# Search queries
-The search API allows to look up a location from a textual description.
+The search API allows you to look up a location from a textual description.
Nominatim supports structured as well as free-form search queries.
The search query may also contain
Structured requests are faster but are less robust against alternative
OSM tagging schemas. **Do not combine with** `q=<query>` **parameter**.
-All three query forms accept the additional paramters listed below.
+All three query forms accept the additional parameters listed below.
### Output format
* `json_callback=<string>`
-Wrap json output in a callback function ([JSONP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSONP)) i.e. `<string>(<json>)`.
+Wrap JSON output in a callback function ([JSONP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSONP)) i.e. `<string>(<json>)`.
Only has an effect for JSON output formats.
### Output details
```xml
<searchresults timestamp="Sat, 07 Nov 09 14:42:10 +0000" querystring="135 pilkington, avenue birmingham" polygon="true">
- <place
- place_id="1620612" osm_type="node" osm_id="452010817"
- boundingbox="52.548641204834,52.5488433837891,-1.81612110137939,-1.81592094898224"
- polygonpoints="[['-1.81592098644987','52.5487429714954'],['-1.81592290792183','52.5487234624632'],...]"
- lat="52.5487429714954" lon="-1.81602098644987"
- display_name="135, Pilkington Avenue, Wylde Green, City of Birmingham, West Midlands (county), B72, United Kingdom"
+ <place
+ place_id="1620612" osm_type="node" osm_id="452010817"
+ boundingbox="52.548641204834,52.5488433837891,-1.81612110137939,-1.81592094898224"
+ polygonpoints="[['-1.81592098644987','52.5487429714954'],['-1.81592290792183','52.5487234624632'],...]"
+ lat="52.5487429714954" lon="-1.81602098644987"
+ display_name="135, Pilkington Avenue, Wylde Green, City of Birmingham, West Midlands (county), B72, United Kingdom"
class="place" type="house">
<house_number>135</house_number>
<road>Pilkington Avenue</road>
##### JSON with address details
-[https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/?format=json&addressdetails=1&q=bakery+in+berlin+wedding&format=json&limit=1](https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/?format=json&addressdetails=1&q=bakery+in+berlin+wedding&format=json&limit=1)
+[https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/?addressdetails=1&q=bakery+in+berlin+wedding&format=json&limit=1](https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/?addressdetails=1&q=bakery+in+berlin+wedding&format=json&limit=1)
```json
{