The Route Optimization API is designed to identify the most efficient routes based on specific criteria, such as minimizing travel time, distance, cost, or environmental impact.
Optimize Routes:
Retrieve the best route(s) for multiple origins and destinations while considering factors such as traffic conditions, road restrictions, vehicle specifications, and user preferences.
The Route Optimization API has some restrictions and limits that you need to be aware of before using it:
Coordinates Waypoints: Should only be less than or equal to 10.
Rate Limit: 50 requests per second from a single API token. If you exceed this limit, you will receive an error message and your requests will be rejected. To avoid this, you can throttle your requests or use multiple tokens for different applications or users.
Inter-Country Requests: Not allowed. You can only request directions within the same country or region. If you try to request directions across different countries or regions, you will receive an error message, and your request will be invalid. For inter-country travel, consider using other map services or APIs that support this feature.
The Route Optimization API charges you based on the number of elements you request. An element is the travel time and distance between one origin and one destination. The price per element decreases as you request more elements:
Request Volume
Cost per 10,000 Elements
First 1,000,000 elements
$2
Next 4,000,000 elements
$1.75
Next 5,000,000 elements
$1.5
Over 10,000,000 elements
$1
For example, if you request 20,000,000 elements, you will pay $20,000. Note that one Route Optimization API call is considered by the number of coordinates in the json array, so you will be charged accordingly. For more information, check the pricing page.