Nominatim/docs/api/Overview.md

Nominatim API

Nominatim indexes named (or numbered) features within the OpenStreetMap (OSM) dataset and a subset of other unnamed features (pubs, hotels, churches, etc).

Its API has the following endpoints for querying the data:

• /search - search OSM objects by name or type
• /reverse - search OSM object by their location
• /lookup - look up address details for OSM objects by their ID
• /status - query the status of the server
• /deletable - list objects that have been deleted in OSM but are held back in Nominatim in case the deletion was accidental
• /polygons - list of broken polygons detected by Nominatim
• /details - show internal details for an object (for debugging only)