Azure Maps Search Service (preview:2025-06-01)

2025/08/13 • 1 updated methods

Search_GetGeocodeAutocomplete (updated)
Description Given a request with a user’s location and a partial query that serves as the prefix of a full query string (referred to as a query prefix), the Azure Maps Autocomplete API returns a list of suggested entities that the user is most likely searching for. These entities are ranked from most to least likely.
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⚶ Changes

{
  "#id": "Search_GetGeocodeAutocomplete",
  "Description": {
    "new": "\n\nGiven a request with a user\u2019s location and a partial query that serves as the prefix of a full query string (referred to as a query prefix), the Azure Maps Autocomplete API returns a list of suggested entities that the user is most likely searching for. These entities are ranked from most to least likely.\n\n",
    "old": "**Autocomplete API**\n\n\n**Applies to**: see pricing [tiers](https://aka.ms/AzureMapsPricingTier).\n\n\n\nGiven a request with a user\u2019s location and a partial query that serves as the prefix of a full query string (referred to as a query prefix), the Azure Maps Autocomplete API returns a list of suggested entities that the user is most likely searching for. These entities are ranked from most to least likely.\n\n"
  },
  "$parameters": [
    {
      "#name": "resultTypes",
      "Description": {
        "new": "A comma separated list of returned entity types.\nWhen type group is set to Address, the supported types are:\n\n- Address\n- RoadBlock\n\nAll other types belong to the Place type group. These may include entities such as AdminDivision1, Neighborhood, PopulatedPlace, and more.\nDefault value is all possible entity types.",
        "old": "A comma separated list of returned entity types.\nWhen type group is set to Address, the supported types are:\n\n- Address\n- RoadBlock\n- RoadIntersection\n\nAll other types belong to the Place type group. These may include entities such as AdminDivision1, Neighborhood, PopulatedPlace, and more.\nDefault value is all possible entity types."
      }
    }
  ],
  "$responses": {
    "200": {
      "$properties": {
        "features": {
          "$properties": {
            "properties": [
              {
                "#name": "typeGroup",
                "Enum": {
                  "new": [
                    [
                      "Address",
                      "A specific address location. Supported types are: \n\n- Address\n- RoadBlock\n\n"
                    ],
                    [
                      "Place",
                      "All other types belong to the Place type group. These may include entities such as AdminDivision1, Neighborhood, PopulatedPlace, and more."
                    ]
                  ],
                  "old": [
                    [
                      "Address",
                      "A specific address location. Supported types are: \n\n- Address\n- RoadIntersection\n- RoadBlock\n\n"
                    ],
                    [
                      "Place",
                      "All other types belong to the Place type group. These may include entities such as AdminDivision1, Neighborhood, PopulatedPlace, and more."
                    ]
                  ]
                }
              },
              {
                "#name": "type",
                "Enum": {
                  "new": [
                    [
                      "Address",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AdminDivision1",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AdminDivision2",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AdminDivision3",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AdministrativeBuilding",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Airport",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AirportTerminal",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AmusementPark",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AncientSite",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Aquarium",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Archipelago",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Basin",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Battlefield",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Bay",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Beach",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Bridge",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "BusinessStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Camp",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Canal",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Casino",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Castle",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Cave",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Cemetery",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Channel",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Church",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Cliff",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Coast",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "CommunityCenter",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Continent",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "CountryRegion",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Crater",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "CulturalRegion",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Dam",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Delta",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Desert",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "DrainageBasin",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Dune",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "FacilityStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "FerryTerminal",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "FinancialStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "FireStation",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Forest",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Fort",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Garden",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Geyser",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Glacier",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "GolfCourse",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "GreaterPopulatedPlace",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "HigherEducationFacility",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "HistoricalSite",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Hospital",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "HotSpring",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Ice",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "IndigenousPeoplesReserve",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "IndustrialStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Island",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Isthmus",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Lake",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "LandArea",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Landform",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "LandmarkBuilding",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Library",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Lighthouse",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Marina",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Market",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "MedicalStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "MetroStation",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "MilitaryBase",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Mission",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Monument",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Mosque",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Mountain",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "MountainRange",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "MultiModalStation",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Museum",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "NauticalStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Neighborhood",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Oasis",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "ObservationPoint",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Ocean",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "OfficeBuilding",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Other",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Park",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "ParkingStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Pass",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Peninsula",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Plain",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Planet",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Plateau",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Playground",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "PlayingField",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Pole",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "PoliticalUnit",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "PopulatedPlace",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Port",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Postcode1",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Promontory",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "RaceTrack",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "RailwayStation",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Reef",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "ReligiousStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Reserve",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "ResidentialStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "River",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "RoadBlock",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Ruin",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "ScientificResearchBase",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Sea",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "SeaplaneLandingArea",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Shrine",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "SkiArea",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Spring",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Stadium",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "StatisticalDistrict",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Temple",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Theater",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "TouristRailway",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "TouristStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Trailhead",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "TransportationStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Tunnel",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Valley",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Volcano",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Walkway",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Wall",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "WaterFeature",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Waterfall",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Wetland",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Winery",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Zoo",
                      ""
                    ]
                  ],
                  "old": [
                    [
                      "Address",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AdminDivision1",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AdminDivision2",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AdminDivision3",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AdministrativeBuilding",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Airport",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AirportTerminal",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AmusementPark",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "AncientSite",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Aquarium",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Archipelago",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Basin",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Battlefield",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Bay",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Beach",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Bridge",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "BusinessStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Camp",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Canal",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Casino",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Castle",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Cave",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Cemetery",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Channel",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Church",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Cliff",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Coast",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "CommunityCenter",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Continent",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "CountryRegion",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Crater",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "CulturalRegion",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Dam",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Delta",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Desert",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "DrainageBasin",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Dune",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "FacilityStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "FerryTerminal",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "FinancialStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "FireStation",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Forest",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Fort",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Garden",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Geyser",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Glacier",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "GolfCourse",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "GreaterPopulatedPlace",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "HigherEducationFacility",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "HistoricalSite",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Hospital",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "HotSpring",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Ice",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "IndigenousPeoplesReserve",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "IndustrialStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Island",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Isthmus",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Lake",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "LandArea",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Landform",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "LandmarkBuilding",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Library",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Lighthouse",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Marina",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Market",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "MedicalStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "MetroStation",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "MilitaryBase",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Mission",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Monument",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Mosque",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Mountain",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "MountainRange",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "MultiModalStation",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Museum",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "NauticalStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Neighborhood",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Oasis",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "ObservationPoint",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Ocean",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "OfficeBuilding",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Other",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Park",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "ParkingStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Pass",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Peninsula",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Plain",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Planet",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Plateau",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Playground",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "PlayingField",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Pole",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "PoliticalUnit",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "PopulatedPlace",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Port",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Postcode1",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Promontory",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "RaceTrack",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "RailwayStation",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Reef",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "ReligiousStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Reserve",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "ResidentialStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "River",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "RoadBlock",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "RoadIntersection",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Ruin",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "ScientificResearchBase",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Sea",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "SeaplaneLandingArea",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Shrine",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "SkiArea",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Spring",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Stadium",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "StatisticalDistrict",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Temple",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Theater",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "TouristRailway",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "TouristStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Trailhead",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "TransportationStructure",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Tunnel",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Valley",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Volcano",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Walkway",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Wall",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "WaterFeature",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Waterfall",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Wetland",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Winery",
                      ""
                    ],
                    [
                      "Zoo",
                      ""
                    ]
                  ]
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

