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How to create a fuel price request

This section provides an example of a fuel price request.

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Note

This example uses a HERE API key to authenticate your request. For the available authentication options, see the Identity and Access Management Developer Guide.

User story

You want to obtain prices for Diesel fuel within 5km of latitude 52.53087 and longitude 13.44176, which is in Berlin, Germany. Latitude and longitude values are in WGS 84 format.

Request Summary

ResourceParameters
stationsThe resource representation is the .json extension.
proxIndicates the area searched for fuel prices; in this case the area is a circle defined by a point within Berlin and a radius of 5km.
fueltypeIndicates the type of fuel the query includes in the response; in this case Diesel.

Request

This code block demonstrates the complete request, specifying that the response data is in JSON format.

https://fuel.hereapi.com/v3/stations
?prox=52.53087,13.44176,5000
&fueltype=1
&apiKey=\{YOUR\_API\_KEY\}

Response

The response to the request contains:

  • the price, delta price, and index score of all the fuel stations which meet the search criteria (within proximity radius and correct fuel type)
  • a list of stations which fit the specified criteria with additional details

This is the example response in JSON format:

{
"hasMore":true,
"fuelStations":{
"fuelStation":[
{
"brand":"TOTAL",
"brandIcon":"http://origin.stg.cld.vcdn.data.here.com/p/d/autox_stg/dt/icons/2015-05-06/
total.png",
"fuelPrice":[
{
"price":1.389,
"deltaPrice":0.26,
"indexScore":98,
"fuelType":"1",
"unit":"l",
"currency":"EUR",
"lastUpdateTimestamp":"2015-03-12T10:17:45.000Z"
}
],
"open24x7":true,
"stationDetails":{
"openingHours":{
"regularOpeningHours":[
{
"daymask":127,
"period":[
{
"from":"00:00:00",
"to":"24:00:00"
}
]
}
]
}
},
"address":{
"city":"Berlin",
"country":"DEU",
"region":"Berlin",
"street":"Margarete-Sommer-Stra#e",
"streetNumber":"2",
"postalCode":"10407"
},
"contacts":{
"phone":[
{
"value":"+493042852514",
"label":"PHONE"
}
]
},
"distance":0,
"position":{
"latitude":52.53087,
"longitude":13.44176
},
"name":"TOTAL",
"id":"276u33dc-d1d2783a63404a6789f281438f32375f",
"pvId":"50664433",
"lastUpdateTimestamp":"2014-12-14T11:01:41.609Z",
"timeZone":"Europe/Berlin"
}
]
}
}

For more details about responses to this type of request refer to Fuel Stations Response.