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Endpoints

API requests can be sent to any of the following endpoints. Developers can choose the endpoint that’s geographically closer to their servers for minimal latency.

Region 1: US East (Northern Virginia)
https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/<specific_api_endpoint>

Region 2: US West (San Francisco)
https://us2.unwiredlabs.com/v2/<specific_api_endpoint>

Region 3: Europe (France)
https://eu1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/<specific_api_endpoint>

Region 4: Asia Pacific (Singapore)
https://ap1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/<specific_api_endpoint>

Geolocation

The Geolocation API helps developers locate IoT, M2M and other connected devices anywhere in the world without GPS. The device or client first sends the API data about which Cellular networks and WiFi networks it can see nearby. The API then uses Unwired Labs’ large datasets of Cell towers, WiFi networks backed by numerous algorithms to calculate and return the device’s location.

Usage

curl --request POST \
  --url https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/process.php \
  --data '{"token": "your_API_token","radio": "gsm","mcc": 310,"mnc": 410,"cells": [{"lac": 7033,"cid": 17811}],"wifi": [{"bssid": "00:17:c5:cd:ca:aa","channel": 11,"frequency": 2412,"signal": -51}, {"bssid": "d8:97:ba:c2:f0:5a"}],"address": 1}'


<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/process.php",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{\"token\": \"your_API_token\",\"radio\": \"gsm\",\"mcc\": 310,\"mnc\": 410,\"cells\": [{\"lac\": 7033,\"cid\": 17811}],\"wifi\": [{\"bssid\": \"00:17:c5:cd:ca:aa\",\"channel\": 11,\"frequency\": 2412,\"signal\": -51}, {\"bssid\": \"d8:97:ba:c2:f0:5a\"}],\"address\": 1}",
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}


import requests

url = "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/process.php"

payload = "{\"token\": \"your_API_token\",\"radio\": \"gsm\",\"mcc\": 310,\"mnc\": 410,\"cells\": [{\"lac\": 7033,\"cid\": 17811}],\"wifi\": [{\"bssid\": \"00:17:c5:cd:ca:aa\",\"channel\": 11,\"frequency\": 2412,\"signal\": -51}, {\"bssid\": \"d8:97:ba:c2:f0:5a\"}],\"address\": 1}"
response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload)

print(response.text)


var settings = {
  "async": true,
  "crossDomain": true,
  "url": "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/process.php",
  "method": "POST",
  "headers": {},
  "processData": false,
  "data": "{\"token\": \"your_API_token\",\"radio\": \"gsm\",\"mcc\": 310,\"mnc\": 410,\"cells\": [{\"lac\": 7033,\"cid\": 17811}],\"wifi\": [{\"bssid\": \"00:17:c5:cd:ca:aa\",\"channel\": 11,\"frequency\": 2412,\"signal\": -51}, {\"bssid\": \"d8:97:ba:c2:f0:5a\"}],\"address\": 1}"
}

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

POST requests can be sent to the following URL:

https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/process.php

Replace us1 with an endpoint that’s closer to your location.

Sandbox

Use the sandbox to send sample Geolocation requests.

Request

A sample JSON request body

{
   "token":"your_API_token",
   "radio":"gsm",
   "mcc":310,
   "mnc":410,
   "cells":[
      {
         "lac":7033,
         "cid":17811
      }
   ],
   "wifi":[
      {
         "bssid":"00:17:c5:cd:ca:aa",
         "channel":11,
         "frequency":2412,
         "signal":-51
      },
      {
         "bssid":"d8:97:ba:c2:f0:5a"
      }
   ],
   "address":1
}

Send the following data as a POST request in the JSON format. Only the token parameter is mandatory. All others are optional.

