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Purpose

In many cases, the complete Search service might be too much. For instance, if you are only interested in traditional Geocoding, Search can also be exclusively accessed for address look-up. The Geocoding is performed by hitting the Geocode endpoint with just the address or partial address in question. The Geocoding index will be queried for everything above the street level data.

No POIs (Points of Interest) will be returned. Note that the geocoder is very tolerant of typos and incomplete addresses. It will also handle everything from exact street addresses, streets, or intersections as well as higher-level geographies such as city centers, counties, states, etc.

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Request data HTTPS Method: GET

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The following table describes the parameters that can be used in a request.

Required parameters

Description

baseURL

string

Base URL for calling the API.

Values:

versionNumber

string

Service version number.

Value: The current value is 2.

query

string

Query string. Must be properly URL encoded.

Value: A properly URL encoded query string.

ext

string

A valid response format:

Values: json , jsonp , js , or xml

key

string

An API Key valid for the requested service.

Value: Your valid API Key.

Optional parameters Description

storeResult
boolean
Deprecated

If the storeResult flag is set, the query will be interpreted as a stored geocode, and will be billed according to the terms of use.
Default value: false.

December 1, 2017

typeahead
boolean
Deprecated

If the typeahead flag is set, the query will be interpreted as a partial input, and the search will enter predictive mode.
Default value: false

May 13, 2023

limit
integer

The maximum number of responses that will be returned.
Default value: 10
Maximum value: 100

ofs
integer

The starting offset of the returned results within the full result set. The total number of results can be no more than 2000. If you want to receive all the results, you need to limit the number of results by using, for example the radius parameter.
Default value: 0
Maximum value: 1900

lat
float

Latitude, e.g., lat=37.337 lat,lon where results should be biased. Note: supplying a lat/lon without a radius will bias the search results to that area.
Value: lat

lon
float

Longitude, e.g., lon=-121.89 lat,lon where results should be biased. Note: supplying a lat/lon without a radius will bias the search results to that area.
Value: lon

countrySet
string

Comma separated string of country codes in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 or alpha-3 code formats (e.g., FR,ES or FRA,ESP ). This will limit the search to the specified countries. The choice of view may restrict which countries are available. Visit the Geocoding API Market Coverage page for a list of all the countries supported by the Geocoding API engine. Values: FR , ES or FRA , ESP , etc.

radius
integer

If radius and position are set, the results will be constrained to the defined area. The radius parameter is specified in meters.
Value: A radius.

topLeft
string

Top-left position of the bounding box. This is specified as a comma-separated string composed by lat,lon (e.g., 37.553,-122.453 ). Important note: Point-Radius parameters and Bounding Box parameters are mutually exclusive. Point-Radius parameters take precenence when both are passed.
Value: A comma-separated string composed by lat , lon.
Example: 37.553,-122.453

btmRight
string

Bottom-right position of the bounding box. This is specified as a comma-separated string composed by lat,lon (e.g., 37.553,-122.453 ). Important note: Point-Radius parameters and Bounding Box parameters are mutually exclusive. Point-Radius parameters take precenence when both are passed.
Value: A comma-separated string composed by lat , lon.
Example: 37.553,-122.453

language
string

Language in which search results should be returned. It should be one of the TomTom IETF Supported Language Tags , case insensitive. When data in the specified language is not available for a specific field or the language is not specified, the language best matched with your query is used.
Value: A TomTom IETF Supported Language Tag.

extendedPostalCodesFor
string

Indexes for which extended postal codes should be included in the results. Available values are described in Additional Information indexes abbreviation values section. The value should be a comma-separated list of index types (in any order) or "None" for no indexes. By default, extended postal codes are included for all indexes except Geo. Extended postal code lists for geographies can be quite long, so they have to be explicitly requested when needed. Extended postal code is returned as the extendedPostalCode property of an address. Availability is region-dependent.
Value: A comma-separated list of index types.
Usage examples:

view
string

Geopolitical View. The context used to resolve the handling of disputed territories. Views include Unified , along with AR IL , IN , MA , PK , RU , TR , CN, and TW which are respectively tailored for Argentina, Israel, India, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, China, and Taiwan.
Default values:

mapcodes
string

Enables the return of a comma-separted mapcodes list. It can also filter the response to only show selected mapcode types. See mapcodes in the response. A mapcode represents a specific location, to within a few meters. Every location on Earth can be represented by a mapcode. Mapcodes are designed to be short, easy to recognize, remember, and communicate. Visit the Mapcode project website for more information.
Values: One or more of:

Usage examples:

entityTypeSet
string

A comma-separated list of entity types which can be used to restrict the result to the Geography result of a specific entity type. If entityTypeSet is specified, only a Geography result with a proper entity type will be returned.
Value: A comma-separated list of of entity types. Item order in the list does not matter. Values are case sensitive.
Available values:

Usage examples:

Optional headers

Description

Accept-Encoding

Enables response compression.

