Update at 11.0

• Use locateSettings to specify settings that affect how inputs are located.
• Use returnEmptyResults to return empty results instead of an error when the request fails.

Updates at 10.9.1

• Use returnTraversedEdges, returnTraversedJunctions, and returnTraversedTurns to specify whether the service will return the elements traversed during the solve operation.
• Use geometryPrecision, geometryPrecisionZ, and geometryPrecisionM to specify the output geometry precision for x-, y-, and z-coordinates and the value of m.

Updates at 10.8.1

When the authoring application for services is ArcGIS Pro, you can specify the now value in the startTime parameter to set the analysis to begin at the current time.

Updates at 10.8

Use the preserveObjectID parameter to specify whether the object IDs from the input locations will be preserved when the input locations are returned as output.

Updates at 10.5

Use the overrides parameter to specify additional settings that can influence the behavior of the solver when finding solutions for the network analysis problems.

Updates at 10.4

Pass in a complete JSON representation of a travel mode through travelMode and automatically set override values for various other parameters to quickly and consistently model cars, trucks, a type of truck, and so on.

Updates at 10.3

Use the travelMode parameter to automatically set override values for various other parameters to quickly and consistently model cars, trucks, a type of truck, and so on.

Updates at 10.2.1

Use the startTimeIsUTC parameter to specify whether the startTime parameter value is in UTC or the time zone of the first stop. Using startTimeIsUTC, you can start all the routes at the same time regardless of the time zone where the stops are located.

Updates at 10.1

• M-values—The outputLines parameter supports a new value: esriNAOutputLineTrueShapeWithMeasure. If specified, returned routes, compressed geometry, and service area lines will contain m-values on each vertex.
• Z-values—The route solver supports the new returnZ parameter. If returnZ=true and the route solver is using a z-aware network dataset, returned routes and compressed geometry will contain z-values on each vertex. Input point and line locations can have z-values on them.

  Routes, directions, stops, and barriers in the response include the hasZ and hasM properties that indicate whether the geometry includes z-values or m-values, respectively.

• CompressedGeometry—CompressedGeometry can contain m- and z-values and indicates how to decompress them.
• Use the optional url property to specify input stops, barriers, polylineBarriers, or polygonBarriers values. The url value contains a REST Query request to a feature, map, or geoprocessing service returning a JSON feature set. The advantage of using this property is that locations can be passed directly from a service endpoint as input to the network analysis operation, bypassing the client as intermediate storage.

stops

Specifies the locations the output route or routes will visit.

You can use a simple comma- and semicolon-based syntax if you are passing the input locations using their longitude and latitude values in the WGS84 coordinate system and don't need to pass additional fields for each location.

Simple syntax for stops

stops=x1,y1; x2, y2; ...; xn, yn

Example using simple syntax

stops=-117.1957,34.0564; -117.184,34.0546

The stops parameter can be specified using a JSON structure that references a set of point features. The property is optional; however, the JSON structure must specify either the features, url, or layer property:

• url—Specify a REST query request to any ArcGIS Server feature, map, or geoprocessing service that returns a JSON feature set.

  The JSON structure can include the following property:

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

• features—Specify an array of features.

  Each feature in the features array represents a stop and contains the following properties:

  • geometry—Specify the input point geometry containing x and y properties along with the spatialReference property. If the spatialReference property is defined for the entire JSON, you don't need to define this property for each geometry. Doing so reduces the size of the input JSON if the input has many features and improves performance. This property is not required if the coordinates are in the default spatial reference, WGS84. If the coordinates are in a different spatial reference, you must specify the spatial reference's well-known ID (WKID). See Using spatial references to look up WKID values.

    Tip:

    It is recommended that you explicitly specify the spatialReference value, and specify it for the entire JSON rather than each individual geometry.

  • attributes—Specify each attribute as a key-value pair in which the key is the name of a given field, and the value is the attribute value for the corresponding field.

  The JSON structure can include the following property:

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

• layer—Specify a feature layer in the map service. Attribute and spatial filters can also be applied on the layer. The JSON structure can include the following properties:
  • type—Set the type property to layer to indicate that you're specifying the stops by referencing a layer.
  • layerName—The name or ID of the data layer in the map service that is being referenced.
  • where (optional)—A WHERE clause for the query filter. Any legal SQL WHERE clause operating on the fields in the layer is allowed.
  • geometry (optional)—The geometry to apply as the spatial filter. The structure of the geometry is the same as the structure of the JSON geometry objects returned by the ArcGIS REST API.

    The geometry type is specified using the geometryType property.

  • geometryType (optional)—The type of geometry specified by the geometry property. The supported geometry types are envelope, point, line, and polygon. The default geometry type is esriGeometryEnvelope.

    Values: esriGeometryPoint | esriGeometryMultipoint | esriGeometryPolyline | esriGeometryPolygon | esriGeometryEnvelope

  • spatialRel (optional)—The spatial relationship to be applied to the input geometry. The supported spatial relationships include intersects, contains, envelope intersects, within, and so on. The default spatial relationship is esriSpatialRelIntersects.

    Values: esriSpatialRelIntersects | esriSpatialRelContains | esriSpatialRelCrosses | esriSpatialRelEnvelopeIntersects | esriSpatialRelIndexIntersects | esriSpatialRelOverlaps | esriSpatialRelTouches | esriSpatialRelWithin

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

{
  "spatialReference": {
    "wkid": <wkid>,
    "latestWkid": <wkid>
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": <x>,
        "y": <y>,
      },
      "attributes": {
        "<field1>": <value11>,
        "<field2>": <value12>
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": <x>,
        "y": <y>,
      },
      "attributes": {
        "<field1>": <value21>,
        "<field2>": <value22>
      }
    }
  ],
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{
  "url": "<url>"
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{ 
  "type" : "layer",
  "layerName" : "<layerName>",
  "where" : "<whereClause>",
  "geometry" : {<geometry>},
  "geometryType" : "<geometryType>",
  "spatialRel" : "<spatialRel>",
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements" : true | false
}

{ 
  "spatialReference": {
    "wkid": 4326
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -122.4079,
        "y": 37.78356
      },
      "attributes": {
        "Name": "From",
        "RouteName": "Route A"
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -122.404,
        "y": 37.782
      },
      "attributes": {
        "Name": "To",
        "RouteName": "Route A"
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -122.4095,
        "y": 37.78379
      },
      "attributes": {
        "Name": "From",
        "RouteName": "Route B"
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -122.480,
        "y": 37.734
      },
      "attributes": {
        "Name": "To",
        "RouteName": "Route B"
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "spatialReference": {
    "wkid": 102100}
      },
  "features": [
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -13635398.9398,
        "y": 4544699.034400001,
        
      },
      "attributes": {"Name": "Home"}
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -13632733.3441,
        "y": 4547651.028300002,
        
      },
      "attributes": {"Name": "Office"}
    }
  ]
}

{
  "url": "https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/rest/services/Network/USA/MapServer/1/query?where=1%3D1&outFields=Name,RouteName&f=json"
}

{ 
  "type" : "layer",
  "layerName" : "PointsOfInterest",
  "where" : "CITY = 'San Francisco'"
}

token

Use this parameter to specify a token that provides the identity of a user that has the permissions to access the service. The security and authentication page provides more information about how an access token can be obtained.

token=<yourToken>

f

Use this parameter to specify the response format. The parameter can have html, json or pjson as arguments, for example, f=json. The pjson value is used for printing the JSON response in a prettified format.

travelMode

Choose the mode of transportation for the analysis.

Travel modes are managed in ArcGIS Enterprise and can be configured by the administrator of your organization to better reflect the organization's workflows.

To learn more about travel modes, see Configure travel modes.

The value for the travelMode parameter is the JSON object containing the settings for a travel mode supported by your organization. To get the supported travel modes, run the retrieveTravelModes service.

You can make a request to retrieve travel modes using the following form:

https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/rest/services/Routing/NetworkAnalysis/NAServer/Route/retrieveTravelModes?f=json&token=<yourToken>

The response below is returned by the retrieveTravelModes service.

