1 # Nominatim Frontend as a Library
3 The Nominatim search frontend can directly be used as a Python library in
4 scripts and applications. When you have imported your own Nominatim database,
5 then it is no longer necessary to run a full web service for it and access
6 the database through http requests. With the Nominatim library it is possible
7 to access all search functionality directly from your Python code. There are
8 also less constraints on the kinds of data that can be accessed. The library
9 allows to get access to more detailed information about the objects saved