Photon
live MapsGeocodingkomoot's OSM geocoder — Elasticsearch-backed, strong at partial / autocomplete queries. Keyless.
2 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day
Tools
search
required: query Forward geocode.
Parameters
Name Type Description
query req string — lat opt number — lon opt number — location_bias_scale opt number — zoom opt number — limit opt number — lang opt string — osm_tag opt string — layer opt string — bbox opt string — Try it
Response
reverse
required: lat, lon Reverse geocode.
Parameters
Name Type Description
lat req number — lon req number — radius opt number — lang opt string — limit opt number — layer opt string — Try it
Response
Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/photon/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}' Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/photon/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}' Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search", {"query":"example"}); ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("komoot's osm geocoder — elasticsearch-backed, strong at partial / autocomplete queries");