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UAE Geocode

United Arab Emirates · Places · 1 endpoint

Resolve a UAE address or landmark to coordinates and its OpenStreetMap feature — from Burj Khalifa to a Satwa side street.

Base URL

https://api.diraz.ae
0 requests1d cache1 credit / request

Endpoint

GET/v1/places/uae/geocode

Snippet

Request — cURL

v1

curl https://api.diraz.ae/v1/places/uae/geocode \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer drz_live_…"

Query parameters

qstring · required
Free-text address, landmark, or point of interest.
limitinteger · optional
1 to 25 matches.Default: 10
max_ageinteger (seconds) · optional
Ask for data no older than this. Clamped to the product's own floor, so it can narrow the window but never force a refresh on every call.Default: 300

Example response

200 OK

v1

{
  "data": {
    "query": "Burj Khalifa",
    "places": [
      {
        "name": "برج خليفة",
        "display_name": "برج خليفة, 1, شارع الشيخ محمد بن راشد, دبي, الإمارات العربية المتحدة",
        "category": "tourism",
        "type": "attraction",
        "osm": { "type": "way", "id": 446646206 },
        "lat": 25.1970336,
        "lon": 55.2741329,
        "importance": 0.5588,
        "boundingbox": [25.1963681, 25.1977023, 55.2734274, 55.2749989]
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_7Q2fK4mZ",
    "as_of": "2026-08-21T04:05:00.000Z",
    "age_seconds": 42,
    "next_update_at": "2026-08-22T04:05:00.000Z"
  }
}
places[].display_name
The full address OpenStreetMap built for the feature, in the local script.
places[].category / type
What the feature is — `tourism/attraction`, `amenity/mosque`, `highway/residential`.
places[].lat / lon
The feature's coordinates.
places[].osm
The feature's OpenStreetMap identity — node, way, or relation, and its id.
places[].boundingbox
`[south, north, west, east]`, for drawing the feature rather than a pin.

Errors

401 Unauthorized

v1

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "The API key is invalid, expired, or revoked."
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_7Q2fK4mZ"
  }
}

Every failure carries a stable machine-readable code before the human message, and the same meta.request_id the successful responses carry. Quote it and we can find your exact request.

Errors are free

Nothing on this page is billed. You are charged for a 2xx and nothing else — a rejected key, a bad parameter, a rate limit, or an outage on our side all cost you zero. Retry without watching the meter.

UNAUTHORIZEDHTTP 401
Missing, malformed, expired, or revoked API key.
FORBIDDENHTTP 403
The key is valid but lacks the scope this product needs.
VALIDATION_ERRORHTTP 422
A query parameter is the wrong type or out of range.
RATE_LIMITEDHTTP 429
Rate limit exhausted. `Retry-After` says how long to wait.
SERVICE_UNAVAILABLEHTTP 503
No data recent enough to serve. Carries `Retry-After`, and is never billed.
Total requests0
Cache1d
Status
Operational
Category
Places
Scope
market:read
Rate limit
60 requests / 60s per key
Pricing
1 credit / request
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  • UAE Geocode

1/1 passing

Every response is timestamped. as_of is when the data was published, age_seconds how old that is now, and next_update_at when newer data is expected.

Three shapes to handle:

  • Up to date200

    The data is inside its published window. The overwhelming majority of requests.

  • Delayeddelayed: true

    Newer data is late. You still get the most recent there is, flagged so you can decide whether to use it.

  • Unavailable503

    Nothing recent enough to serve. Carries Retry-After, and is never billed.