{
  "currentVersion": 10.8,
  "defaultTravelMode": "FEgifRtFndKNcJMJ",
  "supportedTravelModes": [
    {
      "attributeParameterValues": [
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Avoid Private Roads",
          "value": "AVOID_MEDIUM"
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Walking",
          "value": "PROHIBITED"
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Preferred for Pedestrians",
          "value": "PREFER_LOW"
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Walking Speed (km/h)",
          "attributeName": "WalkTime",
          "value": 5
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Avoid Roads Unsuitable for Pedestrians",
          "value": "AVOID_HIGH"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Follows paths and roads that allow pedestrian traffic and finds
                     solutions that optimize travel time. The walking speed is set to
                     5 kilometers per hour.",
      "impedanceAttributeName": "WalkTime",
      "simplificationToleranceUnits": "esriMeters",
      "uturnAtJunctions": "esriNFSBAllowBacktrack",
      "restrictionAttributeNames": [
        "Avoid Private Roads",
        "Avoid Roads Unsuitable for Pedestrians",
        "Preferred for Pedestrians",
        "Walking"
      ],
      "useHierarchy": false,
      "simplificationTolerance": 2,
      "timeAttributeName": "WalkTime",
      "distanceAttributeName": "Kilometers",
      "type": "WALK",
      "id": "caFAgoThrvUpkFBW",
      "name": "Walking Time"
    },
    {
      "attributeParameterValues": [
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Avoid Unpaved Roads",
          "value": "AVOID_HIGH"
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Avoid Private Roads",
          "value": "AVOID_MEDIUM"
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Driving an Automobile",
          "value": "PROHIBITED"
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Through Traffic Prohibited",
          "value": "AVOID_HIGH"
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Vehicle Maximum Speed (km/h)",
          "attributeName": "TravelTime",
          "value": 0
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Roads Under Construction Prohibited",
          "value": "PROHIBITED"
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Avoid Gates",
          "value": "AVOID_MEDIUM"
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Avoid Express Lanes",
          "value": "PROHIBITED"
        },
        {
          "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
          "attributeName": "Avoid Carpool Roads",
          "value": "PROHIBITED"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Models the movement of cars and other similar small automobiles,
                      such as pickup trucks, and finds solutions that optimize travel
                      time. Travel obeys one-way roads, avoids illegal turns, and
                      follows other rules that are specific to cars. When you specify
                      a start time, dynamic travel speeds based on traffic are used
                      where it is available.",
      "impedanceAttributeName": "TravelTime",
      "simplificationToleranceUnits": "esriMeters",
      "uturnAtJunctions": "esriNFSBAtDeadEndsAndIntersections",
      "restrictionAttributeNames": [
        "Avoid Unpaved Roads",
        "Avoid Private Roads",
        "Driving an Automobile",
        "Through Traffic Prohibited",
        "Roads Under Construction Prohibited",
        "Avoid Gates",
        "Avoid Express Lanes",
        "Avoid Carpool Roads"
      ],
      "useHierarchy": true,
      "simplificationTolerance": 10,
      "timeAttributeName": "TravelTime",
      "distanceAttributeName": "Kilometers",
      "type": "AUTOMOBILE",
      "id": "FEgifRtFndKNcJMJ",
      "name": "Driving Time"
    }
  ]
}

From the JSON above, to pass Walking Time as the travel mode, use the following JSON as the value for the travelMode parameter:

travelMode={"attributeParameterValues": [{"parameterName": "Restriction Usage","attributeName": "Walking","value": "PROHIBITED"},{"parameterName": "Restriction Usage","attributeName": "Preferred for Pedestrians","value": "PREFER_LOW"},{"parameterName": "Walking Speed (km/h)","attributeName": "WalkTime","value": 5}],"description": "Follows paths and roads that allow pedestrian traffic and finds solutions that optimize travel time. The walking speed is set to 5 kilometers per hour.","impedanceAttributeName": "WalkTime","simplificationToleranceUnits": "esriMeters","uturnAtJunctions": "esriNFSBAllowBacktrack","restrictionAttributeNames": ["Preferred for Pedestrians","Walking"],"useHierarchy": false,"simplificationTolerance": 2,"timeAttributeName": "WalkTime","distanceAttributeName": "Miles","type": "WALK","id": "caFAgoThrvUpkFBW","name": "Walking Time"}

startTime

Indicate the time that travel begins from the input stops. You can also specify the now value to set the depart time to the current time.

Specifying a time of day results in more accurate estimations of travel times because the travel times account for the traffic conditions that are applicable for that date and time.

To use traffic in the analysis, set impedanceAttributeName to TravelTime, and assign a value to startTime.

