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Directions API is deprecated. Use Routing API to build car, truck, bicycle, or pedestrian routes through one service.

Directions API allows you to build a route from point A to point B.

Directions API supports the following types of routes:

  • a fastest car route considering current or statistical traffic data
  • a shortest car route in distance
  • a car route avoiding certain types of roads, like toll roads or dirt roads
  • a car route that includes public transport lanes (a taxi route)
  • a pedestrian route including crosswalks and avoiding obstacles
  • a pedestrian route inside buildings with floor plans
  • a bicycle route including pedestrian crossings and optionally avoiding stairways, overpasses, underpasses, and highways
  • a route with intermediate points (up to 10, including start and end point)

For each route, Directions API can additionally return the following information:

Getting an access key​

To start using navigation services, get an access key for Routing API:

  1. Sign in to the Platform Manager.
  2. Create a demo key or purchase a subscription for using API.
  3. See the Routing API documentation to start using the service.

To work with access keys, you can use the Platform Manager: for details, see the account documentation.

Request example​

Note

Examples below are for the deprecated Directions API. If you have switched to Routing API, refer to the corresponding documentation.

To calculate a route, send a POST request to the /carrouting/6.0.0/global endpoint. Specify your API key as the key parameter in the query string.

https://routing.api.2gis.com/carrouting/6.0.0/global?key=API_KEY

Coordinates for the route and other parameters must be sent as a JSON string in the request body.

For example, to build a car route from point A to point B considering the current traffic condition, you can send a request similar to the following:

curl --request POST \
 --url 'https://routing.api.2gis.com/carrouting/6.0.0/global?key=API_KEY' \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 --data '{
   "locale": "en",
   "points": [
       {
           "type": "walking",
           "x": 82.93057,
           "y": 54.943207
       },
       {
           "type": "walking",
           "x": 82.945039,
           "y": 55.033879
       }
   ]
}'

The points parameter is an array of route points (x is the longitude of a point; y is the latitude of a point). The first element of the array is the starting point.

Response example​

The response will return an object containing the information about the calculated route: route length in meters (total_distance), travel time in seconds (total_duration), a list of maneuvers (maneuvers), and other fields. You can find information about each field in API Reference.

{
    "query": {
        "points": [
            {
                "type": "walking",
                "x": 82.93057,
                "y": 54.943207
            },
            {
                "type": "walking",
                "x": 82.945039,
                "y": 55.033879
            }
        ]
    },
    "result": [
        {
            "algorithm": "with traffic jams",
            "begin_pedestrian_path": {...},
            "end_pedestrian_path": {...},
            "filter_road_types": [...],
            "id": "1805336109018823561",
            "maneuvers": [...],
            "route_id": "...",
            "total_distance": 15153,
            "total_duration": 2204,
            "type": "carrouting",
            "ui_total_distance": {},
            "ui_total_duration": "36 min",
            "waypoints": [...]
        }
    ],
    "type": "result"
}