Open Charge Map · Example Payload

Poi Search

Example: Search for EV charging stations in the US, limited to 10 results

Electric VehiclesEV ChargingCharging StationsPoints of InterestOpen DataGeospatialTransportationClean EnergyCrowdsourcedRegistry

Poi Search is an example object payload from Open Charge Map, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

descriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

poi-search.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "description": "Example: Search for EV charging stations in the US, limited to 10 results",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.openchargemap.io/v3/poi/",
    "headers": {
      "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    },
    "query_parameters": {
      "output": "json",
      "countrycode": "US",
      "maxresults": 10,
      "compact": true,
      "verbose": false
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "content_type": "application/json",
    "body": [
      {
        "IsRecentlyVerified": true,
        "ID": 12345,
        "UUID": "d3d2b4e6-1234-4567-abcd-ef0123456789",
        "DataProviderId": 1,
        "OperatorId": 23,
        "UsageTypeId": 1,
        "AddressInfo": {
          "ID": 98765,
          "Title": "Downtown Charging Hub",
          "AddressLine1": "123 Main Street",
          "Town": "San Francisco",
          "StateOrProvince": "CA",
          "Postcode": "94105",
          "CountryID": 2,
          "Latitude": 37.7749,
          "Longitude": -122.4194,
          "DistanceUnit": 0
        },
        "Connections": [
          {
            "ID": 11111,
            "ConnectionTypeID": 25,
            "StatusTypeID": 50,
            "LevelID": 3,
            "Amps": 200,
            "Voltage": 400,
            "PowerKW": 50.0,
            "CurrentTypeID": 30,
            "Quantity": 2
          }
        ],
        "NumberOfPoints": 2,
        "GeneralComments": "24/7 access",
        "StatusTypeID": 50,
        "SubmissionStatusTypeID": 200,
        "DateCreated": "2022-03-15T10:00:00Z",
        "DateLastVerified": "2024-01-10T08:00:00Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}