The startTime value represents the target start time of the routes in the analysis. The time is specified as UNIX time (milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970).

If the now value is used for the startTime parameter, the travel begins at the current time. This causes the startTimeIsUTC parameter value to be true. When startTime is nowand startTimeIsUTC is true, the travel will begin at input locations at the current time regardless of the time zone in which the input locations reside.

If a time of day is not passed in, the service uses static road speeds based on average historical speeds or posted speed limits. It uses posted speeds in areas where historical traffic information isn't available.

When the service is using ArcGIS StreetMap Premium data, it can support two kinds of traffic: live and typical.

If the startTime value specified is within four hours of the current time, live traffic will be used where available. Live traffic retrieves speeds based on phone probe records, sensors, and other data sources and reflects the current travel speeds and predicts speeds for the near future. If the startTime value specified is more than four hours earlier or later than the current time, or the road does not have live traffic, typical traffic speeds will be used. Typical speeds are based on historical traffic patterns. The travel time data is aggregated in 15 minute intervals per day of the week based on multiple years worth of data. Consequently, a road may have a different travel time at Monday at 8 a.m., Monday at 8:15 a.m., or Tuesday at 8 a.m. Since the variance is at the day of week and time of day, the travel time is the same on a road for any Monday at 8 a.m., regardless of the month or year.

If your goal is to model typical travel conditions and avoid large variances from the average due to live traffic, it is recommended that you use a date from the past to ensure that it doesn't coincide with the 4-hour window from the current time. As an extreme example, you can even use dates from 1990.

ArcGIS Online Directions and Routing Services Coverage shows the countries Esri currently provides traffic data for.

"startTime": 631458180000

"startTime": 631731600000

"startTime": now

"startTime": 1426674000000

startTimeIsUTC

Specify the time zone or zones of the startTime parameter.

False (use geographically local time zones)

The startTime value refers to the time zone in which the first stop of each route is located. The start time uses the time zone that is geographically local to the first stop.

The following image illustrates setting the value to false (geographically local). Setting startTime to 9:00 a.m., January 4, 1990 (631443600000 milliseconds) and startTimeIsUTC to false, and submitting a valid request causes the drive times for points in the eastern time zone to start at 9:00 a.m. (2:00 p.m. UTC).

True (use UTC)

The startTime value refers to coordinated universal time (UTC). The start times for all points are simultaneous, regardless of time zones.

The following image illustrates setting the value to true (UTC). Setting startTime to 9:00 a.m., January 4, 1990 (631443600000 milliseconds) and startTimeIsUTC to true causes the start time for points in the eastern time zone to be 4:00 a.m. eastern time and 3:00 a.m. central time for those in the central time zone.

timeWindowsAreUTC

Specify whether the TimeWindowStart and TimeWindowEnd attribute values on stops are specified in UTC or geographically local time. The possible values for this parameter are true or false.

See the startTimeIsUTC section for an explanation of UTC versus local time.

findBestSequence

Use this parameter to specify whether the service will reorder stops to find the optimized route. If the parameter value is false, the service returns a route that visits stops in the order you define. If the parameter value is true, the service finds the best order to visit the stops. The service will account for a variety of variables so that the total travel distance or travel time for the route is minimized. You can preserve the origin and the destination stops while allowing the service to reorder intermediary stops by setting the preserveFirstStop and preserveLastStop parameters.

preserveFirstStop

Use this parameter to indicate whether the service will keep the first stop fixed when reordering the stops. The possible parameter values are true or false. This parameter is applicable only if the findBestSequence parameter value is true.

preserveLastStop

Use this parameter to indicate whether the service will keep the last stop fixed when reordering the stops. The possible parameter values are true or false. This parameter is applicable only if the findBestSequence parameter value is true.

useTimeWindows

Use this parameter to indicate whether the service will consider time windows specified on the stops when finding the best route. The possible parameter values are true or false. The time windows are specified on stops using the TimeWindowStart and TimeWindowEnd attributes.

The default value is false.

restrictUTurns

Use this parameter to restrict or permit the route from making U-turns at junctions.

To understand the available parameter values, a junction is a point where only two streets intersect each other. If three or more streets intersect at a point, it is called as an intersection. A cul-de-sac is a dead-end. This parameter can have the following values:

Parameter value	Description
esriNFSBAllowBacktrack	U-turns are permitted everywhere. Permitting U-turns implies that the vehicle can turn around at a junction and double back on the same street.
esriNFSBAtDeadEndsAndIntersections	U-turns are prohibited at junctions where exactly two adjacent streets meet.
esriNFSBAtDeadEndsOnly	U-turns are prohibited at all junctions and intersections and are permitted only at dead ends.
esriNFSBNoBacktrack	U-turns are prohibited at all junctions, intersections, and dead-ends. Even when this parameter value is chosen, a route can still make U-turns at stops. To prohibit U-turns at a stop, you can set its CurbApproach property to the appropriate value (3).

useHierarchy

Specify whether hierarchy will be used when finding the shortest paths.

• true—Use hierarchy when travelling between stops. When hierarchy is used, the service prefers higher-order streets (such as freeways) to lower-order streets (such as local roads) and can be used to simulate the driver preference of traveling on freeways instead of local roads even if that means a longer trip. This is especially true when finding routes to faraway locations, because drivers on long-distance trips tend to prefer traveling on freeways where stops, intersections, and turns can be avoided. Using hierarchy is computationally faster, especially for long-distance routes, since the service can determine the best route from a relatively smaller subset of streets.

• false—Do not use hierarchy when travelling between stops. When hierarchy is not used, the service considers all the streets and doesn't prefer higher-order streets when finding the route. This is often used when finding short-distance routes within a city.

impedanceAttributeName

Specify the impedance.

Impedance is a value that quantifies travel along the transportation network. Travel distance is an example of impedance; it quantifies the length of walkways and road segments. Similarly, drive time—the typical time it takes to drive a car along a road segment—is an example of impedance. Drive times may vary by type of vehicle—for instance, the time it takes for a truck to travel along a path tends to be longer than a car—so there can be many impedance values representing travel times for different vehicle types. Impedance values may also vary with time; live and typical traffic reference dynamic impedance values. Each walkway and road segment stores at least one impedance value. When performing a network analysis, the impedance values are used to calculate the best results, such as finding the shortest route—the route that minimizes impedance—between two points.

The impedanceAttributeName parameter can be specified using the following values:

• TravelTime—Historical and live traffic data is used. This option is good for modeling the time it takes automobiles to travel along roads at a specific time of day using live traffic speed data where available. When using TravelTime, you can optionally set the TravelTime::Vehicle Maximum Speed (km/h) attribute parameter to specify the physical limitation of the speed the vehicle is capable of traveling.
• Minutes—Live traffic data is not used, but historical average speeds for automobiles data is used.
• TruckTravelTime—Historical and live traffic data is used, but the speed is capped at the posted truck speed limit. This is good for modeling the time it takes for the trucks to travel along roads at a specific time. When using TruckTravelTime, you can optionally set the TruckTravelTime::Vehicle Maximum Speed (km/h) attribute parameter to specify the physical limitation of the speed the truck is capable of traveling.
• TruckMinutes—Live traffic data is not used, but the smaller of the historical average speeds for automobiles and the posted speed limits for trucks are used.
• WalkTime—The default is a speed of 5 km/hr on all roads and paths, but this can be configured through the WalkTime::Walking Speed (km/h) attribute parameter.
• Miles—Length measurements along roads are stored in miles and can be used for performing analysis based on shortest distance.
• Kilometers—Length measurements along roads are stored in kilometers and can be used for performing analysis based on shortest distance.

accumulateAttributeNames

Use this parameter to specify whether the service will accumulate values other than the value specified for impedanceAttributeName. For example, if impedanceAttributeName is set to TravelTime, the total travel time for the route will be calculated by the service. However, if you also want to calculate the total distance of the route in miles, you can specify Miles as the value for the accumulateAttributeNames parameter.

Specify the parameter value as a comma-separated list of names. The parameter values are the same as the impedanceAttributeName parameter. For example, accumulateAttributeNames=Miles,Kilometers indicates that the total cost of the route will also be calculated in miles and kilometers.

restrictionAttributeNames

Use this parameter to specify the restrictions that will be honored by the service. A restriction represents a driving preference or requirement. In most cases, restrictions cause roads or pathways to be prohibited, but they can also cause them to be avoided or preferred. For instance, using the Avoid Toll Roads restriction will result in a route that will include toll roads only when it is required to travel on toll roads to visit a stop. Use Height Restriction to route around clearances that are lower than the height of the vehicle. If the vehicle is carrying corrosive materials, you can use the Any Hazmat Prohibited restriction to prevent hauling the materials along roads where it is marked as illegal to do so.

