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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 publishes 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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22.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
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4 APIs
CompanyMobilityNavigationMapsTrafficLocationTransportationSmart Cities

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 22.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.0 / 20
Access Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 8.2 / 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 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
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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