Waze

Waze is a Google-owned, community-driven navigation and real-time traffic application. Its developer surface is not a self-service JSON REST API but a set of public URL-invocation and embed contracts plus partner-gated data and SDK programs. Waze Deep Links open the Waze app from a URL to locate an address, drop a pin, or start turn-by-turn navigation; the Waze iFrame embeds the interactive Live Map in any web page; Waze for Cities Data Feeds let agencies exchange road-closure, incident, and working-vehicle data (CIFS, WZDx, DATEX II, ESRI) and receive a partner-specific JSON alerts feed; the Waze Transport SDK gives transportation apps ETA/routing and trip-data collection; and the Waze Audio Kit surfaces audio content in-drive. Developer documentation is hosted on Google for Developers at developers.google.com/waze and partner programs are provisioned through the Waze Partner Hub.

Waze is listed with 4 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Mobility, Navigation, Maps, and Traffic.

Waze’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, authentication, and 13 more developer resources.

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24.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

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4 APIs

Company Mobility Navigation Maps Traffic Location Transportation Smart Cities

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 24.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 7.7 / 17

Access Clarity 3.6 / 17

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 6.7 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.8 / 15

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 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 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

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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

Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document
MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
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)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0

12 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Contract Quality scores 0.0 — up to +25.0 composite points
Access Clarity scores 21.1 — up to +15.8 composite points
Contract Governance scores 0.0 — up to +12.0 composite points

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APIs 4

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

Waze Deep Links

URL-invocation API to open the Waze app from an external link to locate an address, drop a pin, or start navigation. Query params include ll (lat,lon), q (search), navigate, z (...

Waze iFrame (Live Map)

Embeddable client-side component that renders the interactive Waze Live Map inside a web page via an , with zoom, lat, lon, pin, and desc parameters. No authentication required.

Waze for Cities Data Feeds

Partner data-exchange for road closures, incidents, and working vehicles using CIFS (preferred), WZDx, DATEX II, or ESRI formats; Waze returns a partner-specific JSON alerts fee...

Waze Transport SDK

Partner-gated SDK for transportation apps to add ETA and routing points and trip-data collection using Waze real-time traffic and location data.

Security Posture 3

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

Waze Authentication

none/partner-provisioned · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Waze Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Waze Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Conventions

Components

Components

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Community

Community

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: waze
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Requires approval
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/waze.png
name: Waze
description: Waze is a Google-owned, community-driven navigation and real-time traffic application. Its developer surface
  is not a self-service JSON REST API but a set of public URL-invocation and embed contracts plus partner-gated data and SDK
  programs. Waze Deep Links open the Waze app from a URL to locate an address, drop a pin, or start turn-by-turn navigation;
  the Waze iFrame embeds the interactive Live Map in any web page; Waze for Cities Data Feeds let agencies exchange road-closure,
  incident, and working-vehicle data (CIFS, WZDx, DATEX II, ESRI) and receive a partner-specific JSON alerts feed; the Waze
  Transport SDK gives transportation apps ETA/routing and trip-data collection; and the Waze Audio Kit surfaces audio content
  in-drive. Developer documentation is hosted on Google for Developers at developers.google.com/waze and partner programs
  are provisioned through the Waze Partner Hub.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/waze/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bond-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Mobility
- Navigation
- Maps
- Traffic
- Location
- Transportation
- Smart Cities
apis:
- name: Waze Deep Links
  description: URL-invocation API to open the Waze app from an external link to locate an address, drop a pin, or start navigation.
    Query params include ll (lat,lon), q (search), navigate, z (zoom), favorite, and avoid_* / vehicle_type routing options.
    No authentication required.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/waze/deeplinks
  baseURL: https://waze.com/ul
  tags:
  - Navigation
  - Deep Links
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/waze/deeplinks
- name: Waze iFrame (Live Map)
  description: Embeddable client-side component that renders the interactive Waze Live Map inside a web page via an <iframe>,
    with zoom, lat, lon, pin, and desc parameters. No authentication required.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/waze/iframe
  baseURL: https://embed.waze.com/iframe
  tags:
  - Maps
  - Embed
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/waze/iframe
  - type: Components
    url: components/waze-components.yml
- name: Waze for Cities Data Feeds
  description: Partner data-exchange for road closures, incidents, and working vehicles using CIFS (preferred), WZDx, DATEX
    II, or ESRI formats; Waze returns a partner-specific JSON alerts feed. Provisioned through the Waze Partner Hub.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/waze/data-feed/overview
  baseURL: https://developers.google.com/waze/data-feed/overview
  tags:
  - Traffic
  - Smart Cities
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/waze/data-feed/overview
- name: Waze Transport SDK
  description: Partner-gated SDK for transportation apps to add ETA and routing points and trip-data collection using Waze
    real-time traffic and location data.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/waze/intro-transport
  baseURL: https://developers.google.com/waze/intro-transport
  tags:
  - Transportation
  - SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/waze/intro-transport
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://waze.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.google.com/waze
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/waze
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/waze/deeplinks
- type: Support
  url: https://support.google.com/waze/partners
- type: Community
  url: https://www.waze.com/discuss/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.waze.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.waze.com/en/legal/tos
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.waze.com/en/legal/privacy
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/waze-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/waze-conventions.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/waze-components.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/waze-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/waze-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/waze-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/waze-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/waze-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/waze-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 7
  pass: local-v1

Waze API — frequently asked questions

Does Waze have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 4 APIs from Waze, including Waze Deep Links, Waze iFrame (Live Map) and Waze for Cities Data Feeds, and 1 more.

How do I authenticate with the Waze API?

Waze uses bearer-token authentication (none/partner-provisioned · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Waze Authentication.

Is the Waze API ready for AI agents?

Waze has a Kin Score of 24.0 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 2.5 (human-only), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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