Reverse Geocode

Reverse geocode a location. Returns the nearest building to the location within the specified maxDistance.

Please read API Overview first


API Endpoint

The Reverse Geocode API endpoint won't change. It can be set as a constant.

https://api.autoaddress.ie/2.0/ReverseGeocode
	

N.B. This EndPoint URL resolves to a dynamic IP address, please be aware of this when making DNS and Firewall decisions.


Request

To reverse geocode a location, a simple  GET request from your desired language is all that is needed.

  • cURL
curl -v "https://api.autoaddress.ie/2.0/ReverseGeocode?key=YOUR_KEY&longitude=LONGITUDE&latitude=LATITUDE&maxDistance=MAX_DISTANCE&vanityMode=true&addressProfileName=Demo5LineV2"
	
  • jQuery
$.ajax({
   type: "GET",
   dataType: "jsonp",
   url: "https://api.autoaddress.ie/2.0/ReverseGeocode",
   data : {
       key: "YOUR_KEY",
       longitude: LONGITUDE,
       latitude: LATITUDE,
       maxDistance: MAX_DISTANCE,
       vanityMode: true,
       addressProfileName: "Demo5LineV2"
   },
   success: function(data){
       //do something with data
   }
});
	
  • Angular JS
$http.jsonp('https://api.autoaddress.ie/2.0/ReverseGeocode',{
   params: {
      key: "YOUR_KEY",
       longitude: LONGITUDE,
       latitude: LATITUDE,
       maxDistance: MAX_DISTANCE,
       vanityMode: true,
       addressProfileName: "Demo5LineV2"
   }
}).success(function(data){
   //do something with data
});
	
  • Ruby
require 'json'
require 'net/http'

uri = URI.parse("https://api.autoaddress.ie/2.0/ReverseGeocode?key=YOUR_KEY&longitude=LONGITUDE&latitude=LATITUDE&maxDistance=MAX_DISTANCE&vanityMode=true&addressProfileName=Demo5LineV2")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
response = http.get(uri.request_uri)
result = JSON.parse(response.body)
	
  • Python
import json
import urllib2
 
Response = urllib2.urlopen ("https://api.autoaddress.ie/2.0/ReverseGeocode?key=YOUR_KEY&longitude=LONGITUDE&latitude=LATITUDE&maxDistance=MAX_DISTANCE&vanityMode=true&addressProfileName=Demo5LineV2")jsonResult = json.load(Response)
	
  • C#
using System.IO;
using System.Net;

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://api.autoaddress.ie/2.0/ReverseGeocode?key=YOUR_KEY&longitude=LONGITUDE&latitude=LATITUDE&maxDistance=MAX_DISTANCE&vanityMode=true&addressProfileName=Demo5LineV2");request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Get;
request.Accept = "application/json";

using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
{
   var result = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd();
}
			

Response

The following is a sample JSON response returned for a Reverse Geocode API request.

{
  "hits": [
    {
      "addressId": 1401182204,
      "postalAddress": [
        "INNS COURT",
        "WINETAVERN STREET",
        "DUBLIN 8"
      ],
      "vanityAddress": [
        "Inns Court",
        "Winetavern Street",
        "Dublin 8"
      ],
      "reformattedAddress": [
        "Inns Court", 
        "Winetavern Street", 
        null, 
        null, 
        "Dublin 8" 
      ],
      "distance": 26.4,
      "links": [
        {
          "rel": "getEcadData",
          "href": "https://api.autoaddress.ie/2.0/getecaddata?key=YOUR_KEY&txn=dd588e57-004b-4850-bfc7-871e386f7585&ecadId=1401182204"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "input": {
    "key": "YOUR_KEY",
    "txn": "dd588e57-004b-4850-bfc7-871e386f7585",
    "latitude": 53.343761,
    "longitude": -6.271796,
    "maxDistance": 50.0,
    "language": "en",
    "country": "ie",
    "vanityMode": true,
    "addressProfileName": "Demo5LineV2"
  },
  "links": [
    {
      "rel": "self",
      "href": "https://api.autoaddress.ie/2.0/reversegeocode?key=YOUR_KEY&longitude=-6.271796&latitude=53.343761&maxDistance=50&vanityMode=true&addressProfileName=Demo5LineV2"
    }
  ]
}
	

Input Fields

Name Type Default Description
key* string Licence key
IMPORTANT: The key parameter name must be all lower case.
longitude* double Longitude (ETRS89)
latitude* double Latitude (ETRS89)
maxDistance double 50 Maximum distance to search from location in metres. Must be less than or equal to 100.
language string "en" Language for returned address. Allowed values are "en" for English and "ga" for Irish.
country string "ie" Country to be searched. Allowed values are "ie" for Ireland.
geographicAddress boolean false Return geographic address.
vanityMode boolean false Return vanity address format, if it exists.
addressProfileName string If supplied a reformatted address (according to profile rules) is returned in reformattedAddress field in JSON response.

* Required Field


Output Fields

Name Type Description
hits hit [ ] An array of Hit objects (described below).
input object Input object with request input fields.
links link [ ] An array of Link objects (described below).
Hit Object
Name Type Description
addressId integer Address ID of building (i.e., ECAD ID for Ireland)
postalAddress string [ ] Postal address in requested language for the building
geographicAddress string [ ] Geographic address in requested language for the building
vanityAddress string [ ] Vanity address in case it was requested per input, and it is available
reformattedAddress string [ ] Address that was reformatted in case addressProfileName was supplied in input fields
reformattedAddressResult enum Reformatted address result
  • Success = 100
  • AddressElementTruncated = 101
  • AddressElementLost = 102
  • AddressElementLostAndTruncated = 103
  • AddressElementAbbreviated = 110
distance double Distance of building from location in metres
Link Object
Name Type Description
rel string API response usually includes an array of HATEOAS links. This allows interaction with the API solely through the hyperlinks we provide you. You no longer need to hardcode logic into your client in order to use our API.
href string The hyperlink the client should follow is stored in the value of “href” property. That value can have some internal parameters, so the client should not parse it or modify it in any way.