Azure Maps Search API

Provides geocoding, reverse geocoding, address parsing, point of interest search, and structured search. Returns candidate matches ranked by relevance for free-form, structured, and POI queries with worldwide coverage.

OpenAPI Specification

microsoft-azure-maps-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Azure Maps Search REST API
  description: Azure Maps Search REST API provides geocoding, reverse geocoding, point of interest search,
    address search, and fuzzy search using location services.
  version: '1.0'
externalDocs:
  description: Azure Maps Search REST API Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/search
servers:
- url: https://atlas.microsoft.com
tags:
- name: Search
- name: Geocoding
security:
- subscriptionKey: []
- azure_auth:
  - user_impersonation
paths:
  /search/address/{format}:
    parameters:
    - name: format
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - xml
    get:
      operationId: searchAddress
      summary: Maps Address search
      description: Geocodes a free-form address.
      tags:
      - Geocoding
      parameters:
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /search/address/reverse/{format}:
    parameters:
    - name: format
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: reverseGeocode
      summary: Maps Reverse geocode
      description: Reverse geocodes coordinates to address.
      tags:
      - Geocoding
      parameters:
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Reverse geocode results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /search/poi/{format}:
    parameters:
    - name: format
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: searchPoi
      summary: Maps POI search
      description: Searches points of interest by category.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: POI results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /search/fuzzy/{format}:
    parameters:
    - name: format
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: fuzzySearch
      summary: Maps Fuzzy search
      description: Fuzzy search supporting POIs, addresses, and geographies.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Fuzzy results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  securitySchemes:
    subscriptionKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: subscription-key
    azure_auth:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        implicit:
          authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
          scopes:
            user_impersonation: Impersonate user
x-generated-from: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/search
x-generated-by: claude-crawl-2026-05-08