Geoloods

Geoloods Search API

Named-place search (gazetteer only; not streets, addresses, or venues)

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GET /search Search named places #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Geoloods Search API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: Gazetteer-only place search and reverse geocoding.
  contact:
    email: support@geoloods.io
    url: https://geoloods.io/docs
servers:
- url: https://api.geoloods.io/v2/
  description: Production API
security:
- ApiKeyHeader: []
- ApiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Named-place search (gazetteer only; not streets, addresses, or venues)
paths:
  /search:
    get:
      tags:
      - Search
      operationId: searchPlaces
      summary: Search named places
      description: 'Resolve a named place (city, town, village, park, landmark). Not streets, addresses, or venues/cafés/hotels as first-class search. Street-like or venue queries may return nothing or an unrelated named place. Live query parameter is `query` (example: GET /v2/search?query=Oslo). Returns a JSON array of location objects.'
      parameters:
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Named place to search. Best-effort name match. Partial names may help for well-known settlements; do not expect street names, addresses, or venue/café/hotel queries to resolve.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: Oslo
      - name: lang
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Language code for names (e.g. en, nl).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: en
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching places
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
              example:
              - Geonameid: 3143244
                Name: Oslo
                Latitude: 59.91273
                Longitude: 10.74609
                CountryCode: 'NO'
                CountryName: Norway
                Timezone: Europe/Oslo
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  headers:
    X-RateLimit-Limit:
      description: Request quota for the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Reset:
      description: Unix timestamp (seconds) when the current window resets.
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Remaining:
      description: Requests remaining in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
  schemas:
    Location:
      type: object
      description: Named gazetteer place (city, town, village, park, landmark, admin area). Not a street address or venue. Field names match the live search-rs objects.
      additionalProperties: true
      properties:
        Geonameid:
          type: integer
        Name:
          type: string
        Latitude:
          type: number
          format: double
        Longitude:
          type: number
          format: double
        CountryCode:
          type: string
        CountryName:
          type: string
        Timezone:
          type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
      required:
      - error
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: Live API key header. Preferred form.
    ApiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: Live API key query parameter. Alternative to X-API-Key.