Nearest

API test authentication

The Open API block allows you to test OS APIs directly from the page with example data and parameters. To use this feature, you will need to add your API Key or OAuth2 token to the authentication field.

For help generating an API Key or OAuth2 token, please see the Getting started with an API project or OAuth2 documentation.

Find the features closest to a given point

get

Authorizations

api-keyapi-key-headeroauth2

Query parameters

pointstringRequired

A set of British National Grid coordinates to which the nearest record in a straight line should be found.

radiusnumber · min: 0.01 · max: 1000Optional

The radius in metres to search within. Minimum = 0.01, Maximum = 1,000 . Default = 100

formatstring · enumOptional

The format the response will be returned in.

Possible values:

fqstring · enumOptional

Filters the results by bounding box or local_type.

Possible values:

Responses

200

Retrieves addresses based on a free text search.

application/jsonapplication/xml

get

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /search/names/v1/nearest HTTP/1.1
Host: api.os.uk
Accept: */*

200

Retrieves addresses based on a free text search.

{
  "header": {
    "uri": "text",
    "query": "text",
    "format": "text",
    "maxresults": 1,
    "offset": 1,
    "totalresults": 1
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "ID": 1,
      "NAMES_URI": "text",
      "NAME1": "text",
      "TYPE": "text",
      "LOCAL_TYPE": "text",
      "GEOMETRY_X": 1,
      "GEOMETRY_Y": 1,
      "MOST_DETAIL_VIEW_RES": 1,
      "LEAST_DETAIL_VIEW_RES": 1,
      "MBR_XMIN": 1,
      "MBR_YMIN": 1,
      "MBR_XMAX": 1,
      "MBR_YMAX": 1,
      "POSTCODE_DISTRICT": "text",
      "POSTCODE_DISTRICT_URI": "text",
      "POPULATED_PLACE": "text",
      "POPULATED_PLACE_URI": "text",
      "POPULATED_PLACE_TYPE": "text",
      "COUNTY_UNITARY": "text",
      "COUNTY_UNITARY_URI": "text",
      "COUNTY_UNITARY_TYPE": "text",
      "REGION": "text",
      "REGION_URI": "text",
      "COUNTRY": "text",
      "COUNTRY_URI": "text"
    }
  ]
}