# OpenStreetMap Overpass API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/overpass-api/  
**Provider:** OpenStreetMap — https://apis.io/providers/openstreetmap/  
**Base URL:** https://overpass-api.de/api  
**Documentation:** https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API

OpenStreetMap Overpass API is one of 11 APIs that [OpenStreetMap](https://apis.io/providers/openstreetmap/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Geospatial, Mapping, Open Data, XML, and Overpass. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The Overpass API is a read-only database engine for complex geospatial queries against the OSM dataset. Accepts Overpass QL or XML queries and returns results in XML, JSON, GeoJSON, or CSV. Safe usage: under 10,000 queries/day and under 1 GB/day. Python SDKs include overpass, overpy, and OSMPythonTools; JavaScript SDKs include query-overpass and overpass-ts.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API
- **Reference** — https://dev.overpass-api.de/overpass-doc/en/
- **DeveloperTools** — https://overpass-turbo.eu/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other OpenStreetMap APIs (10)

- [OpenStreetMap Capabilities API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-capabilities-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Changesets API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-changesets-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Map Data API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-map-data-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Nodes API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-nodes-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Notes API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-notes-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Relations API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-relations-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Users API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-users-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Ways API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-ways-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Geocoding API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-geocoding-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Status API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-status-api/)

## Tags

Geospatial, Mapping, Open Data, XML, Overpass

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