Overpass API

Overpass API is a read-only OpenStreetMap data API that enables querying geographic features including nodes, ways, relations, and tags using the Overpass Query Language (QL). It supports complex spatial queries with filters for bounding boxes, tags, proximity, area containment, and element relationships, making it the primary tool for extracting custom subsets of OSM data programmatically.

Overpass API is listed with 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include OpenStreetMap, Geographic, Spatial, GIS, and Maps.

The Overpass API catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Overpass API’s developer surface includes documentation and 12 more developer resources.

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16.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Front door AI 1/6 silent open core · AGPL-3.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-23 · rubric v0.25.0 · Show this score on your site →

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1 API

OpenStreetMap Geographic Spatial GIS Maps Open Data Query Language

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scored 2026-10-23 · rubric v0.25.0

Composite quality — 16.6/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 1.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 1.4 / 15

Access Clarity 0.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.6 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15

Open Source Surface 2.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Overture Maps Foundation (members + data contributors)	undeclared	-	-	-

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APIs 1

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

Overpass API

Read-only API for querying OpenStreetMap data. Supports retrieval of nodes, ways, relations, and areas using the Overpass Query Language (QL) or XML syntax, with output in JSON,...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Apis Context

0 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

Overpass Api Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

LanguageReference

LanguageReference

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

InteractiveTool

InteractiveTool

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

Releases

StatusPage

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

name: Overpass API
description: 'Overpass API is a read-only OpenStreetMap data API that enables querying geographic features including nodes,
  ways, relations, and tags using the Overpass Query Language (QL). It supports complex spatial queries with filters for bounding
  boxes, tags, proximity, area containment, and element relationships, making it the primary tool for extracting custom subsets
  of OSM data programmatically.

  '
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: AGPL-3.0
  license_evidence:
    repo: drolbr/overpass-api
    spdx: AGPL-3.0
    stars: 926
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  - repository-license
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://overpass-api.de/img/osm_logo.png
tags:
- OpenStreetMap
- Geographic
- Spatial
- GIS
- Maps
- Open Data
- Query Language
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/overpass-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- name: Overpass API
  description: 'Read-only API for querying OpenStreetMap data. Supports retrieval of nodes, ways, relations, and areas using
    the Overpass Query Language (QL) or XML syntax, with output in JSON, XML, CSV, or custom formats.

    '
  image: https://overpass-api.de/img/osm_logo.png
  humanURL: https://overpass-api.de/
  baseURL: https://overpass-api.de/api
  tags:
  - OpenStreetMap
  - Geographic
  - Spatial
  - GIS
  - Maps
  - Node
  - Ways
  - Relations
  tags_raw:
  - OpenStreetMap
  - Geographic
  - Spatial
  - GIS
  - Maps
  - Nodes
  - Ways
  - Relations
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.overpass-api.de/overpass-doc/en/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API
  - type: LanguageReference
    url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/drolbr/Overpass-API
  - type: InteractiveTool
    url: https://overpass-turbo.eu/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://overpass-api.de/api/status
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/osmoverpass
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/overpass-api/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/overpass-api/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/overpass-api/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  contact:
  - FN: OpenStreetMap Community Forum
    url: https://community.openstreetmap.org/
  - FN: GIS StackExchange
    url: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/overpass-api
  - FN: Stack Overflow
    url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/overpass-api
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://overpass-api.de
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/drolbr/Overpass-API/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/drolbr/Overpass-API/releases
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/overpass-api-domain-security.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dev.overpass-api.de/overpass-doc/en/
- type: LanguageReference
  url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/drolbr/Overpass-API
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/drolbr/Overpass-API/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: InteractiveTool
  url: https://overpass-turbo.eu/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://overpass-api.de/api/status
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/overpass-api/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/overpass-api/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/overpass-api/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
modified: '2026-09-16'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  X-github: kinlane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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