This parameter value is specified as a comma-separated list of restriction names. A value of none indicates that no restrictions will be used when finding the shortest paths.

The restrictionAttributeNames parameter can be specified using the following values:

• Any Hazmat Prohibited—The results will not include roads where transporting any kind of hazardous material is prohibited.

• Avoid Carpool Roads—The results will avoid roads that are designated exclusively for car pool (high-occupancy) vehicles.

• Avoid Express Lanes—The results will avoid roads designated as express lanes.

• Avoid Ferries—The results will avoid ferries.

• Avoid Gates—The results will avoid roads where there are gates, such as keyed access or guard-controlled entryways.

• Avoid Limited Access Roads—The results will avoid roads that are limited-access highways.

• Avoid Private Roads—The results will avoid roads that are not publicly owned and maintained.

• Avoid Roads Unsuitable for Pedestrians—The results will avoid roads that are unsuitable for pedestrians.

• Avoid Stairways—The results will avoid all stairways on a pedestrian-suitable route.

• Avoid Toll Roads—The results will avoid all toll roads for automobiles.

• Avoid Toll Roads for Trucks—The results will avoid all toll roads for trucks.

• Avoid Truck Restricted Roads—The results will avoid roads where trucks are not allowed, except when making deliveries.

• Avoid Unpaved Roads—The results will avoid roads that are not paved (for example, dirt, gravel, and so on).

• Axle Count Restriction—The results will not include roads where trucks with the specified number of axles are prohibited. The number of axles can be specified using the Number of Axles restriction parameter.

• Driving a Bus—The results will not include roads where buses are prohibited. Using this restriction will also ensure that the results will honor one-way streets.

• Driving a Taxi—The results will not include roads where taxis are prohibited. Using this restriction will also ensure that the results will honor one-way streets.

• Driving a Truck—The results will not include roads where trucks are prohibited. Using this restriction will also ensure that the results will honor one-way streets.

• Driving an Automobile—The results will not include roads where automobiles are prohibited. Using this restriction will also ensure that the results will honor one-way streets.

• Driving an Emergency Vehicle—The results will not include roads where emergency vehicles are prohibited. Using this restriction will also ensure that the results will honor one-way streets.

• Height Restriction—The results will not include roads where the vehicle height exceeds the maximum allowed height for the road. The vehicle height can be specified using the Vehicle Height (meters) restriction parameter.

• Kingpin to Rear Axle Length Restriction—The results will not include roads where the vehicle length exceeds the maximum allowed kingpin to rear axle for all trucks on the road. The length between the vehicle kingpin and the rear axle can be specified using the Vehicle Kingpin to Rear Axle Length (meters) restriction parameter.

• Length Restriction—The results will not include roads where the vehicle length exceeds the maximum allowed length for the road. The vehicle length can be specified using the Vehicle Length (meters) restriction parameter.

• Preferred for Pedestrians—The results will use preferred routes suitable for pedestrian navigation.

• Riding a Motorcycle—The results will not include roads where motorcycles are prohibited. Using this restriction will also ensure that the results will honor one-way streets.

• Roads Under Construction Prohibited—The results will not include roads that are under construction.

• Semi or Tractor with One or More Trailers Prohibited—The results will not include roads where semis or tractors with one or more trailers are prohibited.

• Single Axle Vehicles Prohibited—The results will not include roads where vehicles with single axles are prohibited.

• Tandem Axle Vehicles Prohibited—The results will not include roads where vehicles with tandem axles are prohibited.

• Through Traffic Prohibited—The results will not include roads where through traffic (nonlocal traffic) is prohibited.

• Truck with Trailers Restriction—The results will not include roads where trucks with the specified number of trailers on the truck are prohibited. The number of trailers on the truck can be specified using the Number of Trailers on Truck restriction parameter.

• Use Preferred Hazmat Routes—The results will prefer roads that are designated for transporting hazardous materials.

• Use Preferred Truck Routes—The results will prefer roads that are designated as truck routes, such as roads that are part of the national network as specified by the National Surface Transportation Assistance Act in the United States, or roads that are designated as truck routes by the state or province, or roads that are preferred by truckers when driving in an area.