Value: gzip

Tracking-ID

Specifies an identifier for the request. It can be used to trace a call. The value must match the regular expression '^[a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,100}$'. An example of the format that matches this regular expression is UUID: (e.g., 9ac68072-c7a4-11e8-a8d5-f2801f1b9fd1). For details check RFC 4122. If specified, it is replicated in the Tracking-ID response header. It is only meant to be used for support and does not involve tracking of you or your users in any form.

Value: An identifier for the request.

Response data Response body

For illustrative purposes the example below is neatly indented and includes all possible response fields. Actual responses are more compact and the fields present will vary based on the result type and the data available. See the following response fields documentation for more information. When requesting JSON output the response has the following structure:

Where each element of the results array is in the following format:

Response fields

The following tables describe all of the fields that can appear in a response. Fields are listed by the response section they belong to, and in the order that they appear in the response.

Primary fields

Field

Description

summary

object

Summary information about the search that was performed.

summary object

results

array

The result list, sorted in descending order by score.
results array

summary object

Field Description

query

string

The query as interpreted by the search engine.

queryType

string
Deprecated

Response type. Can be NEARBY or NON_NEAR.

May 13, 2023

queryTime

integer

Time spent on resolving the query.

numResults

integer

The number of results in the response.

offset

integer

The starting offset of the returned results within the full result set.

totalResults

integer

The total number of results found.

fuzzyLevel

integer

The maximum fuzzy level required to provide results.

geoBias

object

The position used to bias the results: Latitude, Longitude

LatLon

results array

Field Description

type

string

Type of result.

Value: One of:

id

string

the non-stable unique id for this result.

score

double
Deprecated

The score of the result. A larger score means there is a probability that a result meeting the query criteria is higher.

May 13, 2023

matchConfidence

object

The confidence of the result's textual match with the query.

matchConfidence object

dist

double

Unit: meters. This is the distance to an object if geobias was provided.

entityType
string

Optional section. Only present if type == Geography. One of:

address

object

The structured address for the result.

address object

position

object

The position of the result: Latitude, Longitude.

LatLon

mapcodes

array

List of mapcode objects.

mapcodes object

viewport

object

A viewport which can be used to display the result on a map.

viewport object

boundingBox

object

Optional section. Only present if type == Geography. A bounding box which can be used to display the result on a map defined by minimum and maximum longitudes and latitudes.

boundingBox object

entrypoints

array

A list of entry points of the POI (Points of Interest).

entryPoints array

addressRanges

object

The address ranges on a street segment. Available only for results where the result type is equal to Address Range. addressRanges object

dataSources

object

An optional section. These are unique reference ids for use with the Additional Data service.

dataSources object

address object

Field Description

streetNumber

string

The building number on the street.

building

string

The building name or code of the address. This can be a descriptive name, an alphanumeric string, or even a single alphabetic character or numerical digit.

streetName

string

The street name.

municipalitySubdivision

string

Sub / Super City

municipalitySecondarySubdivision

string

Sub Sub City

neighbourhood

string

Neighbourhood

municipality

string

City / Town

countrySecondarySubdivision

string

County

countryTertiarySubdivision

string

Named Area

countrySubdivision

string

State or Province

postalCode

string

Postal Code / Zip Code

postalName

string

An address component which represents the name for a postal code that is related to a single administrative area, city, town, or other populated place. Note: This field only appears for geographies having entityType == PostalCodeArea. It is only supported for the USA.

extendedPostalCode

string

Extended postal code (availability dependent on region).

countryCode

string

A country's code (Note: This is a two-letter code, not a country name.).

country

string

Country name

countryCodeISO3

string

ISO alpha-3 country code

freeformAddress

string

An address line formatted according to the formatting rules of the result's country of origin. In the case of countries, its full country name. For the USA, in the case of geographies with entityType == PostalCodeArea it will contain the postalName field value.

countrySubdivisionName

string

The full name of the first level of country administrative hierarchy. This field appears only in case countrySubdivision is presented in an abbreviated form. It is only supported for the USA, Canada, and Great Britain.

countrySubdivisionCode

string

countrySubdivisionCode prefixed by countryCode ( countryCode-countrySubdivisionCode ) and the hyphen forms the ISO 3166-2 code. It is only present if the returned document has entityType == CountrySubdivision. countrySubdivisionCode examples: TX for Texas, SCT for Scotland, ON for Ontario, ZE for Zeeland and BB for Brandenburg.

localName

string

An address component which represents the name of a geographic area or locality that groups a number of addressable objects for addressing purposes, without being an administrative unit.

matchConfidence object

Field Description

score

double

Represents the overall textual match score, in the range of [0..1], where 1 means a perfect match and 0 - no match.

Example:
A Point Address result with freeformAddress 9390 Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 has:

mapcodes object

Field Description

type

string

Type of mapcode:

Local :
The shortest possible (and easiest to remember) mapcode. Local mapcodes are especially useful when the user knows what territory the mapcode is in (for example, when an application is designed to be used inside just one European country or US state). Note that the code element of a Local mapcode is ambiguous when used without the territory element. For example, the "4J.P2" mapcode can mean the Eiffel Tower location (48.858380, 2.294440) (with the territory set to FRA ), but also some place in Amsterdam-Noord, Netherlands (52.382184, 4.911021) (with the territory set to NLD ).

