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1. Choose a type of routing

The first step is to select the correct service endpoint and the operation you need to use. Each routing operation has a direct and job request endpoint. Use a direct request for shorter transactions with less than 150 stops. For longer transactions, use a job request. To learn more about direct and job requests, go to the topic page for each operation below.

Direct request

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1 https://route-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/Route/NAServer/Route_World/solve?<parameters>

Job request

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1 https://logistics.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/Route/GPServer/FindRoutes/submitJob?<parameters>
OperationUse case
Simple routingFind the best path from an origin to a destination for a single individual or vehicle.
Optimized routingFind the best path to travel for a single vehicle when you need to stop at multiple destinations.
Vehicle routing problemDetermine the most effective routes for a set of vehicles that need to visit a set of locations, while also minimizing transportation costs.
Last mile deliveryDetermine the most effective routes a fleet of vehicles delivering packages to final customer locations.
Closest facility routingFind one or more nearby facilities from incidents based on travel time or travel distance.
Service areasCreate an isochrone that represents the distance that can be reached when driving or walking on a street network.
Snap to roadsSnap a series of GPS track points to the underlying roads.
Travel cost matrixCreate a table or a matrix containing the cost, such as the travel time or travel distance, from multiple origins to multiple destinations
Location-allocationAllocate demand to existing locations and find one or more new locations to maximize the number of customers that walk to a location.

2. Define input parameters

The next step is to provide the required input parameters for the operation. Most operations require stops, facilities, or orders to define the locations to visit to along a route. Depending on the operation, other parameters may be required. The tables below show the typical input parameters for direct requests.

NameDescriptionExamples
stopsThe two or more locations that need to be visited in the route.stops=-117,34; -117.5,34.5
travelModeThe mode of transportation such as driving a car or a truck or walking.travelMode=JSON Object
startTimeThe time at which travel begins from the input stops. You can also specify a value of now, to set the depart time to the current time.startTime=now
returnDirectionsGenerate driving directions for each route.returnDirections=true
directionsLanguageThe language to be used when generating driving directions.directionsLanguage=es

3. Make a request

The final step is to make a request to the routing service using an ArcGIS Maps SDK, scripting API, or open source library. In general, you:

  1. Reference the service or import the relevant packages or modules.
  2. Set the parameters for the operation.
  3. Set the access token.

APIs

ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScriptArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScriptArcGIS Maps SDK for .NETArcGIS Maps SDK for SwiftArcGIS Maps SDK for KotlinArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaArcGIS Maps SDK for QtArcGIS API for PythonArcGIS REST JSLeafletMapLibre GL JSOpenLayersCesiumJS
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198  function getRoute() {  const routeUrl =  "https://route-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/Route/NAServer/Route_World"   const routeParams = new RouteParameters({  stops: new FeatureSet({  features: view.graphics.toArray(),  }),  returnDirections: true,  directionsLanguage: "es",  })   route  .solve(routeUrl, routeParams)  .then((data) => {  if (data.routeResults.length > 0) {  showRoute(data.routeResults[0].route)  showDirections(data.routeResults[0].directions.features)  }  })  .catch((error) => {  console.log(error)  })  } 

REST API

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 curl https://route-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/Route/NAServer/Route_World/solve \ -d "f=json" \ -d "token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>" \ -d "stops=-122.68782,45.51238;-122.690176,45.522054;-122.614995,45.526201" \ -d "startTime=now" \ -d "returnDirections=true" \ -d "directionsLanguage=es"

Additional resources

Tutorials

Find service areas

Create an isochrone with driving distance with the routing service.


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