Command line Geocoding Tutorial

The code examples below will use your API key once you log in.

Using the OpenCage Geocoding API from the command line

The API is is accessed via an HTTP GET request with a few parameters. There is no need to set any headers or cookies.

curl

$ curl 'https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json?q=-23.5373732,-46.8374628&pretty=1&key=YOUR-API-KEY' 

HTTPie

$ http GET https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json q==-23.5373732,-46.8374628 pretty==1 key==YOUR-API-KEY

WGET

$ WGET 'https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json?q=-23.5373732,-46.8374628&pretty=1&key=YOUR-API-KEY' -O results.json

Further Reading

• OpenCage Geocoding API Reference
• Guide to Reverse Geocoding
• Cleaning / formatting your query
• Guide to geocoding more quickly
• Guide to geocoding large datasets
• Geocoding and preserving privacy