# positionstack Reverse Geocoding API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/positionstack/positionstack-reverse-geocoding-api/  
**Provider:** positionstack — https://apis.io/providers/positionstack/  
**Base URL:** https://api.positionstack.com/v1  
**Documentation:** https://positionstack.com/

positionstack Reverse Geocoding API is one of 3 APIs that [positionstack](https://apis.io/providers/positionstack/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Reverse Geocoding. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, a JSON-LD context, and 3 JSON Schemas.

Convert latitude/longitude coordinates into a full address with locality, region, and country.

## Machine-readable artifacts (14)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/positionstack/refs/heads/main/openapi/positionstack-reverse-geocoding-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.apilayer.com/positionstack/docs/api-documentation
- **APIReference** — https://docs.apilayer.com/positionstack/docs/api-documentation
- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.apilayer.com/positionstack/docs/getting-started
- **Authentication** — https://docs.apilayer.com/positionstack/docs/api-documentation
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/positionstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/positionstack-location-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/positionstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/positionstack-error-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/positionstack/refs/heads/main/json-structure/positionstack-location-structure.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/positionstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/positionstack-context.jsonld
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/positionstack/refs/heads/main/examples/positionstack-forward-geocode-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/positionstack/refs/heads/main/examples/positionstack-reverse-geocode-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/positionstack/refs/heads/main/examples/positionstack-batch-forward-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/positionstack/refs/heads/main/examples/positionstack-error-example.json
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/positionstack/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/positionstack-rate-limits.yml

## Other positionstack APIs (2)

- [positionstack Batch Geocoding API](https://apis.io/apis/positionstack/positionstack-batch-geocoding-api/)
- [positionstack Forward Geocoding API](https://apis.io/apis/positionstack/positionstack-forward-geocoding-api/)

## Tags

Reverse Geocoding

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