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Get live traffic jams around a point or inside a box, worst first: street, severity, speed, length, cause and path.

Where to look: a point as `lat,lng`, a bounding box as `south,west,north,east` (at most 3 degrees per side), or any Waze live-map link with coordinates.

**Examples:**
- Point: `40.758,-73.9855` (Times Square, New York)
- Box: `40.70,-74.05,40.80,-73.90` (Manhattan)
- Link: `https://www.waze.com/live-map/?latlng=40.758,-73.9855`

location

Search radius around a `lat,lng` point, in kilometers. Ignored when `location` is a bounding box.

**Default:** `5`

**Allowed values:** `0.1`-`50`

radius_km

Only return jams at this Waze congestion level or worse: `0` free flow, `1` light, `2` moderate, `3` heavy, `4` very heavy, `5` standstill.

**Default:** `0`

**Allowed values:** `0`-`5`

min_level

Maximum jams to return, worst first. `count` always reports every jam in the area.

**Default:** `200`

**Allowed values:** `1`-`1000`

limit

Get live Waze road closure alerts around a point or inside a box, newest first: street, location, reporter and time.

Where to look: a point as `lat,lng`, a bounding box as `south,west,north,east` (at most 3 degrees per side), or any Waze live-map link with coordinates.

**Examples:**
- Point: `40.758,-73.9855` (Times Square, New York)
- Box: `51.45,-0.20,51.55,-0.05` (Central London)
- Link: `https://www.waze.com/live-map/?latlng=40.758,-73.9855`

Maximum alerts to return, newest first. `count` always reports every alert in the area.

**Default:** `200`

**Allowed values:** `1`-`1000`

Get up to 3 Waze routes between two places: live ETA, distance, toll price, HOV, restricted zones, jams and path.

Start of the trip: a point as `lat,lng`, a place ID from Search Places (Waze or Google), or a Waze live-map link.

**Examples:**
- Point: `40.758,-73.9855` (Times Square, New York)
- Waze place ID: `187433367.1874399211.868693` (Empire State Building)
- Google place ID: `ChIJmQJIxlVYwokRLgeuocVOGVU` (Times Square)

from

Destination of the trip: a point as `lat,lng`, a place ID from Search Places (Waze or Google), or a Waze live-map link.

**Examples:**
- Point: `40.6413,-73.7781` (JFK Airport, New York)
- Waze place ID: `187433367.1874399211.868693` (Empire State Building)
- Link: `https://www.waze.com/live-map/directions?to=ll.40.6413,-73.7781`

Plan the trip for a later departure instead of now, as an ISO 8601 date-time up to 30 days ahead. No time zone means UTC.

**Format:** `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM`, optionally with `Z` or an offset such as `-05:00`

depart_at

Plan the trip to arrive by this ISO 8601 date-time instead, up to 30 days ahead. No time zone means UTC. Do not combine with `depart_at`.

**Format:** `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM`, optionally with `Z` or an offset such as `-05:00`

arrive_at

Number of route alternatives to return, fastest first.

**Default:** `3`

**Allowed values:** `1`-`3`

max_routes

Search places, businesses and addresses like the Waze search box: name, address, coordinates and a place ID for each.

Place name, business, landmark or address, typed the way you would in the Waze search box.

**Examples:** `Empire State Building`, `Tesla Supercharger`, `pizza`

query

Rank results around this point (`lat,lng`) or inside this box (`south,west,north,east`). It also picks the Waze region. Leave it out to search the whole world.

**Example:** `40.758,-73.9855` (Times Square, New York)

near

Language for place names and addresses, as a 2-letter ISO 639-1 code.

**Default:** `en`

**Allowed values:** any ISO 639-1 code (`en`, `es`, `fr`, `de`, `he`, ...)

language

Maximum suggestions to return.

**Default:** `10`

**Allowed values:** `1`-`20`

Empire State Building

Empire State building

Empire State Building Supply inc

Starbucks Reserve - Empire State Building

The Empire State Building Official Store

Tacombi

Empire State Spokane

Empire State Property Management

Fetch a place in one call: full address, phone, opening hours, services, photos, website and coordinates.

A place ID from Search Places (Waze or Google), or a Waze place link.

**Examples:**
- Waze place ID: `187433367.1874399211.868693` (Empire State Building)
- Google place ID: `ChIJmQJIxlVYwokRLgeuocVOGVU` (Times Square)
- Link: `https://www.waze.com/live-map/directions?to=place.w.187433367.1874399211.868693`

place

Language for the address and opening hours, as a 2-letter ISO 639-1 code.

**Allowed values:** any ISO 639-1 code (`en`, `es`, `fr`, `de`, `he`, ...)

Turn coordinates into an address: street, city, time zone and UTC offset at that point.

A point as `lat,lng`, or a Waze live-map link with coordinates. A bounding box uses its center.

**Examples:**
- Point: `40.7484,-73.9857` (Empire State Building)
- Link: `https://www.waze.com/live-map/?latlng=40.7484,-73.9857`

Place Details