# OpenStreetMap Scraper - Places, POIs & Geocoding (`scrapesage/openstreetmap-scraper`) Actor

Search OpenStreetMap via Nominatim: coordinates, full address, category/type, OSM ids and bounding box for any place or POI. Geocode addresses or find points of interest. No API key, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapesage/openstreetmap-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrape Sage](https://apify.com/scrapesage) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, Integrations, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.55 / 1,000 place scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## OpenStreetMap Scraper - Places, POIs & Geocoding

Search **OpenStreetMap** (via the official Nominatim API) and get clean rows for any named place or address:
**coordinates**, **full structured address**, **category/type**, **OSM ids** and **bounding box**. Geocode
addresses in bulk or look up landmarks, cities and points of interest. No API key, no browser.

### What you get per place

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `displayName` / `name` | Full display name and short name |
| `lat` / `lon` / `boundingBox` | Coordinates and bounding box |
| `category` / `placeType` / `addressType` | OSM class, type and address type |
| `houseNumber` / `road` / `city` / `county` / `state` / `postcode` / `country` / `countryCode` | Structured address parts |
| `osmType` / `osmId` / `placeId` / `placeUrl` | OSM identifiers and the map page |

### Input

```json
{ "searchQueries": ["Eiffel Tower", "1600 Pennsylvania Ave"], "countryCodes": "us", "maxItemsPerQuery": 10 }
```

- **Search terms** - named places or addresses, one per line. Optionally restrict to `countryCodes` (e.g. `us,ca`).
- **Import from a file** - paste a list, or link a public `.txt`/`.csv`, a Google Sheet/Drive link, or an Apify key-value-store record.
- **Output fields** - trim every record to exactly the columns you need.

Leave everything empty and the run returns a small free sample so you can see the shape first.

### Reliability

Reads the official **Nominatim** API with a descriptive User-Agent and a built-in delay that respects
Nominatim's usage policy (about one request per second). A search that matches nothing, or an import that
cannot be read, bills **$0** and says why.

### Honest limits

- **Matches named places and addresses, not "category in a city" phrases.** Use `Eiffel Tower`, `Berlin`, or a
  street address - a query like "coffee shops in Berlin" is not a Nominatim geocoding query and returns nothing.
- **Street-level fields (`houseNumber`, `road`, `postcode`) fill only for address queries** - city and landmark
  searches return the place without a house number by design.
- Throttled to ~1 request/second per Nominatim policy, so large lists take proportionally longer.

### Pricing

**$0.001 per place** on the FREE tier (tiered pricing lowers it with volume). Only places actually saved are
billed; empty searches and unreadable imports cost nothing.

### Output views

- **Places** - name, full name, category, coordinates and the OSM URL.

### Use with AI assistants (MCP)

Available through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp) - an agent can
geocode an address, resolve a landmark to coordinates, or enrich a list of place names with lat/lon and
structured addresses in one call.

### Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is **agent-ready** - AI agents can discover it, run it, and **pay for it autonomously**, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/monetize/pay-per-event) pricing and [limited permissions](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/permissions), so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

- **[x402](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402)** - an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp) - no account, no API key.
- **[Skyfire](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/skyfire)** - agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool, or autonomous data pipeline? This scraper is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Named places or addresses to geocode, one per line - e.g. <code>Eiffel Tower</code>, <code>Berlin</code>, <code>1600 Pennsylvania Ave</code>. Nominatim matches named places and addresses (not 'category in city' phrases). <b>Leave empty and the run returns a small free sample.</b>

## `countryCodes` (type: `string`):

Restrict results to these ISO country codes, comma-separated - e.g. <code>us,ca</code>. Leave empty for worldwide.

## `searchQueriesFromFile` (type: `string`):

Bulk-load search terms. Either <b>paste the whole list</b> (one per line), or give <b>a single link</b> to a public <code>.txt</code>/<code>.csv</code>, a Google Sheet/Drive link, or an Apify key-value-store record. A file that cannot be read says so and charges nothing.

## `maxItemsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

How many places to collect for each search term (Nominatim caps this at 50).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Overall cap across all searches. You are only charged for places actually saved.

## `outputFields` (type: `array`):

Pick the fields you want and every record is trimmed to exactly those - handy for lean CSV/Sheets exports.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "Eiffel Tower"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 50,
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Each scraped record - an OSM place with coordinates, address, category and ids - as a JSON item in the default dataset.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "Eiffel Tower"
    ],
    "searchQueriesFromFile": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapesage/openstreetmap-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQueries": ["Eiffel Tower"],
    "searchQueriesFromFile": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapesage/openstreetmap-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "Eiffel Tower"
  ],
  "searchQueriesFromFile": ""
}' |
apify call scrapesage/openstreetmap-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapesage/openstreetmap-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/QpN2Y6MvEGoCyPUCs/builds/JoKrZZRU3I7Axw4jg/openapi.json