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Low Bandwidth Search (Deprecated)

 

Service version: 2
Last edit: 2019.03.28

Deprecation notice

May 1, 2018:

  • The Low Bandwidth Search endpoint has been deprecated.
  • This endpoint will be withdrawn following a 12 month deprecation period.
  • The planned withdrawal date is May 1, 2019.
  • Following withdrawal, requests to this endpoint may receive an HTTP 404 error in response.

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Purpose

When building apps for mobile conserving bandwidth is extremely important. We have a shortened endpoint with:

  • A more compressed and concise response structure to help save bandwidth.
  • Add some convenience to the client side parsing.

Run this endpoint

You can easily run this and other endpoints.

  1. Go to the TomTom API Explorer page.
  2. Click an endpoint.

    1. Click Try it out.
    2. Enter/select all required parameter values and any optional parameter values.
    3. At the bottom of the form, click Execute.
  3. Review the Response.

Request data

HTTPS Method: GET

URL format (using "s" search)

GET https://<baseURL>/search/<versionNumber>/s/<query>.<ext>?key=<Your_API_Key>[&typeahead=<typeahead>][&limit=<limit>][&ofs=<ofs>][&lat=<lat>][&lon=<lon>][&countrySet=<countrySet>][&radius=<radius>][&topLeft=<topLeft>][&btmRight=<btmRight>][&language=<language>][&idxSet=<idxSet>][&view=<view>]

HTTPS Method: GET

URL format (using "cS" category search)

GET https://<baseURL>/search/<versionNumber>/cS/<category>.<ext>?key=<Your_API_Key>[&typeahead=<typeahead>][&limit=<limit>][&ofs=<ofs>][&lat=<lat>][&lon=<lon>][&countrySet=<countrySet>][&radius=<radius>][&topLeft=<topLeft>][&btmRight=<btmRight>][&language=<language>][&idxSet=<idxSet>][&view=<view>]

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Request parameters

The following table describes the parameters that can be used in a Request.

  • Required parameters must be used or the call will fail.
  • Optional parameters, which are highlighted with [square brackets], may be used.
  • If there is a default value that will be assumed when an optional parameter is not used, it is shown in the table.
  • The order of request parameters is not important.
Required parameters
Parameter Description
baseURL
string 		Base URL for calling the API:
Value: api.tomtom.com
versionNumber
string 		Service version number.
Value: The current value is 2.
query/category
string 		Query (s)/Category (cS) string. Must be properly URL encoded.
Value: A properly URL encoded query string.
ext
string 		A valid response format.
Value: JSON, JSONP, JS, or XML
key
string 		An API Key valid for the requested service.
Value: Your valid API Key.
Optional parameters
Parameter Description
[typeahead]
boolean 		If the "typeahead" flag is set, the query will be interpreted
as a partial input and the search will enter predictive mode.
Default value: false
Other value: true
[limit]
integer 		Maximum number of responses that will be returned.
Default value: 10
Maximum value: 100
[ofs]
integer 		Starting offset of the returned results within the full result set.
Default value: 0
Maximum value: 1900
[lat]
float 		Latitude, e.g., lat=37.337 lat,lon where results should be biased.
Note: supplying a lat/lon without a radius will only bias the search results to that area.
Value: min/max: -90 to +90
Reference: Latitude, Longitude and Coordinate System Grids
[lon]
float 		Longitude, e.g.,lon=-121.89 lat,lon where results should be biased.
Note: supplying a lat/lon without a radius will only bias the search results to that area.
Value: min/max: -180 to +180
Reference: Latitude, Longitude and Coordinate System Grids
[countrySet]
string 		Comma separated string of country codes (e.g.: FR,ES)

  • This will limit the search to the specified countries.
  • The choice of view may restrict which countries are available.

Value: FR,ES,etc.

[radius]
integer 		If radius and position are set, the results will be constrained to the defined area.
The radius parameter is specified in meters.
Value: A radius.
[topLeft]
string 		Top left position of the bounding box.

  • This is specified as a comma separated string composed by lat,lon (e.g.,: 37.553,-122.453).
  • Important note: Point-Radius parameters and Bounding box parameters are mutually exclusive.
  • Point radius parameters take precendence when both are passed.

Value: A comma separated string composed by lat,lon.
Example: 37.553,-122.453

[btmRight]
String 		Bottom right position of the bounding box.

  • This is specified as a comma separated string composed by lat,lon (e.g., 37.553,-122.453).
  • Important note: Point-Radius parameters and Bounding box parameters are mutually exclusive.
  • Point radius parameters take precendence when both are passed.

Value: A comma separated string composed by lat, lon.

[language]
string 		Language in which search results should be returned.

  • Should be one of the TomTom supported IETF language tags, case insensitive.
  • When data in specified language is not available for a specific field, the default langauge is used.

Value: A TomTom supported IETF language tag.

[idxSet]
string 		The dxSet parameter allows for fine tuning L2 by specifying which indexes to utilize for the search. The predefined indexes are:

  • Addr: Address range interpolation (when there is no PAD)
  • Geo: Geographies
  • PAD: Point Addresses
  • POI: Points of interest
  • Str: Streets
  • Xstr: Cross Streets (intersections)

Usage examples:

  • idxSet=POI(search Points Of Interest only)
  • idxSet=PAD,Addr (search addresses only)

Value: A comma-separated list of indexes.

