---
title: "Look up or search UN/LOCODE - the United Nations Code for..."
method: GET
path: "/api/trade/locode"
tags: ["trade"]
---

# Look up or search UN/LOCODE - the United Nations Code for...

`GET /api/trade/locode`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://2s.io`
- URL: `https://2s.io/api/trade/locode`
- Auth: API key in header `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`

Look up or search UN/LOCODE — the United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations (~116k locations, all countries). Pass `locode` for an exact code (e.g. USNYC or 'US NYC'). Or pass `query` to search location names, optionally filtered by `country` (ISO 3166 alpha-2) and `function` (port, rail, road, airport, postal, multimodal, fixed, border). Each result: locode, name, country, subdivision, transport functions, entry status, IATA code where it differs, and coordinates. UN/LOCODE is the standard location identifier in shipping schedules, EDI messages, and customs documents.

## Query parameters

- `locode` string
- `query` string
- `country` string
- `function` 'port' | 'rail' | 'road' | 'airport' | 'postal' | 'multimodal' | 'fixed' | 'border'
- `limit` integer
- `trial` 1

## Other responses

- `200` (unresolved $ref)
- `400`: Invalid request — not charged. error.code: BAD_REQUEST or INVALID_PARAM (parameter validation; error.details.issues lists each problem), MALFORMED_JSON, or a request-specific code. Other client errors: 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED (wrong verb; see the Allow header), 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE.
- `402`: Payment required. Body is the x402 PaymentRequirements envelope with a multi-network accepts array; the per-call price is in accepts[].amount (and on the operation as x-2s-price). Sign for whichever rail you hold USDC on (EIP-3009 for Base, partial SPL transfer for Solana) and retry with the PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header (X-PAYMENT also accepted for v1 clients). Also PAYMENT_SETTLE_FAILED (error envelope) when a verified payment failed to settle: error.details.chargeStatus is "not_charged" (retry with a fresh payment) or "unknown" (the authorization may still settle before its deadline — check it before retrying).
- `404`: Not found — NOT_FOUND (or NO_SOURCES / NO_OPINIONS): the requested entity does not exist. Not charged.
- `429`: Too many requests — RATE_LIMITED: our per-IP / per-payer limiter. Not charged; retry after Retry-After.
- `5XX`: Server-side failure. 500 INTERNAL: unexpected error; quote error.errorId (also the X-2s-Error-Id header). 502 UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE (or another UPSTREAM_* code): the data provider failed — composite endpoints refuse unbilled when every source fails. 503 SERVICE_PAUSED: endpoint paused by the operator kill switch, retry after Retry-After; 503 SPEND_CAP: daily upstream budget exhausted. 504 UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT. Not charged.

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