X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/8c3a0efe8b75a06279998e66a932d8a56c483961..d8ed565bce27c638074fbc6f1961dfc0d160e312:/docs/api/Overview.md?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/docs/api/Overview.md b/docs/api/Overview.md index a718079d..383eef53 100644 --- a/docs/api/Overview.md +++ b/docs/api/Overview.md @@ -1,8 +1,16 @@ ### Nominatim API -Nominatim indexes named (or numbered) features within the OpenStreetMap (OSM) dataset and a subset of other unnamed features (pubs, hotels, churches, etc). +!!! 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]`. -Its API has the following endpoints for querying the data: + `https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org` implements the **Python frontend**. + So users should refer to the **`[Python-only]`** comments. + +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 @@ -12,3 +20,6 @@ Its API has the following endpoints for querying the data: 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) + + +