Parameter Description Type          
token Your API token. If you don’t have one, get one free here! string
id ID of the device, in case you are in a per-device plan. This could be any unique string such as an IMEI, IMSI, phone number or a hash of any of the previous values, etc. Maximum accepted length is 20 chars, and values should only be alphanumeric (a-z, 0-9) string
radio Radio type of the device. Supported values are ‘gsm’, ‘cdma’, ‘umts’, ‘lte’ and ‘nbiot’. This field should be included for more accurate results. string
mcc Mobile Country Code of your operator’s network represented by an integer (Optional). Range: 0 to 999. An updated list of MCCs can be found here. integer
mnc Mobile Network Code of your operator’s network represented by an integer (Optional). Range: 0 to 999. On CDMA, provide the System ID or SID, with range: 1 to 32767. integer
cells An array of cell ID objects visible to the device. Read more. array
wifi An array of WiFi objects visible to the device. Read more. array
ip IP address of device. Read more string
gps An array of gps objects that contains GPS information about where the request data was scanned. Read more array
gps_sandbox Must be set to 0 to submit data and 1 to test in sandbox. Defaults to 1. integer
address The physical address of the returned location. Read more integer
accept-language Preferred language order for showing address results. Read more string
fallbacks An array of fallback options to enable or disable. Read more array
bt Specify level of strictness to apply to Borders. Read more integer
metadata Additional information about the request or response, if any, is returned if set to 1. Defaults to 0. Read more integer

Cells

Each cells object contains information about a single Cell Tower.

GSM - GSM, EDGE, GPRS, 2G

Parameter Description Type Accepted Required
lac the Location Area Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 65533 no
cid Cell ID integer 0 - 65535 yes
radio Radio type of the device string gsm yes
mcc Mobile Country Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 999 yes
mnc Mobile Network Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 999 yes
signal Signal Strength (RSSI) integer -113 - -51 recommended
asu Arbitrary Strength Unit integer 0 - 31 no
ta Timing Advance integer 0 - 63 no
timestamp The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch integer no



CDMA - 1xRTT, CDMA, eHRPD, EVDO_0, EVDO_A, EVDO_B, IS95A, IS95B

Parameter Description Type Accepted Required
lac Network ID (NID). integer 0 - 65534 no
cid Base ID / Station ID integer 0 - 65535 yes
radio Radio type of the device string cdma yes
mcc Mobile Country Code of your operator’s network integer 0 - 999 yes
mnc System ID (SID) integer 1 - 32767 yes
signal Signal Strength of the radio, measured in dBm integer -100 - -75 recommended
asu Arbitrary Strength Unit measured by the mobile phone integer 1 - 16 no
timestamp The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch integer no



UMTS - UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA, HSPA+, HSUPA, WCDMA, 3G

Parameter Description Type Accepted Required
lac Location Area Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 65533 no
cid Cell ID integer 0 - 268435455 yes
radio Radio type of the device string umts yes
mcc Mobile Country Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 999 yes
mnc Mobile Network Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 999 yes
signal Signal Strength (RSCP) of your operator’s network. integer -121 - -25 recommended
psc Primary Scrambling Code integer 0 - 511 recommended
asu Arbitrary Strength Unit measured by the mobile phone integer -5 - 91 no
timestamp The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch integer no



LTE - LTE, 4G, CAT-M

Parameter Description Type Accepted Required
lac Tracking Area Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 65533 no
cid Cell ID integer 0 - 268435455 yes
radio Radio type of the device string lte yes
mcc Mobile Country Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 999 yes
mnc Mobile Network Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 999 yes
signal Signal Strength (RSRP) of the radio, measured in dBm integer -137 - -45 recommended
psc Physical Cell ID on LTE integer 0 - 503 recommended
asu Arbitrary Strength Unit measured by the mobile phone integer 0 - 97 no
ta Timing Advance integer 0 - 63 no
timestamp The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch integer no



NB-IoT (Private Beta)

Parameter Description Type Accepted Required
lac Tracking Area Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 65533 no
cid Cell ID integer 0 - 268435455 yes
radio Radio type of the device string nbiot yes
mcc Mobile Country Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 999 yes
mnc Mobile Network Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 999 yes
signal Signal Strength (RSRP) of the radio, measured in dBm.
Currently not considered at the moment.		 integer -137 - -45 no
psc Equivalent to PCI in LTE. Some devices may report
this as NCID or NB-IoT local Cell ID.		 integer 0 - 503 recommended
timestamp The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch integer no



New Radio - NR, 5G (Public BETA)

Parameter Description Type Accepted Required
lac Tracking Area Code or TAC of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 16777215 no
cid Cell ID integer 0 - 68719476735 yes
radio Radio type of the device string nr yes
mcc Mobile Country Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 999 yes
mnc Mobile Network Code of your operator’s network. integer 0 - 999 yes
signal Signal Strength (RSRP) of the radio, measured in dBm. integer -140 - -44 no
psc Physical Cell ID or PCI. integer 0 - 1007 recommended
asu Arbitrary Strength Unit measured by the mobile phone integer 0 - 97 no
timestamp The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch integer no

WiFi

Each wifi object contains information about a single WiFi Access Point.

