Google Maps Platform OpenAPI3 Specification

Description

An OpenAPI specification for Google Maps Platform APIs.

API	Status
Elevation	Complete
GeoCoding	Complete
GeoLocation	Complete
Distance	Complete
Roads	Complete
Time Zone	Complete
Directions	Complete
Places	Complete
Street View	Complete
Maps Static	Not Started

Note: New APIs will be documented using Google Discovery documents and Protobuf files.

Development

The repository makes use of Bazel to generate outputs from the specification and sample requests.

Build and test

1. npm i

2. npm run build

   This generates the following outputs in the dist folder:

   • YAML file containing OpenAPI3 specification
   • JSON file containing OpenAPI3 specification
   • Structure Markdown documents for specification objects
   • Code snippets in multiple languages for sample requests

   Note: There is a bot that can be triggered in a pull request with a comment containing /update-dist. See the workflow at https://github.com/googlemaps/openapi-specification/blob/main/.github/workflows/command.yml.

   Note: The dist/ folder is included in this repo and should be updated with all changes.

   Note: If a documentation item is not generated, be sure it is included in the appropriate index.yml file.

3. npm run responses (optional)

   Note: This is an optional step requiring an API key. Set the GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY environmental variable before running.

   Note: This step only needs to run when the generation code or sample requests have been updated.

   Note: The geolocation request that only provides an IP is not deterministic and skipped in the binary executed.

   Note: A single response can be updated similar to npm run responses -- --only maps_http_places_nearbysearch.

4. npm run test