Traffic API Developer's Guide

Introduction

This document introduces the Traffic API and:

explains key concepts
provides examples
documents resources and query parameters
documents response structures and data types

Not all of the functionality described in this document is available for China due to missing map content. If you have questions, contact your HERE Account Executive.

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What Is the Traffic API?

The HERE Traffic API is a REST API that provides traffic flow and incidents information.

Why Use the Traffic API?

The Traffic API provides resources to address the following high-level use cases:

Table 1. Main features of the HERE Traffic API
Feature	Description
Traffic Incident Data	The API provides aggregated information about traffic incidents in XML or JSON, including the type and location of each traffic incident, status, start and end time, and other relevant data. This data is useful to dynamically optimize route calculations.
Traffic Flow Data	The API provides access to real-time traffic flow data in XML or JSON, including information on speed and congestion for the region(s) defined in each request. The API can also deliver additional data such as the geometry of the road segments in relation to the flow.
Traffic Flow Availability	The API allows client applications to access traffic flow information (excluding incidents) in an area, if available. The area is specified by a map segment (defined as a map view) or for the whole world (without the map view).