Geofabrik Index API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Geofabrik Download Downloads Index API
  description: 'Free download service providing daily-updated OpenStreetMap (OSM) data extracts by geographic region. A machine-readable JSON index lets clients programmatically discover all available extracts and their download URLs. Data are distributed under the ODbL 1.0 license.

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  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: Geofabrik GmbH
    url: https://www.geofabrik.de/geofabrik/contact.html
  license:
    name: ODbL 1.0
    url: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/
servers:
- url: https://download.geofabrik.de
  description: Geofabrik public download server
tags:
- name: Index
  description: Machine-readable index of all available extracts
paths:
  /index-v1.json:
    get:
      operationId: getIndexFull
      summary: Get full extract index (with geometry)
      description: 'Returns a GeoJSON FeatureCollection listing every available OSM extract together with its boundary geometry and download URLs. Use index-v1-nogeom.json for a smaller payload without geometries.

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      tags:
      - Index
      responses:
        '200':
          description: GeoJSON FeatureCollection of all available extracts
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtractIndex'
              example:
                type: FeatureCollection
                features:
                - type: Feature
                  properties:
                    id: act
                    parent: australia
                    name: Australian Capital Territory
                    urls:
                      pbf: https://download.geofabrik.de/australia-oceania/australia/act-latest.osm.pbf
                      shp: https://download.geofabrik.de/australia-oceania/australia/act-latest-free.shp.zip
                      pbf-internal: https://osm-internal.download.geofabrik.de/australia-oceania/australia/act-latest-internal.osm.pbf
                      history: https://osm-internal.download.geofabrik.de/australia-oceania/australia/act-internal.osh.pbf
                      taginfo: https://taginfo.geofabrik.de/australia-oceania:australia:act
                      updates: https://download.geofabrik.de/australia-oceania/australia/act-updates
                  geometry:
                    type: MultiPolygon
                    coordinates: []
  /index-v1-nogeom.json:
    get:
      operationId: getIndexNoGeom
      summary: Get extract index (without geometry)
      description: 'Returns the same data as /index-v1.json but omits the boundary geometry from each feature, resulting in a significantly smaller response suitable for lightweight programmatic use.

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      tags:
      - Index
      responses:
        '200':
          description: JSON list of all available extracts without boundary geometries
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtractIndexNoGeom'
components:
  schemas:
    ExtractProperties:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - urls
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: 'Unique extract identifier using letters, digits, hyphens, and forward slashes (e.g. "act", "us/california").

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          example: act
        parent:
          type: string
          description: Identifier of the next larger excerpt that contains this one.
          example: australia
        name:
          type: string
          description: English long-form area name.
          example: Australian Capital Territory
        iso3166-1:alpha2:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            minLength: 2
            maxLength: 2
          description: Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes covering this extract.
          example:
          - AU
        iso3166-2:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            minLength: 5
            maxLength: 6
          description: 'ISO 3166-2 sub-national region codes covering this extract.

            '
          example:
          - AU-ACT
        urls:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtractUrls'
    ExtractUrls:
      type: object
      description: Download URLs available for an extract
      properties:
        pbf:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Latest .osm.pbf (PBF binary) download URL
        bz2:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Latest .osm.bz2 (bzip2-compressed XML) download URL
        shp:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Latest shapefile (.shp.zip) download URL
        updates:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: 'Base URL for replication diffs; append /state.txt to read the current sequence number and timestamp.

            '
        pbf-internal:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: '.osm.pbf with user/editor metadata; requires OSM login via OAuth.

            '
        history:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Full history .osh.pbf; requires OSM login via OAuth.
        taginfo:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Geofabrik taginfo instance link for this extract.
    GeoJsonPolygon:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - coordinates
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Polygon
        coordinates:
          type: array
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: array
              items:
                type: number
              minItems: 2
              maxItems: 2
    ExtractIndex:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - features
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - FeatureCollection
        features:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtractFeature'
          description: All available OSM extract regions (~555 areas).
    ExtractIndexNoGeom:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - features
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - FeatureCollection
        features:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            required:
            - type
            - properties
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
                enum:
                - Feature
              properties:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtractProperties'
    GeoJsonMultiPolygon:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - coordinates
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MultiPolygon
        coordinates:
          type: array
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: array
              items:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: number
                minItems: 2
                maxItems: 2
    ExtractFeature:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - properties
      - geometry
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Feature
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtractProperties'
        geometry:
          description: 'GeoJSON geometry (MultiPolygon or Polygon) representing the boundary of the extract. May be null for the planet extract.

            '
          nullable: true
          oneOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeoJsonPolygon'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeoJsonMultiPolygon'