Esri

Esri is a global leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, offering innovative solutions for mapping and spatial analysis. The company provides software, data, and services to help organizations make better decisions based on location intelligence. Esri's technology is used across a wide range of industries, including government, natural resources, utilities, and public safety. NOTE: This repository is an alias for the canonical Esri ArcGIS profile maintained at api-evangelist/esri-arcgis, which contains the full set of API definitions, OpenAPI artifacts, and developer resources.

Esri publishes 11 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Auth API, Geocoding API, Routing API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Geographic, Geospatial, GIS, Location, and Mapping.

The Esri catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Esri’s developer surface includes authentication, changelog, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 49 more developer resources.

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77.8/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 50/100 agent ready Front door AI 3/6 light Heartbeat 83/100 alive Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 published contract 1 MCP Servers 3 Agent Skills

Geographic Geospatial GIS Location Mapping MapsSpatial AnalysisGeocoding Routing

What people ask Esri 5

The questions people put to an LLM, and the jobs they hand an agent, that Esri's APIs answer — each one linked to the operation that does it. Generated by API Evangelist

Esri Geocoding API Match an address on the World GeocodeServer “Can I send street, city, region and postal code separately to the World GeocodeServer and get candidate matches back?” Batch geocode a list of addresses “How do I geocode hundreds of addresses in one request instead of one at a time?” Reverse geocode a point on the World GeocodeServer “Can I limit World GeocodeServer reverse geocoding to certain feature types, like a point of interest or street intersection?” Autocomplete a partial address “How do I show address autocomplete suggestions while a user is still typing?”

Esri Portal API Get my organization's portal information “How do I see my ArcGIS organization's portal name, description and thumbnail?” Get a portal user's profile “Can I look up the profile of a specific member of our ArcGIS organization?” List content items a user owns “How do I list all the maps, layers and apps a particular user owns?” Get a portal item's details “What information can I get about a single map or layer item by its ID?”

Esri Places API Find points of interest near a location “How do I find restaurants or other places within walking distance of a coordinate?” Get details for a place “How can I get a place's phone number and opening hours from its place ID?”

Esri Routing API Calculate a route between stops “How do I get driving directions between several stops?”

Esri Auth API Get an ArcGIS access token via OAuth “How do I get an ArcGIS access token for my app using its client ID and secret?”

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 77.8/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 13.1 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 10.3 / 15

Access Clarity 15.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 8.2 / 10

Contract Governance 3.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.8 / 8

Regulatory Posture 6.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 50/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 5 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Pagination +5 pts — share of collection GETs (an array, or one wrapped in data/items/results ...) that declare a page/limit/offset/cursor parameter, a Link header or a next/cursor field; na with no collection GETs
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document +5 pts — a parsing /.well-known/ucp.json or acp.json declaring a version and at least one service, OR (0.27) a live x402 payment challenge from _data/x402-adoption.json — `self` when its endpoints are on the provider's own domain, `platform` when they are on a vendor's

2 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Governance scores 35.6 — up to +7.7 composite points
Contract Quality scores 69.8 — up to +7.6 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 68.5 — up to +6.3 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Geospatial and Maps (OGC standards)	builds-on	49.1	-	6
Government Cloud (FedRAMP, GovRAMP, G-Cloud)	builds-on	49.1	-	6
IDE Extension Marketplaces (JetBrains, VS Code, Open VSX, Docker Verified Publishers, PyPI orgs)	builds-on	49.1	-	6
Configuration-Management Content Registries (Ansible Galaxy, Chef Supermarket)	builds-on	49.1	-	6
Overture Maps Foundation (members + data contributors)	builds-on	49.1	-	6

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 4

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 11

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Esri ArcGIS Platform API

The Esri ArcGIS Platform API is a set of REST APIs and SDKs from Esri, provider of the ArcGIS GIS suite. It enables developers to integrate Esri's mapping, geocoding, routing, a...

Esri Auth API

The Auth API from Esri — 1 operation(s) for auth.

Esri Geocoding API

The Geocoding API from Esri — 4 operation(s) for geocoding.

Esri Routing API

The Routing API from Esri — 1 operation(s) for routing.

ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript

The ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript enables web developers to build compelling 2D and 3D mapping applications with interactive visualizations, spatial analysis tools, geocoding, ...

ArcGIS API for Python

The ArcGIS API for Python provides a Pythonic interface for GIS capabilities including data management, spatial analysis, geocoding, routing, and administration of ArcGIS Online...

ArcGIS Urban API

A GraphQL API for ArcGIS Urban - urban models, plans, projects, branches, parcels, zones, spaces, building types, indicators, metrics, overlays, viewpoints and scenario analyses...

MCP for ArcGIS Location Services (beta)

Esri-hosted Model Context Protocol server exposing ArcGIS Location Services - geocoding, reverse geocoding, routing, elevation, static maps and GeoEnrichment - as seven MCP tool...

ArcGIS Server OGC Web Services

ArcGIS Server publishes any map or feature service through the OGC interfaces - WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS and KML. The two capabilities documents registered here were fetched from Esr...

Esri Places API

Points of interest search and retrieval

Esri Portal API

Portal items, users, groups, and organizational management

Rate limits

ArcGIS Online organization query rate: 10000 queries per minute
ArcGIS Online organization query rate (premium data store, M4): 96000 queries per minute
Cooling-off period after throttle: 60 seconds

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Billed by: 1,000 places · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Esri Plans Pricing

35 plans

PLANS

Esri Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Esri Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Esri

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Esri Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Esri Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Esri Context

17 classes · 53 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Esri API Rules

62 rules · 55 errors 2 warnings 5 info

SPECTRAL

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

User

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Esri Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Esri Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Esri Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · security.txt

SECURITY

Esri Trust Center

FedRAMP Moderate, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2, GDPR, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, CCPA / CPRA

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Esri Scopes

2 scopes · clientCredentials/authorizationCode

2 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Esri Agentic Access

15 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 10

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

Components

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

Webhooks

DataModel

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Build 6

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

IntegrationEdges

ToolCrosswalk

Packages

SDKs

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Postman

Postman

Access & Security 7

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Compliance

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

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Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

Deprecation

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Support

HelpCenter

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Newsroom

Newsroom

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 8

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

WSDL

WSDL

Hosts

Vendors

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Alias

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: esri
name: Esri
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/esri/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
description: 'Esri is a global leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, offering innovative solutions for
  mapping and spatial analysis. The company provides software, data, and services to help organizations make better decisions
  based on location intelligence. Esri''s technology is used across a wide range of industries, including government, natural
  resources, utilities, and public safety. NOTE: This repository is an alias for the canonical Esri ArcGIS profile maintained
  at api-evangelist/esri-arcgis, which contains the full set of API definitions, OpenAPI artifacts, and developer resources.'
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/esri.png
type: Index
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
tags:
- Geographic
- Geospatial
- GIS
- Location
- Mapping
- Maps
- Spatial Analysis
- Geocoding
- Routing
created: '2025-01-14'
modified: '2026-09-07'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/esri-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/esri-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/esri-vocabulary.yml
- type: WSDL
  url: wsdl/esri-route-api-service-catalog.wsdl
- type: WSDL
  url: wsdl/esri-geocode-api-service-catalog.wsdl
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/esri-hosts.yml
- type: IntegrationEdges
  url: integrations/esri-integration-edges.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/esri-vendors.yml
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://mediaspace.esri.com/media/t/1_qay3ob9a?co3=true
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/esri-arcgis-geocoding-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/esri-arcgis-places-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/esri-arcgis-portal-api-overlay.yaml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/esri-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/esri-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/esri-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/esri-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esri
- type: Website
  url: https://www.esri.com/
  name: Esri
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.arcgis.com/
  name: ArcGIS Developers
- type: Alias
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/esri-arcgis
  name: Canonical esri-arcgis profile
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/esri-mcp.yml
  name: MCP for ArcGIS Location Services (beta)
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/esri-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/esri-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/esri-well-known.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/esri-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/esri-packages.yml
  name: ArcGIS SDKs and client libraries
- type: Components
  url: components/esri-components.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/esri-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/esri-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/esri-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.location.arcgis.com/
  name: ArcGIS Location Platform Status
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://location.arcgis.com/help/release-notes/2026-07/
  name: Deprecations and retirements in the dated release notes
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/esri-changelog.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/esri-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.arcgis.com/en/compliance/compliance.htm
  name: ArcGIS Trust Center compliance
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/esri-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/esri-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://trust.arcgis.com/en/security-concern/
  name: Report a security or privacy concern (Esri PSIRT)
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/esri-webhooks.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/esri-data-model.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
  name: ArcGIS Server SOAP Service Catalog
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/esri-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/esri-plans-pricing.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/esri-finops.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/
  name: ArcGIS developer documentation
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/
  name: ArcGIS REST APIs reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/mapping-and-location-services/get-started/
  name: Get started with ArcGIS location services
- type: Support
  url: https://support.esri.com/en-us/products/arcgis-location-platform
  name: ArcGIS Location Platform technical support
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://community.esri.com/t5/developers/ct-p/developers
  name: Esri Community developers
- type: Blog
  url: https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-blog/bg-p/developers-blog
  name: Esri developers blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Esri
  name: Esri on GitHub
- type: Postman
  url: https://www.postman.com/esridevs/workspace/esri-arcgis-services
  name: Esri ArcGIS Services public Postman workspace
- type: Pricing
  url: https://location.arcgis.com/pricing/
  name: ArcGIS Location Platform pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://location.arcgis.com/sign-up/
  name: Create a free ArcGIS Location Platform account
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.esri.com/en-us/legal/terms/full-master-agreement
  name: Esri Master Agreement
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.esri.com/en-us/privacy/overview
  name: Esri privacy
apis:
- aid: esri:esri-arcgis-platform-api
  name: Esri ArcGIS Platform API
  description: The Esri ArcGIS Platform API is a set of REST APIs and SDKs from Esri, provider of the ArcGIS GIS suite. It
    enables developers to integrate Esri's mapping, geocoding, routing, and spatial analysis services into applications, supporting
    visualization, analysis, and interaction with spatial data. See the canonical esri-arcgis repository for the full set
    of APIs and OpenAPI artifacts.
  humanURL: https://developers.arcgis.com/
  baseURL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest
  tags:
  - Geographic
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - Mapping
  - Maps
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/
  - type: Alias
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/esri-arcgis/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- aid: esri:esri-auth-api
  name: Esri Auth API
  description: The Auth API from Esri — 1 operation(s) for auth.
  humanURL: https://developers.arcgis.com/
  baseURL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest
  tags:
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - Auth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esri-auth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/esri-auth-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: esri:esri-geocoding-api
  name: Esri Geocoding API
  description: The Geocoding API from Esri — 4 operation(s) for geocoding.
  humanURL: https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/geocode/
  baseURL: https://geocode-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services
  tags:
  - Geocoding
