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API Changes

This list shows all changes of the API between releases like new features, significant improvements and bug fixes. We recommend that API developers periodically check it for updates.

Version 1.6.0

  • Feature: Added suggestion functionality for /locations/by-address via the new /suggestions/by-address endpoint.

Version 1.5.6

  • Improvement: On endpoint /locations/by-address, ignore words beyond the input word limit rather than rejecting the request.

Version 1.5.0

  • Feature: Finding places like shops or points of interest by name.

Version 1.4.8

  • Feature: Finding places in an area now supports a request parameter to specify the preferred language for the response.

Version 1.4.7

  • Bugfix: After a timeout, searches abort faster.

Version 1.4.0

  • Feature: Finding places like shops or points of interest in an area specified by a polyline.

Version 1.3.3

  • Improvement: Renamed error codes 'GENERAL_ACCESS_DENIED' to 'GENERAL_UNAUTHENTICATED' and 'GENERAL_UNAUTHORIZED' to 'GENERAL_FORBIDDEN'.

Version 1.3.1

  • Improvement: Missing postal code map data does affect the total score less.

Version 1.3.0

  • Improvement: Added support for additional iana language tags.
  • Improvement: If the results are ambiguous because only few input words are given (city, postal code), then we now return a longer list than before.
  • Bugfix: Former implicit enum type Location.LocationTypeEnum is now explicitly specified as LocationType.

Version 1.2.10

  • Bugfix: Fixed HTTP 500 on certain /places/by-position requests.

Version 1.2.9

  • Improvement: If the input is too long, /locations/by-text now returns a warning and the result list is empty.

Version 1.2.8

  • Feature: Improved FormattedAddress by choosing the format based on the country.

Version 1.2.0

  • Feature: Location type extended by new types 'POINT_OF_INTEREST' and 'INTERSECTION'.

Version 1.1.0

  • Feature: Finding locations based on an address: Filtering supports also country subdivisions.

Version 1.0.0

  • Feature: Finding locations based on an address specified as a single-field text input.
  • Feature: Finding locations based on an address specified as separate input fields.
  • Feature: Finding locations near a specified geographical position.
  • Feature: Finding places like shops or points of interest near a specified geographical position.
  • Feature: Returning the list of available place categories.