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
          example: '0.2'
        attribution:
          type: string
          example: https://geocode.earth/guidelines
        query:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Echo of the parsed query parameters used for the request.
        engine:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
              example: Pelias
            author:
              type: string
              example: Geocode Earth
            version:
              type: string
              example: '1.0'
        timestamp:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Unix epoch timestamp (milliseconds) when the response was generated.
    FeatureProperties:
      type: object
      description: Descriptive properties for a geocoded record.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          example: '101750367'
        gid:
          type: string
          description: Global identifier usable with the place endpoint.
          example: whosonfirst:locality:101750367
        layer:
          type: string
          example: venue
        source:
          type: string
          example: osm
        source_id:
          type: string
        country_code:
          type: string
          example: US
        name:
          type: string
          example: Empire State Building
        confidence:
          type: number
          format: float
          example: 0.9
        match_type:
          type: string
          example: exact
        accuracy:
          type: string
          example: point
        country:
          type: string
          example: United States
        country_gid:
          type: string
        region:
          type: string
          example: New York
        region_gid:
          type: string
        locality:
          type: string
          example: New York
        locality_gid:
          type: string
        postalcode:
          type: string
          example: '10018'
        street:
          type: string
          example: 5th Avenue
        housenumber:
          type: string
          example: '476'
        label:
          type: string
          example: Empire State Building, New York, NY, USA
    Feature:
      type: object
      description: A single GeoJSON Feature representing a geocoded record.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          example: Feature
        geometry:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Geometry'
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeatureProperties'
        bbox:
          type: array
          items:
            type: number
            format: double
  parameters:
    ApiKey:
      name: api_key
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Your Geocode Earth API key.
      schema:
        type: string
    Lang:
      name: lang
      in: query
      description: Preferred response language as an ISO 639-1 or 639-3 code, used to localize result labels where translations are available.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: en
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: The API key was missing or invalid.
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was malformed or missing a required parameter.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeocodingResponse'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: The account rate limit or quota was exceeded.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: Geocode Earth API key passed as the api_key query string parameter.