---
title: "Google Maps Directions"
method: POST
path: "/v1/google/maps/directions"
tags: ["Google"]
---

# Google Maps Directions

`POST /v1/google/maps/directions`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.prismcrawl.com`
- URL: `https://api.prismcrawl.com/v1/google/maps/directions`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Retrieve Google Maps Directions data.

## Request body

- CatalogGoogleMapsDirectionsRequest: Retrieve Google Maps Directions data.
  - `origin` string: Starting address or place for directions.
  - `destination` string: Destination address or place for directions.
  - `travel_mode` 'driving' | 'walking' | 'bicycling' | 'transit' | 'two-wheeler' | 'best' | 'flight': Transport mode for the requested directions.
  - `country` string: Two-letter country or storefront code, such as us or gb.
  - `language` string: Provider-supported language code, such as en.
  - `limit` integer: Maximum number of items to return. The provider may return fewer.
  - `device` 'desktop' | 'mobile' | 'tablet': Device presentation for the source request.
  - `start_data_id` string: Google Maps hexadecimal data ID for this endpoint; use one of address, data ID, or coordinates.
  - `start_coords` string: Route endpoint as latitude,longitude.
  - `end_data_id` string: Google Maps hexadecimal data ID for this endpoint; use one of address, data ID, or coordinates.
  - `end_coords` string: Route endpoint as latitude,longitude.
  - `distance_unit` integer: Display distances in kilometers (0) or miles (1), calculated from the native route distance in meters.
  - `avoid` string: Comma-separated road types to avoid.
  - `prefer` string: Comma-separated preferred transit modes; requires transit travel mode.
  - `route` integer: Transit routing preference: fewer transfers (2), less walking (3), or wheelchair accessible (4).
  - `time` string: depart_at:timestamp, arrive_by:timestamp, or last_available (transit only). Unix timestamps use seconds.
  - `html` boolean: Return the encoded original response rather than parsed JSON.
  - `zero_trace` boolean: Do not archive source or parsed response artifacts.
  - `output` 'json' | 'html' | 'md' | 'null', nullable: Response content format. md returns Markdown in data.content with data.format=md; the JSON success/request envelope remains. Accept: text/markdown also selects Markdown unless output or html=true is explicit. html is an alias for html=true and retains the existing Brotli/Base64 source format.
  - `json_restrictor` string, nullable: Select fields within data.content for JSON or Markdown. Supports comma-separated paths, non-negative array indices, half-open slices [0:3] (either bound may be omitted), [] and .{nested,subqueries}. Up to128 selections and16 levels. Missing fields are omitted; selected declared fields retain their zero defaults. The request envelope and credit headers remain. Include next_page_token when pagination is needed. Incompatible with HTML output. This changes response presentation only; tracing-enabled history retains the complete JSON result.
  - `no_cache` boolean, nullable: Accepted for compatibility. Searches are always fetched without a result cache for either value; normal successful-request billing applies.

## Response `200`

Request completed. One credit is charged, including recognized empty or unavailable source results and source inventory changes discovered after a valid continuation is fetched. These completed responses may preserve verified partial results; operational failures remain errors.

- CatalogGoogleMapsDirectionsResponse
  - `success` true, required
  - `request_id` string, uuid, required
  - `data` union, required
    - MarkdownSearchData
      - `format` union, required
        - ''
        - 'md'
      - `content` string, required: Markdown derived from the parsed result, after any json_restrictor selection.
    - ProjectedSearchData
      - `format` union, required
        - ''
        - 'json'
      - `content` object, required: Only fields selected by json_restrictor. Selected fields retain their declared types and zero defaults.
    - object
      - `format` 'json', required
      - `content` object, required
        - `has_next_page` boolean, required
        - `next_page_token` string, required: Opaque continuation token valid for one hour and the same account. Retain search parameters, device, and result limit. Restart pagination if the token is expired or rejected; tokens from before the authenticated-token rollout cannot be reused.
        - `results` object[], required
          - `address` union, required
            - string
            - object
            - string[]
          - `category` string, required
          - `coordinates` object, required
            - `latitude` number, required
            - `longitude` number, required
          - `description` string, required
          - `distance` string, required
          - `distance_meters` number, required
          - `duration` string, required
          - `duration_seconds` number, required
          - `flight` object, required
            - `airlines` string[], required
            - `currency` string, required
            - `dates` string[], required
            - `destination` string, required
            - `origin` string, required
            - `price` string, required
            - `price_value` number, required
          - `id` string, required
          - `latitude` number, required
          - `longitude` number, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `phone` string, required
          - `position` integer, required
          - `rank` integer, required
          - `rating` union, required
            - number
            - string
          - `rating_max` number, required
          - `rating_source` string, required
          - `review_count` union, required
            - number
            - string
          - `snippet` string, required
          - `steps` object[], required
            - `distance` string, required
            - `distance_meters` number, required
            - `duration` string, required
            - `duration_seconds` number, required
            - `instruction` string, required
          - `summary` string, required
          - `thumbnail` string, required
          - `title` string, required
          - `travel_mode` string, required
          - `type` string, required
          - `url` string, required
          - `website` string, required
        - `search_parameters` object, required
          - `avoid` string, required
          - `country` string, required
          - `destination` string, required
          - `device` string, required
          - `distance_unit` integer, required
          - `end_coords` string, required
          - `end_data_id` string, required
          - `engine` string, required
          - `language` string, required
          - `limit` integer, required
          - `operation` string, required
          - `origin` string, required
          - `pagination_limited` boolean, required: True when further pagination is unavailable. A completed source-stale request can contain verified results or an empty array; next_page_token is an empty string.
          - `pagination_reason` string, required: stale_cursor means a valid continuation was fetched but its source inventory changed. The HTTP 200 response is billable; keep any verified results and restart pagination.
          - `prefer` string, required
          - `route` integer, required
          - `start_coords` string, required
          - `start_data_id` string, required
          - `time` string, required
          - `travel_mode` string, required
          - `type` string, required
        - `serp_features` object[], required
          - `confidence` number, required
          - `engine` string, required
          - `extracted_at` string, required
          - `id` string, required
          - `items` object[], required
            - `link` string, required
            - `product_id` string, required
            - `text` string, required
            - `thumbnail` string, required
            - `title` string, required
          - `links` object[], required
            - `title` string, required
            - `url` string, required
          - `position` object, required
            - `absolute` integer, required
          - `source_result_ids` string[], required
          - `text` string, required
          - `title` string, required
          - `type` string, required
    - GoogleHtmlSearchData
      - `format` union, required
        - ''
        - 'html+br+base64'
      - `content` string, byte, required: Base64-encoded bytes. Decode Base64 first, then decompress the result with Brotli. Available deferred or lazy-loaded thumbnail sources are placed in image src attributes, within size limits; image and video files are not downloaded. When rewrite_links is true, already-resolved opaque Google anchor links use their destination URLs. Unresolved links are preserved.

## Other responses

- `400`: The JSON body, source selection, or continuation is invalid. Locally malformed, forged, expired, or mismatched tokens are rejected before source work and require restarting pagination. A source may also reject an otherwise well-formed selector after acquisition. These errors do not spend a search credit. Source inventory changes discovered during a valid request return a completed response instead.
- `401`: The API token is missing, invalid, expired, or revoked.
- `402`: No credits remain.
- `429`: Account rate limit exceeded.
- `500`: The request could not be completed.

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