Texas A&M University Geocoding API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Texas A&M GeoServices Geocoding API
  version: 5.0.0
  description: Address geocoding, address normalisation and standardisation, census intersection and reverse geocoding, operated by Texas A&M University at geoservices.tamu.edu.
  contact:
    name: Texas A&M GeoServices
    url: https://geoservices.tamu.edu/Support/
  termsOfService: https://geoservices.tamu.edu/About/Legal/TermsOfUse.aspx
servers:
- url: https://geoservices.tamu.edu/Api/Geocode/V5
  description: GeoServices Geocoding API v5 production (REST)
tags:
- name: Geocoding
  description: Address to coordinate resolution with optional census intersection.
paths:
  /:
    get:
      tags:
      - Geocoding
      operationId: geocodeAddress
      summary: Geocode a US street address
      description: 'Resolves a non-parsed or parsed US street address to a latitude/longitude, a match type, a match score and an uncertainty region, optionally intersecting the result with US Census geographies. Verified live on 2026-09-01: an anonymous call with version=5.0.0 returns HTTP 200 with a JSON body whose queryStatusCode is "APIKeyMissing", confirming both the parameter contract and the authentication model.'
      security:
      - apiKeyQuery: []
      parameters:
      - name: apiKey
        in: query
        required: true
        description: API key from the GeoServices account profile page.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: version
        in: query
        required: true
        description: API version. Omitting it returns queryStatusCode "Version Error" (402).
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 5.0.0
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Output serialisation.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - csv
          - tsv
          - xml
          default: json
      - name: streetAddress
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Non-parsed street address value, e.g. "1101 Texas Ave".
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: city
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: state
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: zip
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: census
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Calculate census variables. Slower.
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: censusYears
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Comma-separated census years to intersect with, or "allAvailable".
        schema:
          type: string
          example: 2010,2020
      - name: includeHeader
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Include column headers for csv/tsv output.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: notStore
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Do not historically store the transaction in the account.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: verbose
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Output parsed address, matched address and reference feature details.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: allowTies
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: tieBreakingStrategy
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - chooseFirstOne
          - flipACoin
          - returnAll
          - revertToHierarchy
          default: chooseFirstOne
      - name: confidenceLevels
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Minimum confidence level accepted for Open Addresses source matches.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 8
          default: 5
      - name: minScore
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Minimum accepted match score.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
      - name: exhaustiveSearch
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: aliasTables
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: attributeRelaxation
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: relaxableAttributes
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Comma-separated subset of pre, suffix, post, city, zip.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: substringMAtching
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Spelling as published in the Texas A&M parameter table.
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
      - name: soundex
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
      - name: soundexableAttributes
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Comma-separated subset of name, city.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: hierarchy
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - uncertaintyBased
          - featureMatchingSelectionMethod
          default: featureMatchingSelectionMethod
      - name: referenceDataSources
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: all
      - name: geometry
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Return the full geometry of the reference feature. Creates a very large response.
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: multithreadedGeocoder
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: outputStatistics
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Return processing statistics. json/xml only.
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Geocoding envelope. Texas A&M returns HTTP 200 for both successful and failed queries and carries the real outcome in statusCode / queryStatusCode inside the body.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeocodeEnvelope'
components:
  schemas:
    GeocodeEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: Response envelope observed live on 2026-09-01. The error shape (statusCode, message, error, data) was captured from a real anonymous call; the success members are derived from the published output-field table and were not observed, because a key is required.
      properties:
        statusCode:
          type: integer
          description: 200 on success; 401 APIKeyMissing; 402 Version Error.
          example: 401
        message:
          type: string
          example: APIKeyMissing
        error:
          type: string
          example: API Key Missing
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeocodeResult'
    GeocodeResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        version:
          type: object
          properties:
            major:
              type: integer
            minor:
              type: integer
            build:
              type: integer
            revision:
              type: integer
        timeTaken:
          type: number
          nullable: true
          description: Processing time in milliseconds.
        transactionGuid:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        apiHost:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        clientHost:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        queryStatusCode:
          type: string
          description: Query result code, e.g. Success, APIKeyMissing, InvalidAddress.
        inputParameterSet:
          type: object
          description: Echo of the parsed input parameters.
        outputGeocodes:
          type: array
          description: 'Derived from the published output-field table (positions 0-171): transaction id, api version, query status code, time taken, latitude, longitude, match type, matching geography type, micro match status, match score, region size and units, NAACCR coordinate quality code, and optional parsed address, matched address, reference feature and census intersection blocks. Not observed on a live successful call.'
          items:
            type: object
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apiKey
      description: Free API key issued from the GeoServices account profile at https://geoservices.tamu.edu/Signup/. Sent as a query parameter; there is no header form.
externalDocs:
  description: Texas A&M GeoServices Geocoding API v5 reference
  url: https://geoservices.tamu.edu/Services/Geocode/WebService/Details/
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-09-01'
  method: derived
  source: Derived from the Texas A&M GeoServices published API reference at https://geoservices.tamu.edu/Services/Geocode/WebService/Details/ (HTTP 200, 2026-09-01) and confirmed against live anonymous calls to https://geoservices.tamu.edu/Api/Geocode/V5/ which returned an HTTP 200 body carrying statusCode 402 "Version Error" with no version parameter and statusCode 401 "APIKeyMissing" with version=5.0.0 and no apiKey. No response payload for a successful geocode was observed, because a successful call requires an account API key; the success schema below is derived from the published output-field table and is marked as such.
  x-operator: institution