-### Nominatim API
+!!! Attention
+ The current version of Nominatim implements two different search frontends:
+ the old PHP frontend and the new Python frontend. They have a very similar
+ API but differ in some implementation details. These are marked in the
+ documentation as `[Python-only]` or `[PHP-only]`.
-Nominatim indexes named (or numbered) features within the OpenStreetMap (OSM) dataset and a subset of other unnamed features (pubs, hotels, churches, etc).
+ `https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org` implements the **Python frontend**.
+ So users should refer to the **`[Python-only]`** comments.
-Its API has the following endpoints for querying the data:
+This section describes the API V1 of the Nominatim web service. The
+service offers the following endpoints:
* __[/search](Search.md)__ - search OSM objects by name or type
* __[/reverse](Reverse.md)__ - search OSM object by their location
back in Nominatim in case the deletion was accidental
* __/polygons__ - list of broken polygons detected by Nominatim
* __[/details](Details.md)__ - show internal details for an object (for debugging only)
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