International :
This mapcode is unambiguous. It is also the longest.

Alternative :
Alternatives to Local mapcodes. Each Alternative mapcode points to slightly different coordinates due to the way mapcodes are computed (see the mapcode documentation ). For example, the position from a response can be encoded as "5DM.WC" (51.759244, 19.448316) and the "VHJ.036" (51.759245, 19.448264), which are close to each other, but not exactly the same place.

fullMapcode

string

The full form of a mapcode ( territory + code ). It is always unambiguous. The territory element is always in the Latin alphabet. In an International mapcode, the territory part is empty.

territory

string

The territory element of the mapcode. The territory element is always in the Latin alphabet. Usually, the territory is the ISO 3166-1 alpha 3 abbreviation for the country name. However in these eight very large countries:

an address has little meaning unless the user also knows what state it's in (just as, elsewhere, an address has little meaning if the user doesn’t know what country it’s in). More information about territory codes is available at Territories for mapcodes. This field is not returned for an International mapcode.

code

string

The mapcode without the territory element. It consists of two groups of letters and digits separated by a dot. The code is using the same language and alphabet as the response. The language parameter may be used to modify the language and alphabet of both the response and the code (for example: Cyrillic for the language ru-RU ). This field is not returned for the International mapcodes. Use fullMapcode instead.

viewport object

Field Description

topLeftPoint

object

Top-left corner of the rectangle:

LatLon

btmRightPoint

object

Bottom-right corner of the rectangle:

LatLon

boundingBox object

Field Description

topLeftPoint

object

Top-left position of the bounding box:

LatLon

btmRightPoint

object

Bottom-right position of the bounding box:

LatLon

entryPoints array

Field Description

type

string

The main entry point. One of:

functions

array

If present, represents the type of access for the POI.

Example: FrontDoor

position

object

Position of the entry point.

LatLon

addressRanges object

Field Description

rangeLeft

string

An address range on the left side of a street segment (assuming looking from the "from" end toward the "to" end).

rangeRight

string

An address range on the right side of a street segment (assuming looking from the "from" end toward the "to" end).

from

object

The beginning point of a street segment: Latitude, Longitude

LatLon

to

object

The end point of a street segment: Latitude, Longitude

LatLon

dataSources object

Field Description

geometry

object

Information about the geometric shape of the result. Only present if type == Geography.
geometry object

geometry

Field Description

id

string

Pass this as geometryId to the Additional Data service to fetch geometry information for this result.

LatLon

Field Description

lat

float

Latitude. min/max: -90 to +90

Reference: Latitude, Longitude, and Coordinate System Grids

lon

float

Longitude. min/max: -180 to +180

Reference: Latitude, Longitude, and Coordinate System Grids

Response codes

The following data table contains HTTP response codes signifying successful and failed requests to an API server.

Successful and failed response codes

Code

Meaning & possible causes

200

OK : The search successfully returned zero or more results.

400

Bad Request : One or more parameters were incorrectly specified.

403

Forbidden : Possible causes include:

405

Method Not Allowed : The HTTPS method ( GET , POST , etc.) is not supported for this request.

404/596

Not Found : The HTTPS request method ( GET , POST , etc.) or path is incorrect.

429

Too Many Requests : The API Key is over QPS (Queries per second).

5xx

Server Error : The service was unable to process your request. Contact support to resolve the issue.

The following table contains response headers sent back from an API server.

Header

Description

Access-Control-Allow-Origin

Ensures that clients implementing the CORS security model are able to access the response from this service.

Value: An asterisk * that signifies access to the TomTom API using the Access-Control-Allow-Origin (ACAO) header in its response indicating which origin sites are allowed.

Content-Type

Indicates the format of the response, as chosen by the client.

Format: type/subtype; charset=utf-8

Values: type/subtype is one of application/json , text/javascript , or text/xml.

Content-Encoding

If requested by the client, the Search service applies gzip compression to the responses with the Accept-Encoding header.

Value: gzip

Tracking-ID

An identifier for the request. If the Tracking-ID header was specified, it is replicated in the response. Otherwise, it is generated automatically by the service. It is only meant to be used for support and does not involve tracking of you or your users in any form.

Value: An identifier for the request.

Error response

The error response content type depends on the ext parameter.

Error response fields

Primary fields

Field

Description

errorText

string

A human-readable description of the error.

detailedError

object

Detailed information about the error.

detailedError object

httpStatusCode

integer

HTTP response codes signifying failed requests to an API server.

detailedError object

Field Description

code

string

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

message

string

A human-readable description of the error code. It is intended as an aid to developers and is not suitable for exposure to end users.

target

string

Optional.

Target of the particular error.

Value: The name of the request parameter causing the error.

Additional information Indexes abbreviation values

In some cases, a list of indexes can be passed as a parameter to query, which should be listed with their abbreviations, available values are:

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