overpass-ts v4.3.8

overpass-ts

promise-based overpass api client in typescript

• works in browser & node
• support json & xml/text & stream response
• auto-retry if rate limit (409) or gateway timeout (504)
• helpful error messages

installation

npm install overpass-ts

api

overpass(query, opt = {})

• query: string Overpass API query

• opt: object Query options

  • endpoint string Overpass API endpoint URL
  • rateLimitRetries number Number of retries when rate limited/gateway timeout-ed before giving up
  • rateLimitPause number Pause in between receiving a rate limited response and initiating a retry
  • verbose boolean Output verbose query information
  • stream boolean Return a stream.Readable (in Node) or ReadableStream (in browser)
  • fetchOpts object Options to be passed to fetch

Returns:

• If query is [out:json], API response as JSON object
• If query is [out:xml] or [out:csv], API response as string
• If opt.stream = true, return stream.Readable (nodejs) / ReadableStream (browser)

example

import type { OverpassJson } from "overpass-ts";
import { overpass } from "overpass-ts";

// json request
overpass(`[out:json]; node(626639517); out ids;`).then((json) => {
  json = json as OverpassJson; // cast correct response type based on query
  assert.deepStrictEqual(json.elements[0], {
    type: "node",
    id: 626639517,
  });
});

license

MIT