# Nominatim Reverse API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nominatim/nominatim-reverse-api/  
**Provider:** Nominatim — https://apis.io/providers/nominatim/  
**Base URL:** https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org  
**Documentation:** https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/api/Overview/

Nominatim Reverse API is one of 7 APIs that [Nominatim](https://apis.io/providers/nominatim/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 7 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Reverse. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a JSON-LD context, rate-limit docs, and 7 JSON Schemas.

Reverse geocoding — find the closest OSM object to a coordinate.

## Machine-readable artifacts (22)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/openapi/nominatim-reverse-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/api/Overview/
- **APIReference** — https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/api/Search/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/json-schema/nominatim-place-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/json-schema/nominatim-address-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/json-schema/nominatim-place-details-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/json-schema/nominatim-status-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/json-structure/nominatim-place-structure.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/json-structure/nominatim-address-structure.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/json-structure/nominatim-status-structure.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/json-ld/nominatim-context.jsonld
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/examples/nominatim-search-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/examples/nominatim-reverse-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/examples/nominatim-lookup-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/examples/nominatim-details-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/examples/nominatim-status-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/examples/nominatim-place-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/examples/nominatim-address-example.json
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/nominatim-rate-limits.yml
- **Plans** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nominatim/refs/heads/main/plans/nominatim-plans-pricing.yml
- **SDKs** — https://pypi.org/project/nominatim-api/
- **SDKs** — https://pypi.org/project/geopy/

## Other Nominatim APIs (6)

- [Nominatim Deletable API](https://apis.io/apis/nominatim/nominatim-deletable-api/)
- [Nominatim Details API](https://apis.io/apis/nominatim/nominatim-details-api/)
- [Nominatim Lookup API](https://apis.io/apis/nominatim/nominatim-lookup-api/)
- [Nominatim Polygons API](https://apis.io/apis/nominatim/nominatim-polygons-api/)
- [Nominatim Search API](https://apis.io/apis/nominatim/nominatim-search-api/)
- [Nominatim Status API](https://apis.io/apis/nominatim/nominatim-status-api/)

## Tags

Reverse

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/nominatim/nominatim-reverse-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/nominatim/.