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How to send a taxi and ride request

To send a Taxi and Ride request to the Intermodal Routing API, you must use the request parameters described in the following table. Table 1. Taxi and Ride request parameters

NameFormatDescription
Base URLstring, https://intermodal.router.hereapi.comProduction environment
Versionstring, /v8The API version to use
Resourcestring, /routesThe endpoint to access the resource
originstring, "{lat},{lng}"The origin WGS-84 compliant coordinates of the request
destinationstring, "{lat},{lng}"The destination WGS-84 compliant coordinates of the request
taxi[modes]string, carSet the specific transport mode of a taxi
taxi[enable]string, routeHeadEnables taxi in the head section of the route
transit[enable]string, routeTailEnables transit in the tail section of the route
rented[enable]string, ``Disables rented transport type from the intermodal route computation. By default, it is enabled for all sections of the route

See how to Calculate a Taxi and Ride Route

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Note

For more information on the currently available authentication methods, see the Identity & Access Management Developer Guide. For more information on the services and transport types of the Intermodal Routing API

v8, see the Intermodal Services & Transport Types

section. The response to the above request delivers the following high-level elements:

  • metadata – a notices (optional) object with a list of issues related to the response
  • response – a routes object with a list of sections for each transit route alternative.

For more information on the request parameters, see the Routing section of the Intermodal Routing API Reference