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esri-geocoding-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/esri-geocoding-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/esri-reverse-geocode-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/esri-candidate-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/esri-geocode-response-schema.json
- aid: esri:esri-routing-api
  name: Esri Routing API
  description: The Routing API from Esri — 1 operation(s) for routing.
  humanURL: https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/routing/
  baseURL: https://route-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services
  tags:
  - Routing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esri-routing-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/esri-routing-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: esri:esri-arcgis-maps-sdk-javascript
  name: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript
  tags:
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - JavaScript
  - Mapping
  - SDK
  humanURL: https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/
  baseURL: https://js.arcgis.com
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/
    type: GettingStarted
  description: The ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript enables web developers to build compelling 2D and 3D mapping applications
    with interactive visualizations, spatial analysis tools, geocoding, routing, and portal content management for ArcGIS
    Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.
- aid: esri:esri-arcgis-api-for-python
  name: ArcGIS API for Python
  tags:
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - Python
  - Scripting
  - SDK
  humanURL: https://developers.arcgis.com/python/latest/
  baseURL: https://www.arcgis.com
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.arcgis.com/python/latest/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developers.arcgis.com/python/latest/guide/get-started/
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: https://developers.arcgis.com/python/latest/api-reference/
    type: Reference
  - url: https://developers.arcgis.com/python/latest/guide/release-notes-242/
    type: ChangeLog
  description: The ArcGIS API for Python provides a Pythonic interface for GIS capabilities including data management, spatial
    analysis, geocoding, routing, and administration of ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise deployments.
- aid: esri:esri-arcgis-urban-api
  name: ArcGIS Urban API
  description: A GraphQL API for ArcGIS Urban - urban models, plans, projects, branches, parcels, zones, spaces, building
    types, indicators, metrics, overlays, viewpoints and scenario analyses (elevation profile, line of sight, shadowcast,
    viewshed, suitability, sunlight). Anonymous introspection is open, so the full schema is machine-readable without a credential;
    executing queries requires an ArcGIS token.
  humanURL: https://developers.arcgis.com/arcgis-urban-api/
  baseURL: https://urban-api.arcgis.com/graphql
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Urban Planning
  - GIS
  - 3D
  - Scenario Planning
  properties:
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/esri-arcgis-urban-api.graphql
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/arcgis-urban-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/security-and-authentication/
- aid: esri:esri-arcgis-mcp-location-services
  name: MCP for ArcGIS Location Services (beta)
  description: Esri-hosted Model Context Protocol server exposing ArcGIS Location Services - geocoding, reverse geocoding,
    routing, elevation, static maps and GeoEnrichment - as seven MCP tools. Remote HTTP transport; an ArcGIS API key or OAuth
    2.0 access token is required.
  humanURL: https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/
  baseURL: https://location-services-mcp.arcgis.com/beta/mcp
  tags:
  - MCP
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Geocoding
  - Routing
  - Elevation
  tags_raw:
  - MCP
  - AI
  - Geocoding
  - Routing
  - Elevation
  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/esri-arcgis-mcp.yml
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/esri-arcgis-tool-crosswalk.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/get-started/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/tools/
- aid: esri:esri-arcgis-ogc-services
  name: ArcGIS Server OGC Web Services
  description: ArcGIS Server publishes any map or feature service through the OGC interfaces - WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS and KML.
    The two capabilities documents registered here were fetched from Esri's public ArcGIS Server sample deployment on arcgisonline.com
    and are the self-describing contracts of that interface; every production OGC endpoint is a customer deployment of the
    same product on the customer's own domain.
  humanURL: https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/ogc-services-in-arcgis-server.htm
  baseURL: https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/services
  tags:
  - OGC
  - WMS
  - WFS
  - Geospatial
  - Standards
  properties:
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: openapi/esri-arcgis-arcgis-server-wms-capabilities.xml
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: openapi/esri-arcgis-arcgis-server-wfs-capabilities.xml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/ogc-services-in-arcgis-server.htm
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/esri-arcgis-conformance.yml
- aid: esri:esri-places-api
  name: Esri Places API
  description: Points of interest search and retrieval
  humanURL: https://developers.arcgis.com/
  baseURL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest
  tags:
  - Places
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esri-places-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/security-and-authentication/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/esri-place-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/esri-places-response-schema.json
- aid: esri:esri-portal-api
  name: Esri Portal API
  description: Portal items, users, groups, and organizational management
  humanURL: https://developers.arcgis.com/
  baseURL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest
  tags:
  - Portal
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esri-portal-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/security-and-authentication/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/esri-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/esri-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/esri-portal-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/esri-search-results-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/esri-item-collection-schema.json
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-07'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 27
  pass: local-v3

Esri API — frequently asked questions

Does Esri have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 11 APIs from Esri, including Esri ArcGIS Platform API, Esri Auth API and Esri Geocoding API, and 8 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Esri API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Esri, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Esri API?

Esri documents its authentication (apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Esri Authentication.

How much does the Esri API cost?

Esri publishes its prices; its Basemap tiles plan is 2M free then $0.15 per 1,000 tiles as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 35 pricing plans for Esri, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Esri have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Esri: An Esri-hosted Model Context Protocol server that exposes ArcGIS Location Services — geocoding, routing, elevation, static maps and GeoEnrichment — to MCP-compliant clients and AI agents without calli

Is the Esri API ready for AI agents?

Esri has a Kin Score of 77.8 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 50.1 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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