Pairs Directions API

Try Routing API to plot car, truck, bicycle, or pedestrian routes through one service.

Pairs Directions API allows you to build multiple routes in a single call. For each route you can get its length, travel time, and geometry.

Each route can only consist of two points: departure and arrival.

Pairs Directions API supports the following types of routes:

• car routes
• car routes including public transport lanes (taxi routes)
• pedestrian routes
• bicycle routes

Getting an access key

To work with the API of the service, you need to get an access key:

1. Sign in to the Platform Manager.
2. Create a demo key or purchase an access key for using API: see the Access keys instruction.

To work with access keys, you can use the Platform Manager: see the Platform Manager section.

Request example

To get route information, send a POST request to the /get_pairs/1.0/{routing_type} endpoint, where routing_type is the required type of route:

• car - car route
• taxi - car route that includes public transport lanes
• pedestrian - pedestrian route
• bicycle - bicycle route

Specify your API key as the key parameter in the query string.

https://routing.api.2gis.com/get_pairs/1.0/car?key=API_KEY

Coordinates for the route and other parameters must be sent as a JSON string in the request body.

In the simplest case, the JSON object may contain only three fields:

• points - an array of routes. Each object in the array must contain four fields: the latitude and longitude of the point of departure (lat1 and lon1) and the latitude and longitude of the point of arrival (lat2 and lon2).
• type - route type (the optimal route taking traffic into account or just the shortest route between the points).
• output - output format (simplified or full).

curl --request POST \
 --url 'https://routing.api.2gis.com/get_pairs/1.0/car?key=API_KEY' \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 --data '{
   "points": [
      {
         "lon1": 82.933328,
         "lat1": 55.102268,
         "lon2": 82.958722,
         "lat2": 55.032594
      }
   ],
   "type": "jam",
   "output": "simple"
}'

You can use additional parameters to exclude specific areas and road types from the route. For more information on route types and additional parameters, see Directions API.

Response example

The request will return information about each route, including the route length in meters (distance) and travel time in seconds (duration). If you specify the full output format ("output": "full"), the request will also return the full geometry of the route.

[
    {
        "lon1": 82.933328,
        "lat1": 55.102268,
        "lon2": 82.958722,
        "lat2": 55.032594,
        "distance": 11146,
        "duration": 1509,
        "status": "OK"
    }
]