[view]
string 		Geopolitical view. The context used to resolve handling disputed territories.

  • Views include Unified, along with IN, PK, IL, MA and AR, which are respectively tailored for India, Pakistan, Israel, Morocco, and Argentina.
  • When this parameter is not used, the defaulting behavior will assign the following views. India: IN, Pakistan: PK, Morocco: MA, Argentina: AR, others: Unified.

Default values:

  • Argentina, default view: AR, available views: Unified, IL, IN, MA, PK
  • India, default view: IN, available views: -
  • Morocco, default view: MA, available views: Unified, AR, IL, IN, PK
  • Pakistan, default view: PK, available views: Unified, AR, IL, IN, MA
  • Others, default view: Unified, available views: AR, IL, IN, MA, PK

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Response data

Response body

For illustrative purposes the example below is neatly indented and includes all possible Response fields.

  • Actual Responses are more compact and the fields present will vary based on the result type and the data available.
  • See the following Response field section for more information.

When requesting JSON output, the Response has the following structure:

{
  "s": 200,
  "sum": {
    "q": "pizza",
    "t": "NON_NEAR"
  },
  "r": []
}

Each element of the results array is in the following format:

{
  "id": "US/POI/p0/9033556",
  "tp": "POI",
  "etp": "",
  "a1": "2501 Soquel Dr",
  "a2": "Santa Cruz, CA 95065",
  "cc": "US",
  "nm": "Upper Crust Pizza & Pasta",
  "ph": "+(1)-(831)-4762333",
  "ul": "www.uppercrustsc.com/",
  "ps": "36.98844 -121.97483",
  "gh": "9q962ms9k2yx",
  "ct": [
    "pizza",
    "restaurant"
  ],
  "cst": [
    {
      "cd": "RESTAURANT",
      "ns": [
        {
          "nl": "en-US",
          "na": "pizza"
        },
        {
          "nl": "en-US",
          "na": "restaurant"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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Response fields

The following table describes all of the fields that can appear in a Response. Fields are listed by the Response section they belong to and in the order that they appear in the Response.

Primary fields
Field Description
s
string 		Response status code.
sum{}
object 		Summary information about the search that was performed.
sum{} object
r[]
array 		Result list, sorted in descending order by score.
r[] array
s
Field Description
s
integer 		Response status code. 200 denotes success.
sum{} object
Field Description
q
string 		Query as interpreted by the search engine.
t
string 		Response type. Can be NEARBY or NON_NEAR.
r[] array
Field Description
id
string 		Non-stable id for this result.
tp
string 		Type of Result. One of:

  • POI
  • Street
  • Geography
  • Point Address
  • Cross Street
etp
string 		Optional section. Only present if type = = Geography. One of:

  • County
  • CountrySubdivision
  • CountrySecondarySubdivision
  • CountryTertiarySubdivision
  • Municipality
  • MunicipalitySubdivision
  • Neighbourhood
  • PostalCodeArea
a1
string 		Address line 1.
a2
string 		Address line 2.
cc
string 		Country.
nm
string 		Name of the POI.
ph
string 		Telephone number.
ul
string 		Website URL.
ps
string 		Position.
gh
string 		Geohash.
ct
array
Deprecated 		The list of POI categories. Deprecated: Use cst instead.
May 1, 2018:

  • The ct response field has been deprecated.
  • It will be withdrawn following a 12 month deprecation period.
  • The planned withdrawal date is May 1, 2019.

Category Codes

cst
array 		The list of POI category classifications.
cst[] array
cst[] array
Field Description
cd
string 		Fixed top level category code.
Category Codes
ns
array 		List of category names with locale code information. Currently only the en-US locale is returned.
ns[] array
Field Description
nl
string 		Locale code of this category name.
na
string 		Category name in given locale.

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HTTP Response codes

Code Meaning & possible causes
200 OK: The search successfully returned zero or more results.
400 Bad Request: One or more parameters were incorrectly specified.
403 Forbidden: Possible causes include:

  • Service requires SSL
  • Not authorized
  • Rate or volume limit exceeded
  • Unknown referer
405 Method Not Allowed: The HTTP method (GET, POST, etc) is not supported for this Request.
404/596 Not Found: The HTTP Request method (GET, POST, etc) or path is incorrect.
5xx Server Error: The service was unable to process your request. Contact support to resolve the issue.

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Response headers

The following table contains Response headers sent back from an API server.

Header Description
Access-Control-Allow-Origin Ensures that clients implementing the CORS security model are able to access the response from this service.
Value: An asterisk "*" that signifies access to the TomTom API using the Access-Control-Allow-Origin (ACAO) header in its Response indicating which origin sites are allowed.
Content-Type Indicates the format of the response, as chosen by the client.
Format: type/subtype; charset=utf-8
Value: type/subtype is one of:

  • application/json
  • text/javascript
  • text/xml

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