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HERE Real-Time Traffic API

The Real-Time Traffic API from HERE — 3 operation(s) for real-time traffic.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 6

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /flow Get real-time traffic flow for an area · Real-Time Flow Information #

Ask an LLM

“How do I get live traffic speeds and jam factors for a city bounding box?”

“Can I return only heavily congested roads by setting a minimum jam factor?”

Tell an agent

Get real-time traffic flow in {in} using {locationReferencing} location referencing.

Show roads in {in} with jam factor of at least {minJamFactor}, referenced as {locationReferencing}.

POST /flow Get traffic flow for a complex area via POST · Real-Time Flow Information #

Ask an LLM

“Can I send a long corridor or polygon in a POST body to get traffic flow?”

“What's the option for traffic flow queries whose geospatial filter is too big for a URL?”

Tell an agent

Post the large area filter {in} in the body and return live traffic flow for it.

Fetch flow via the POST endpoint for corridor {in} limited to road classes {functionalClasses}.

GET /incidents List traffic incidents in an area · Real-Time Incident Information #

Ask an LLM

“What accidents and road closures are happening right now in a given area?”

“Can I filter traffic incidents by criticality or incident type?”

Tell an agent

List traffic incidents in {in} with {locationReferencing} referencing.

Show critical incidents of type {type} in {in} with criticality {criticality}, referenced as {locationReferencing}.

POST /incidents List traffic incidents for a large area via POST · Real-Time Incident Information #

Ask an LLM

“Is there a POST form of the incidents search for large polygons or corridors?”

“Can I put the incident search filters in a request body instead of query parameters?”

Tell an agent

Post the area {in} in the body and list the traffic incidents inside it.

Search incidents via POST in corridor {in} for types {type} in language {lang}.

GET /incidents/{originalId} Get a traffic incident by its ID · Real-Time Incident Information for the given id #

Ask an LLM

“How do I look up the current details of one traffic incident by its ID?”

“What namespace does an incident ID use if I don't prefix it?”

Tell an agent

Get traffic incident {originalId} with {locationReferencing} referencing.

Show incident {originalId} described in language {lang}, referenced as {locationReferencing}.

POST /incidents/{originalId} Get a traffic incident by ID via POST · Real-Time Incident Information for the given id #

Ask an LLM

“Can I fetch a single incident by ID with the options in a POST body?”

“Is there a POST version of the incident-by-ID lookup?”

Tell an agent

Fetch incident {originalId} using the POST lookup with units {units}.

Post a lookup for incident {originalId} with body option location referencing {locationReferencing}.

Documentation

https://docs.here.com/identity-and-access-management/docs

https://docs.here.com/identity-and-access-management/reference

https://docs.here.com/data-api/docs

https://docs.here.com/data-api/reference

https://docs.here.com/usage/docs

https://docs.here.com/usage/reference

https://docs.here.com/destination-weather/docs

https://docs.here.com/destination-weather/reference

https://docs.here.com/ev-products/docs

https://docs.here.com/ev-products/reference

https://docs.here.com/fuel-prices/docs

https://docs.here.com/fuel-prices/reference

https://docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs

https://docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/reference

https://docs.here.com/routing/docs

https://docs.here.com/routing/reference

https://docs.here.com/positioning/docs

https://docs.here.com/positioning/reference

https://docs.here.com/indoor-map/docs

https://docs.here.com/indoor-map/reference

https://docs.here.com/transit/docs

https://docs.here.com/transit/reference

https://docs.here.com/map-attributes/docs

https://docs.here.com/map-attributes/reference

https://docs.here.com/map-rendering/docs

https://docs.here.com/map-rendering/reference

https://docs.here.com/workspace/docs

https://docs.here.com/workspace/reference

https://docs.here.com/tour-planning/docs

https://docs.here.com/tour-planning/reference

https://docs.here.com/tracking/docs

https://docs.here.com/tracking/reference

https://docs.here.com/traffic-api/docs

https://docs.here.com/traffic-api/reference

https://docs.here.com/wego-pro/docs

https://docs.here.com/wego-pro/reference

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Traffic API v7 Real-Time Traffic API
  version: 7.5.0
  description: The HERE Traffic API is a REST API that provides traffic flow and incidents information.
  termsOfService: https://developer.here.com/terms-conditions
  license:
    name: HERE Documentation License
    url: https://legal.here.com/en-gb/terms/documentation-license
servers:
- url: https://data.traffic.hereapi.com/v7
security:
- Bearer: []
- ApiKey: []
tags:


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