Overpass API
type: WebAPI
description: Overpass API is a read-only OpenStreetMap data API that enables querying geographic features including nodes, ways, relations, and tags using the Overpass Query Language (QL). It supports complex spatial queries with filters for bounding boxes, tags, proximity, area containment, and element relationships, making it the primary tool for extracting custom subsets of OSM data programmatically.
documentation: https://dev.overpass-api.de/overpass-doc/en/
terms of service: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API
license: https://github.com/drolbr/Overpass-API/blob/master/LICENSE
version: 0.7.62.4
date modified: 2026-06-13
provider: FOSSGIS e.V. / OpenStreetMap Community
keywords: OpenStreetMap
keywords: Geographic
keywords: Spatial
keywords: GIS
keywords: Maps
keywords: Open Data
keywords: Query Language
keywords: Nodes
keywords: Ways
keywords: Relations
available channel: Main API Endpoint
  type: ServiceChannel
  service url: https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter
  description: Primary global Overpass API interpreter endpoint operated by FOSSGIS
available channel: Status Endpoint
  type: ServiceChannel
  service url: https://overpass-api.de/api/status
  description: Returns current server status including connected slots and rate limit info
available channel: VK Maps Mirror
  type: ServiceChannel
  service url: https://maps.mail.ru/osm/tools/overpass/api/interpreter
  description: Russia-based Overpass API mirror with global coverage
available channel: Private.coffee Mirror
  type: ServiceChannel
  service url: https://overpass.private.coffee/api/interpreter
  description: Community-operated Overpass API mirror
potential action: Query OSM Data via GET
  type: SearchAction
  target: https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter
  query-input: required name=query
potential action: Query OSM Data via POST
  type: SearchAction
  target: EntryPoint
    http method: POST
    url template: https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter
    description: POST body contains the Overpass QL or XML query in 'data' parameter
supporting data: OpenStreetMap Planet
  type: Dataset
  description: Full OpenStreetMap dataset including nodes, ways, relations, and their associated tags
  license: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/
feature list: Overpass Query Language (QL) support
feature list: XML query syntax support
feature list: Bounding box spatial filters
feature list: Tag-based filtering
feature list: Proximity (around) queries
feature list: Area containment queries
feature list: Element relationship traversal (nodes of way, members of relation)
feature list: Output in JSON, XML, CSV, and custom formats
feature list: Recursive element lookups
feature list: Date-based historical queries
feature list: Area generation from closed ways and relations
feature list: Object counting and aggregation