---
title: "Lookup VNBs and planning regions by coordinates/postcode/community"
method: POST
path: "/api/grid-operations/vnbdigital-lookup"
tags: ["Grid Operations"]
---

# Lookup VNBs and planning regions by coordinates/postcode/community

`POST /api/grid-operations/vnbdigital-lookup`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.cernion.de`
- URL: `https://api.cernion.de/api/grid-operations/vnbdigital-lookup`
- Auth: none declared

Lookup VNBs and planning regions using VNBdigital. Provide one of:
- **coordinates** for geolocation lookup
- **postcodeId** from vnbdigital_search
- **communityId** from vnbdigital_search

## Query parameters

- `token` string

## Request body

- object
  - `searchType` 'coordinates' | 'postcode' | 'community', required: Lookup type
  - `coordinates` string: Latitude,Longitude (required for coordinates search)
  - `postcodeId` string: Postcode ID from vnbdigital_search (required for postcode search)
  - `communityId` string: Community ID from vnbdigital_search (required for community search)
  - `filter` object: Optional filter settings
    - `onlyNap` boolean: Only NAP entries
    - `voltageTypes` string[]: Filter by voltage types
    - `withRegions` boolean: Include planning regions
  - `token` string: Optional Cernion MCP token for this request. Overrides CERNION_TOKEN when provided.

## Response `200`

VNBdigital lookup result with regions and VNB list

- object
  - `searchType` string
  - `coordinates` string
  - `postcodeId` string
  - `communityId` string
  - `result` object
    - `regions` object[]
    - `vnbs` object[]
      - `_id` string
      - `name` string
      - `profileUrl` string, uri: Direct VNBDigital profile URL (optional, present when available)
      - `voltageTypes` string[]

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/cernion/apis/cernion-energy-tools-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/cernion/apis/cernion-energy-tools-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/cernion/apis/cernion-energy-tools-api/revisions/cdb94473b538?raw)