# Open Charge Map POI API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/openchargemap/open-charge-map-poi-api/  
**Provider:** Open Charge Map — https://apis.io/providers/openchargemap/  
**Base URL:** https://api.openchargemap.io/v3  
**Documentation:** https://openchargemap.org/site/develop/api

Open Charge Map POI API is one of 9 APIs that [Open Charge Map](https://apis.io/providers/openchargemap/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include EV Charging, Points of Interest, Geospatial Search, and Charging Stations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Primary REST API for searching and retrieving EV charging station data (Points of Interest) from the Open Charge Map global registry. Supports geographic search by latitude/longitude with distance radius, bounding box filtering, country filtering, and filtering by operator, connection type, charging level, usage type, and operational status. Returns full POI data including address, equipment details, connection types, power levels, operator info, and user comments. Supports compact and verbose output formats in JSON. An API key is required and passed as a query parameter or HTTP header.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://openchargemap.org/site/develop/api
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/openchargemap/ocm-system
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openchargemap/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Open Charge Map APIs (8)

- [Open Charge Map Reference Data API](https://apis.io/apis/openchargemap/open-charge-map-reference-data-api/)
- [Open Charge Map POI Submit API](https://apis.io/apis/openchargemap/open-charge-map-poi-submit-api/)
- [Open Charge Map Comment API](https://apis.io/apis/openchargemap/openchargemap-comment-api/)
- [Open Charge Map Mediaitem API](https://apis.io/apis/openchargemap/openchargemap-mediaitem-api/)
- [Open Charge Map Openapi API](https://apis.io/apis/openchargemap/openchargemap-openapi-api/)
- [Open Charge Map Poi API](https://apis.io/apis/openchargemap/openchargemap-poi-api/)
- [Open Charge Map Profile API](https://apis.io/apis/openchargemap/openchargemap-profile-api/)
- [Open Charge Map Referencedata API](https://apis.io/apis/openchargemap/openchargemap-referencedata-api/)

## Tags

EV Charging, Points of Interest, Geospatial Search, Charging Stations

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