Autocomplete v0 [Deprecated]

Please note Sygic does no longer issue new Sygic Maps API keys. This documentation is for existing customers only. If you wish to include maps & navigation into your project, please refer to Sygic Maps SDK.

Overview

Sygic's Autocomplete provides users with suggestions that best match their input based on the string and user's location. It is a two step function:

  1. Get candidates - all suggestions for given query
  2. Get candidate details - extensive details about selected candidate

Request

API Reference

https://search.api.sygic.com/v0/api/autocomplete?key=yourAPIkey

Request authentication is done via parameter key, which must be included in the request URL.

Methods

  • GET

Parameters

Required Parameters

Parameter Data type Description
query string Search query.
key string The API key.

Optional Parameters

Parameter Data type Value Description
lat
lon		 float lat=42.1245 lon=15.5584 Latitude and longitude of user GPS position. Used for more location relevant results.
boundaryLeft
boundaryRight
boundaryTop
boundaryBottom		 float Example: boundaryLeft=15.2
boundaryRight=15.5
boundaryBottom=42.125
boundaryTop=42.3 		Square boundaries of search focus. All boundary parameters must be specified together or none.
id string Session id used for consecutive autocomplete calls. Causes cancellation of previous requests if they did not finish before next request is received. Means of generating unique id for each user is up to client.
typeFilter string country, postal_code, city, street, address, postal_address, poi_group, poi_category, poi Result type filter to restrict search only to specified types. Multiple values are accepted.
regionFilter string europe, north_america Filter parameter to restrict search operation to the specified region. Only one value is accepted.
countryFilter string ISO 3 country codes Filter parameter to restrict search operation to the specified list of countries.
lang string culture info format ("en-US") or country ISO code Language preference of results.

Get Candidates

Request

GET https://search.api.sygic.com/v0/api/autocomplete?query=veveri&key=yourAPIkey

Response

[
    {
        "id": "czoAAGN6ZQDV7q4wAQAAAAZWRVZFUkmXAgAAAQAAAAIAAAAAAAAA//9/////f/8=",
        "detail_url": "https://search.api.sygic.com/v0/api/details?resultId=czoAAGN6ZQDV7q4wAQAAAAZWRVZFUkmXAgAAAQAAAAIAAAAAAAAA%2F%2F9%2F%2F%2F%2F%2Ff%2F8%3D&key=yourAPIkey",
        "type": "city",
        "iso": "cze",
        "names": {
            "country": "Czech Republic",
            "postal_code": "37333",
            "city": "Veveří"
        },
        "highlights": {
            "city": [
                [
                    0,
                    6
                ]
            ]
        },
        "is_address_approximate": false,
        "approximate_possition": {
            "lat": 48.76665,
            "lon": 14.79044
        },
        "score": 74,
        "group_id": 0,
        "category_id": 0,
        "languages": {
            "country": "CS",
            "postal_code": "CS",
            "city": "CS"
        },
        "matched_words": [
            "VEVERI"
        ],
        "unmatched_words": []
    },
    {
        "id": "PgEAAGN6ZQDV7q4wAQAAAAZWRVZFUkmqAwAAAgAAAAMAAAAAAAAA//9/////f/8=",
        "detail_url": "https://search.api.sygic.com/v0/api/details?resultId=PgEAAGN6ZQDV7q4wAQAAAAZWRVZFUkmqAwAAAgAAAAMAAAAAAAAA%2F%2F9%2F%2F%2F%2F%2Ff%2F8%3D&key=yourAPIkey",
        "type": "street",
        "iso": "cze",
        "names": {
            "country": "Czech Republic",
            "postal_code": "60200",
            "city": "Brno",
            "street": "Veveří"
        },
        "highlights": {
            "street": [
                [
                    0,
                    6
                ]
            ]
        },
        "is_address_approximate": false,
        "approximate_possition": {
            "lat": 49.20852,
            "lon": 16.5919
        },
        "score": 70,
        "group_id": 0,
        "category_id": 0,
        "languages": {
            "country": "CS",
            "postal_code": "CS",
            "city": "CS",
            "street": "CS"
        },
        "matched_words": [
            "VEVERI"
        ],
        "unmatched_words": []
    },
    {
        "id": "dToAAGN6ZQDV7q4wAQAAAAZWRVZFUkkfCgAAAQAAAAIAAAAAAAAA//9/////f/8=",
        "detail_url": "https://search.api.sygic.com/v0/api/details?resultId=dToAAGN6ZQDV7q4wAQAAAAZWRVZFUkkfCgAAAQAAAAIAAAAAAAAA%2F%2F9%2F%2F%2F%2F%2Ff%2F8%3D&key=yourAPIkey",
        "type": "city",
        "iso": "cze",
        "names": {
            "country": "Czech Republic",
            "postal_code": "79351",
            "city": "Veveří"
        },
        "highlights": {
            "city": [
                [
                    0,
                    6
                ]
            ]
        },
        "is_address_approximate": false,
        "approximate_possition": {
            "lat": 49.84868,
            "lon": 17.32746
        },
        "score": 65.40859,
        "group_id": 0,
        "category_id": 0,
        "languages": {
            "country": "CS",
            "postal_code": "CS",
            "city": "CS"
        },
        "matched_words": [
            "VEVERI"
        ],
        "unmatched_words": []
    },
    ...
]

Response Codes

Status Code Description
200 service returned result
204 request was cancelled
400 error in input parameters
500 service error
503 service not available
504 request processing timeout

Get Candidate Details

Request

GET https://search.api.sygic.com/v0/api/details?resultId={id}&key=yourAPIkey

Response

{
    "type": "city",
    "position": {
        "lat": 48.76665,
        "lon": 14.79044
    },
    "boundary": {
        "top": 48.77,
        "bottom": 48.75,
        "left": 14.77,
        "right": 14.8
    },
    "city_is_capital": false,
    "city_is_builtup": false,
}