Python Overpass Wrapper

A Python Wrapper to access the Overpass API.

Have a look at the documentation_ to find additional information.

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Features

• Query Overpass API
• Parse JSON and XML response data
• Additional helper functions

Install

Requirements:

Supported Python versions:

• Python 2.7
• Python >= 3.2
• PyPy and PyPy3

Install:

.. code-block:: console

$ pip install overpy

Examples

Additional examples can be found in the documentation_ and in the examples directory.

.. code-block:: python

import overpy

api = overpy.Overpass()

# fetch all ways and nodes
result = api.query("""
    way(50.746,7.154,50.748,7.157) ["highway"];
    (._;>;);
    out body;
    """)

for way in result.ways:
    print("Name: %s" % way.tags.get("name", "n/a"))
    print("  Highway: %s" % way.tags.get("highway", "n/a"))
    print("  Nodes:")
    for node in way.nodes:
        print("    Lat: %f, Lon: %f" % (node.lat, node.lon))

Helper

Helper methods are available to provide easy access to often used requests.

.. code-block:: python

    import overpy.helper

    # 3600062594 is the OSM id of Chemnitz and is the bounding box for the request
    street = overpy.helper.get_street(
        "Straße der Nationen",
        "3600062594"
    )

    # this finds an intersection between Straße der Nationen and Carolastraße in Chemnitz
    intersection = overpy.helper.get_intersection(
        "Straße der Nationen",
        "Carolastraße",
        "3600062594"
    )


License
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Published under the MIT (see LICENSE for more information)

.. _`documentation`: http://python-overpy.readthedocs.org/