Parameter Description Type          
bssid Basic Service Set Identifier or MAC address of the Access Point. Typical format of a MAC address is xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx. However, the delimiter can be any of these when sent to the API: : or - or . string
channel Channel the WiFi network is operating in (optional) integer
frequency Frequency the WiFi network is operating in (MHz) (optional) integer
signal Signal Strength (RSSI) (optional) integer
signalToNoiseRatio The current signal to noise ratio, measured in dB (optional) integer
timestamp The time this WiFi data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch (optional) integer

Fallbacks

Parameter Description Type           Accepted Default
all Enable or disable all fallbacks. integer 0 or 1 N/A
ipf Enable IP address fallback. Specify IP address of the device in the “ip” field if it’s different from the device making the API call. integer 0 or 1 0
lacf Setting this to 1 enables LAC fallback. If we are unable to locate a cell,
we will return an approximate location based on nearby cells in our database. Setting this to 2 will return only a fallback location even if a more accurate location exists.		 integer 0 to 2 1
scf Enable Short CID fallback. Adds support for devices
that can only see 16-bit (short) CID
of an UMTS 28-bit UTRAN CID.		 integer 0 or 1 1

GPS

Sample request with the gps object

{
    "cells": [{ ... }],
    "wifi": [{ ... }],
    "gps": [{
        "source": "gps",
        "lat": 39.56764858,
        "lon": -105.0073312,
        "accuracy": 30.0,
        "altitude": 100.0,
        "altitude_accuracy": 50.0,
        "speed": 10.2,
        "heading": 35.5,
        "timestamp": 1480510819000
    }],
    "gps_sandbox" : 1
}

Each gps object contains GPS location information about when and where the data in the request body was observed.

Parameter Description Type Required
lat The latitude of the observation (WSG 84) float yes
lon The longitude of the observation (WSG 84) float yes
accuracy The horizontal accuracy of the observed position in meters float yes
altitude The altitude at which the data was observed in meters above sea-level float no
altitude_accuracy The accuracy of the altitude estimate in meters float no
speed The measured speed of the device in meters per second float no
heading The direction of travel of the device in degrees (0° - 360°) clockwise relative to true north float no
timestamp The time this GPS position was observed, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch integer yes

Notes

Address

The physical address of the returned location. Pass a value of 1 (default) to return address, 2 to return address components - street, city, postcode, etc - separately and 0 to suppress it. If we do not have an address for a location, the API will return Not available.

Type Accepted Default
integer 0 or 1 or 2 1

Border Threshold

You can choose what level of strictness to apply to border checks.

Type Accepted Default
integer 0 or 1 or 2 1

Other Notes

Response

Sample JSON response:


{
"status":"ok",
"balance":0,
"lat":39.56764454,
"lon":-105.00728197,
"accuracy":10,
"address":"High Line Canal Trail, Littleton, Douglas County, Colorado, 80129, United States of America"
}

The response will be a JSON object and may contain the following elements.

Parameter Description
status If the request is successful, ok is returned. Otherwise error is returned
message Any additional information from the server is returned here
balance This represents the remaining balance on the API token. Requests that return error are not charged and do not affect balance.
balance_slots This represents the remaining balance of device slots. Requests that return error are not charged and do not affect balance. If -1 is returned, then observe it as an error while calculating slots balance. This element will only exist if you are on a device plan.
lat The latitude representing the location
lon The longitude representing the location
accuracy The accuracy of the position is returned in meters
address The physical address of the location
address_details The physical address of the location broken into sub-components. Read more
aged Shown when the location is based on a single measurement or those older than 90 days or is an LAC fallback
fallback Shown when the location is based on a fallback. Possible options include ipf, lacf, scf, cidf, ncf.
metadata An object that contains additional information about the request or response, if any, and is shown when metadata is set to 1 in the request. Read more

Address Details

The API only returns components that have valid values for a location. Component town is normalized to city to make things simple. For more granular control, please use our Geocoding service - LocationIQ.

Components that would be returned are:

Metadata

Sample response with the metadata object

{
    "status": "ok",
    "balance": 266647,
    "lat": 39.56764858,
    "lon": -105.00733121,
    "accuracy": 120,
    "metadata": {
        "gps": {
            "status": "ok",
            "gps_sandbox": 0
        }
    }
}

When metadata is enabled, the Geolocation API returns additional information about the request or response. For example, when a gps object is sent in the request, the API response will look similar to the one on your right.

Errors

{
   "status": "error",
   "message": "error_message",
   "balance": 0
}

Possible return values for message when status is error by category

Authentication error

Parsing error

Unsuccessful

Geocoding

Forward Geocoding

Forward Geocoding is when you need to convert addresses (like a street address) into geographic coordinates (like latitude and longitude). You can then use these coordinates to do a number of things such as place markers on a map, calculate the distance between your office and those coordinates, send a drone over to that location, and so on.

Usage

<?php

$curl = curl_init('https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/search.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&q=SEARCH_STRING');

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER    =>  true,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION    =>  true,
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS         =>  10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT           =>  30,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST     =>  'GET',
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo 'cURL Error #:' . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

import requests

url = "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/search.php"

data = {
    'token': 'YOUR_API_TOKEN',
    'q': 'SEARCH_STRING'
}

response = requests.get(url, params=data)

print(response.text)

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/search.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&q=SEARCH_STRING'

var settings = {
  "async": true,
  "crossDomain": true,
  "url": "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/search.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&q=SEARCH_STRING",
  "method": "GET"
}

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

GET requests can be sent to the following URL:

https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/search.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&q=SEARCH_STRING

Replace us1 with an endpoint that’s closer to your location.

Query Parameters

Name Description Required
token Authentication Token Yes
q Address which we want to search for Yes
accept-language Preferred language order for showing search results. Read more. Optional
limit Integer value to limit the number of returned results Optional
countrycodes Limit search to a list of countries. Read more. Optional
viewbox The preferred area to find search results. (left, right, top, bottom) Optional

Response

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "balance": 5000,
  "address": [{
    "lat": "40.6892474",
    "lon": "-74.0445404280149",
    "display_name": "Statue of Liberty, Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 10004, United States of America",
    "road": "Hudson River Waterfront Walkway",
    "county" : "Hudson County",
    "city": "Jersey City",
    "state": "New Jersey",
    "country": "United States of America",
    "country_code": "US",
    "postal_code": 10004
  }, {
    "lat": "41.3438648",
    "lon": "-86.3111653",
    "display_name": "Statue of Liberty, Rue Guynemer, Odéon, 6e, Paris, Île-de-France, 75006, France",
    "road": "Rue Guynemer",
    "city": "Île-de-France",
    "state": "Paris",
    "country":"France",
    "country_code" : "FR",
    "postal_code": 75006
  }]
}
Name Description
status ok on success; error on error
balance Balance left in the account
address Array of Address objects found for the search query. Read more

Reverse Geocoding

Reverse geocoding is the process of converting geographic coordinates into a human-readable address.

Usage

<?php

$curl = curl_init('https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/reverse.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&lat=LATITUDE&lon=LONGITUDE');

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER    =>  true,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION    =>  true,
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS         =>  10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT           =>  30,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST     =>  'GET',
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

import requests

url = "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/reverse.php"

data = {
    'token': 'YOUR_API_TOKEN',
    'lat': 'LATITUDE',
    'lon': 'LONGITUDE'
}

response = requests.get(url, params=data)

print(response.text)

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/reverse.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&lat=LATITUDE&lon=LONGITUDE'

var settings = {
  "async": true,
  "crossDomain": true,
  "url": "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/reverse.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&lat=LATITUDE&lon=LONGITUDE",
  "method": "GET"
}

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

GET requests can be sent to the following URL:

https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/reverse.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&lat=LATITUDE&lon=LONGITUDE

Replace us1 with an endpoint that’s closer to your location.

Query Parameters

Name Description Required
token Authentication token Yes
lat Latitude of the location address Yes
lon Longitude of the location address Yes
zoom Zoom value lies between 0-18. Level of detail required where 0 is country and 18 is house/building Optional
accept-language Preferred language order for showing search results. Read more. Optional

Response

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "balance": 5000,
  "address": {
    "lat": "41.3438648",
    "lon": "-86.3111653",    
    "display_name": "Southpark Lane, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, 80120, United States of America",
    "road": "Southpark Lane",
    "county": "Arapahoe County",
    "city": "Denver-Aurora-Lakewood",
    "state": "Colorado",
    "country": "United States of America",
    "country_code" : "US",
    "postal_code": 80120
  }
}
Name Description
status ok on success; error on error
balance Balance left in the account
address Address object found for the search query. Read more.

Notes

Address Object

Name Description
lat Latitude of the given location (decimal)
lon Longitude of the given location (decimal)
display_name Matched Address name for the given location
house_number House Number
road Road Name
neighbourhood Neighbourhood
suburb Suburb
city City name (normalized form of city, town, village, hamlet)
county County name (normalized form of county, state_district)
country Country name
country_code Country code
postcode Postal code

Accept Language

Preferred language order for showing search results, overrides the value specified in the Accept-Language HTTP header. Either uses standard rfc2616 accept-language string or a simple comma separated list of language codes.

Country Codes

Limit search results to a specific country (or a list of countries). Should be the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. Here is a sample:

Country code Country
de Germany
gb United Kingdom
us United States of America

Errors

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Error message"
}

When certain types of errors are encountered, LocationIQ API responds the following error messages:

Error Message Description
NO_TOKEN The request does not contain the user’s token
INVALID_TOKEN The user’s token set is not valid
INACTIVE_TOKEN The user’s token is not active
INVALID_REQUEST The request does not contain the required input in the specified format
RATELIMITED_DAY The user has reached the daily limit allocated
RATELIMITED_MINUTE The user has reached the per-minute limit allocated
RATELIMITED_SECOND The user has reached the per-second limit allocated
NO_MATCHES The request is valid and we could not find a proper result
UNKNOWN_ERROR Due to a server error, we are unable to serve your request. You can retry this request.

Timezone

The Unwired Labs TimeZone API provides time offset data for locations on the surface of the earth.

Usage

GET requests can be sent to the following URL:

https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/timezone.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&lat=LATITUDE&lon=LONGITUDE

Replace us1 with an endpoint that’s closer to your location.

Query Parameters

<?php

$curl = curl_init('https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/timezone.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&lat=LATITUDE&lon=LONGITUDE');

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER    =>  true,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION    =>  true,
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS         =>  10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT           =>  30,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST     =>  'GET',
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo 'cURL Error #:' . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

import requests

url = "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/timezone.php"

data = {
    'token': 'YOUR_API_TOKEN',
    'lat': 'LATITUDE',
    'lon': 'LONGITUDE'
}

response = requests.get(url, params=data)

print(response.text)

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/timezone.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&lat=LATITUDE&lon=LONGITUDE'

var settings = {
  "async": true,
  "crossDomain": true,
  "url": "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/timezone.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&lat=LATITUDE&lon=LONGITUDE",
  "method": "GET"
}

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
Name Description Required
token Authentication token Yes
lat Latitude of the location Yes
lon Longitude of the location Yes

Response

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "balance": 5000,
  "timezone": {
    "name": "Asia/Kolkata",
    "now_in_dst": 0,
    "offset_sec": 19800,
    "short_name": "IST"
  }
}
Name Description
status ok on success; error on error
balance Balance left in the account
timezone Timezone object found for the location. Read more

Timezone Response

Name Description
short_name Short name of the Timezone
offset_sec The offset from UTC (in seconds) for the given location. Considers DST savings.
now_in_dst Represents whether the zone currently observing DST or not
name Timezone name of the Location

Maps

LocationIQ Maps - an offering from Unwired Labs - offers beautiful and customizable map tiles to visualize location data on your websites and apps.

Endpoints

Depending on which Maps SDK you decide to use, you will need to use either the Style Specification URL or Tile URLs.

Style Specification URL:

For Mapbox-GL SDKs, use a Style Specification URL. A Style URL looks like this:

https://tiles.locationiq.com/v3/<theme>/<type>.json?key=<access_token>

Parameters

Name Description
theme streets, earth, hybrid. Complete list of available themes here.
type vector,raster. vector renders the map on the client-side and is faster, has crisper text and consume less bandwidth. raster by nature is slower and consumes more bandwidth as images are rendered on the server-side and transferred to the client.
access_token Your LocationIQ public access token. We recommend that you generate a new access token on your User Dashboard and add HTTP Referrer Restrictions to avoid abuse.

Tile URLs:

For LeafletJS and other mapping libraries, you need to specify Tile URLs instead:

https://{s}-tiles.locationiq.com/v3/<theme>/r/{z}/{x}/{y}.<format>?key=<access_token>

Parameters

Name Description
theme streets, earth, hybrid. Complete list of available themes here.
format tile-format for the chosen theme, as defined here.
access_token Your LocationIQ public access token. We recommend that you generate a new access token on your User Dashboard and add HTTP Referrer Restrictions to avoid abuse.

Available Themes

Theme Format Sample
streets png Streets
earth jpg Earth
hybrid jpg Hybrid
dark png Dark
light png Light

Websites

Our map tiles can be rendered by most open-source libraries like OpenLayers, Mapbox GL JS or Leaflet JS to add a map to your website.

We’ve added demos & code-samples for most popular use-cases:

Android

Mapbox-gl Native SDK

For your Android apps, we recommend you use the excellent and open-source Mapbox GL Native Android SDK. We’ve created a sample app showcasing popular use-cases among our users.

OSMDroid

In case you’d like to use OSMDroid, we’ve added sample code for you on the right:
For more info and documentation, please refer to osmdroid Wiki

iOS

For iOS apps, we recommend you use the excellent and open-source Mapbox GL Native iOS SDK. We’ve created a sample app showcasing popular use-cases among our users.

Errors

All errors - authentication, invalid tile URLs, etc - will return JSON along with a corresponding HTTP response code as specified below

{
    "error": "Error message"  
}

When the API encounters any errors it responds the following error messages in the body and corresponding HTTP codes in the header:

Error message HTTP Response code Description
Invalid Request 400 Required parameters are missing, or invalid
Invalid key 401 An invalid API key was provided
Key not active - Please write to [email protected] 401 API Key provided is invalid or inactive
Service not enabled 403 The specific service is not enabled on your token. Write to [email protected] to enable this.
Access restricted 403 The request has been made from an unauthorized domain.
Imagery not found 404 No style or tile available for the specified url
Unknown error - Please try again after some time 500 This is an error on the server’s side, we monitor this 24x7 and you should try again.

Balance

The Balance API provides a count of request credits left in the user’s account for the day. Balance is reset at midnight UTC everyday (00:00 UTC).

Usage

GET requests can be sent to the following URL. To prevent abuse, this endpoint is rate limited at 1 request per second.

https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/balance.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN

Replace us1 with an endpoint that’s closer to your location.

<?php

$curl = curl_init('https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/balance.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN');

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER    =>  true,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION    =>  true,
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS         =>  10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT           =>  30,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST     =>  'GET',
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo 'cURL Error #:' . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

import requests

url = "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/balance.php"

data = {
    'token': 'YOUR_API_TOKEN',
}

response = requests.get(url, params=data)

print(response.text)

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/balance.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN'

var settings = {
  "async": true,
  "crossDomain": true,
  "url": "https://us1.unwiredlabs.com/v2/balance.php?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN",
  "method": "GET"
}

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

Query Parameters

Name Description Required
token Authentication Token Yes

Response

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "balance_geolocation": int,
  "balance_geocoding": int
}
Name Description
status ok on success; error on error
balance_geolocation Remaining balance left in the account for geolocation requests
balance_geocoding Remaining balance left in the account for geocoding requests

Errors

  {
    "status": "error",
    "message": "Error message"
  }

When certain types of errors are encountered, our API responds with the following error messages:

Error Message Description
INVALID_TOKEN The user’s token set is not valid
INACTIVE_TOKEN The user’s token is not active
UNKNOWN_ERROR Due to an unknown error, we are unable to serve your request
RATELIMITED_SECOND The user has exceeded the 1 request per-second limit for this endpoint

Client Libraries

This section lists Client libraries you can use to interact with our APIs.

Supported APIs

Currently the following APIs are supported

Client libraries

Language Tested by UnwiredLabs
clojure no
csharp no
dart no
go no
haskell no
java yes
kotlin no
objc no
perl no
php yes
python yes
qt5cpp no
r no
ruby no
rust no
scala no
swift4 no
shell php python javascript