OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap Status API

Server status and version information

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GET /status Get Nominatim server status #

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OpenAPI Specification

openstreetmap-status-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenStreetMap Nominatim Geocoding Status API
  description: 'Nominatim is the OpenStreetMap geocoding API providing search (forward geocoding), reverse geocoding, and address lookup for OSM objects. Rate limit: 1 request/second for the public instance. Requires valid User-Agent header. Open source under GNU GPL v3.'
  version: 4.4.0
  contact:
    name: Nominatim Project
    url: https://nominatim.org/
  license:
    name: ODbL 1.0
    url: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
servers:
- url: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org
  description: Nominatim public instance (1 req/sec limit)
security: []
tags:
- name: Status
  description: Server status and version information
paths:
  /status:
    get:
      operationId: getStatus
      summary: Get Nominatim server status
      description: Returns server status including database version and last import timestamp.
      tags:
      - Status
      parameters:
      - name: format
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - text
          default: json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server status
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
components:
  schemas:
    Status:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 0
          - 700
          - 701
          description: 0=OK, 700=Import not yet finished, 701=Database connection failed
        message:
          type: string
        data_updated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Timestamp of last OSM data import
        software_version:
          type: string
        database_version:
          type: string
externalDocs:
  description: Nominatim API Documentation
  url: https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/