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Open Charge Map API

Charging locations worldwide with connector types, power levels, operator and status fields, plus user comments, checkins and photos; data can also be contributed back through the API. The embeddable web app (map.openchargemap.io) can be set up in an iframe as an alternative to the API. Update cadence: Not stated.

Open openchargemap.org
Signal Scoredraft model
83
Access
Free key · free API key
15
Licence clarity
Custom · terms linked
13
Evidence
4 source links checked
18
Freshness
verified 2026-11-09
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

// Terms and limits

Access
free API key
Free tier
Free API key required; an unauthenticated sample call returned: "You must specify an API key using the key query parameter or x-api-key header."
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
Customterms
Licence note
Recorded as Custom because the licence is split by data source. The terms page says: "Data contributed to us by our users which we then redistribute is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) ." and "Data imported from 3rd party Data Providers is copyright the original Data Provider in each case and is not provided under the same terms as the user-contributed data detailed above." WARNING: the developing-using page (https://openchargemap.org/develop, not /develop/api) requires visible attribution: "Use of our API or data in an application or service requires that the appropriate Data Provider attribution (including license terms) be provided in a way which is visible the end user."
Attribution
Required, visible to the end user, naming the appropriate Data Provider and its licence terms, for every Data Provider the response draws on.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-09

  1. 01openchargemap.org/develop/api
  2. 02openchargemap.org/about/terms
  3. 03openchargemap.org/develop
  4. 04api.openchargemap.io/v3/poi/?output=json&maxresults=1

// Good for

energyev-charginggeospatialapiper-source-licence

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "open-charge-map-api"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "Open Charge Map API",
  "slug": "open-charge-map-api",
  "domain": "Energy",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "free API key",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "Custom",
  "licenseUrl": "https://openchargemap.org/about/terms",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://openchargemap.org/develop/api",
    "https://openchargemap.org/about/terms",
    "https://openchargemap.org/develop",
    "https://api.openchargemap.io/v3/poi/?output=json&maxresults=1"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "energy",
    "ev-charging",
    "geospatial",
    "api",
    "per-source-licence"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://openchargemap.org/develop/api"
}

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