⚼ Request

GET:  /geocode:autocomplete
{
x-ms-client-id: string ,
Accept-Language: string ,
api-version: string ,
query: string ,
coordinates: array ,
bbox: array ,
top: integer ,
resultTypeGroups: array ,
resultTypes: array ,
view: string ,
countryRegion: string ,
}

⚐ Response (200)

{
$headers:
{
x-ms-request-id: string ,
}
,
$schema:
{
type: enum ,
features:
[
{
type: enum ,
geometry: object ,
properties:
{
typeGroup: enum ,
type: enum ,
address:
{
addressLine: string ,
locality: string ,
neighborhood: string ,
adminDistricts:
[
{
name: string ,
shortName: string ,
}
,
]
,
postalCode: string ,
countryRegion:
{
ISO: string ,
name: string ,
}
,
formattedAddress: string ,
streetName: string ,
streetNumber: string ,
intersection:
{
baseStreet: string ,
secondaryStreet1: string ,
secondaryStreet2: string ,
intersectionType: string ,
displayName: string ,
}
,
}
,
name: string ,
}
,
}
,
]
,
nextLink: string ,
}
,
}

⚐ Response (default)

{
error:
{
code: string ,
message: string ,
target: string ,
details:
[
string ,
]
,
additionalInfo:
[
{
type: string ,
info: object ,
}
,
]
,
}
,
}