Traffic Analytics REST API

This section describes the Traffic Analytics REST Service API. For product concepts, coverage, and availability, see the HERE Traffic Analytics documentation.

The HERE Traffic Analytics API provides programmatic access to raw historical traffic data. It combines link-level referencing on the HERE map with coverage from path and spot probe data.

Use the API to retrieve observed average speeds and related statistical measures, including:

Minimum speed
Maximum speed
Standard deviation
Number of observations
Percentiles

With the Traffic Analytics API, your application can:

Submit a query for a geographic area, time interval, and time of day.
Specify the output fields required for your use case.
Poll the query status until processing is complete.
Retrieve a download URL for the compressed CSV file containing the results.

Guidelines for using the API

Use the following guidelines for using the API:

Automate Traffic Analytics queries.
Use the Traffic Analytics API to automate queries that you could otherwise submit through the Traffic Analytics website.

Before building your API integration, submit a sample query through the website. This helps you:

Understand the core Traffic Analytics concepts.
Review the Traffic Analytics specification.
Identify any required administrative area IDs.
Confirm that your query returns the expected results.