• Walking—The results will not include roads where pedestrians are prohibited.

• Weight Restriction—The results will not include roads where the vehicle weight exceeds the maximum allowed weight for the road. The vehicle weight can be specified using the Vehicle Weight (kilograms) restriction parameter.

• Weight per Axle Restriction—The results will not include roads where the vehicle weight per axle exceeds the maximum allowed weight per axle for the road. The vehicle weight per axle can be specified using the Vehicle Weight per Axle (kilograms) restriction parameter.

• Width Restriction—The results will not include roads where the vehicle width exceeds the maximum allowed width for the road. The vehicle width can be specified using the Vehicle Width (meters) restriction parameter.

The Driving a Delivery Vehicle restriction attribute is no longer available. The service will ignore this restriction since it is invalid. To achieve similar results, use the Driving a Truck restriction attribute along with the Avoid Truck Restricted Roads restriction attribute.

The restrictionAttributeName parameter value is specified as a list of restriction names. A value of null indicates that no restrictions will be used when finding the best route, but only when travelMode is set to null.

attributeParameterValues

Use this parameter to specify additional values required by an attribute or restriction, such as to specify whether the restriction prohibits, avoids, or prefers travel on restricted roads. If the restriction is meant to avoid or prefer roads, you can further specify the degree to which they are avoided or preferred using this parameter. For example, you can choose to never use toll roads, avoid them as much as possible, or prefer them.

This parameter value is specified as an array of objects each having the following properties:

• attributeName—The name of the restriction.

• parameterName—The name of the parameter associated with the restriction. A restriction can have one or more parameterName properties.

• value—The value for parameterName.

Most attribute parameters are related to the restriction attributes in restrictionAttributeNames. Each restriction has at least one attribute parameter named Restriction Usage, which specifies whether the restriction prohibits, avoids, or prefers travel on the roads associated with the restriction and the degree to which the roads are avoided or preferred. The Restriction Usage parameter can be assigned any of the following string values or their equivalent numeric values in the parentheses:

• Prohibited (-1)—Travel on the roads that have the restriction is prohibited.
• Avoid_High (5)—It is very unlikely the service will include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
• Avoid_Medium (2)—It is unlikely the service will include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
• Avoid_Low (1.3)—It is somewhat unlikely the service will include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
• Prefer_Low (0.8)—It is somewhat likely the service will include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
• Prefer_Medium(0.5)—It is likely the service will include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
• Prefer_High (0.2)—It is very likely the service will include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.

The following table lists the attribute parameter names and the default parameter values.

[
    {
        "attributeName": "<attribute1>",
        "parameterName": "<parameter1>",
        "value": "<value1>"
    },
    {
        "attributeName": "<attribute2>",
        "parameterName": "<parameter2>",
        "value": "<value2>"
    }
]

attributeParameterValues=
[
    {
        "attributeName": "Height Restriction",
        "parameterName": "Vehicle Height (meters)",
        "value": 4.12
    },
    {
        "attributeName": "Weight Restriction",
        "parameterName": "Vehicle Weight (kilograms)",
        "value": 36287
    },
    {
        "attributeName": "Use Preferred Truck Routes",
        "parameterName": "Restriction Usage",
        "value": "Prefer_High"
    }
]

barriers

Use this parameter to specify one or more points that will act as temporary restrictions or represent additional time or distance that may be required to travel on the underlying streets. For example, a point barrier can be used to represent a fallen tree along a street or a time delay spent at a railroad crossing.

You can use a simple comma- and semicolon-based syntax if you are passing the point barrier locations using their longitude and latitude values in the WGS84 coordinate system and don't need to pass additional fields for each location.

Simple syntax for barriers

barriers=x1,y1; x2, y2; ...; xn, yn

Example using simple syntax

barriers=-117.1957,34.0564; -117.184,34.0546

You can specify barrier geometries as well as attributes using a more comprehensive JSON structure that references a set of features. The property is optional; however, the JSON structure must specify either the url, features, or layer property:

• url—Specify a REST query request to any ArcGIS Server feature, map, or geoprocessing service that returns a JSON feature set.

  The JSON structure can include the following property:

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

• features—Specify an array of features.

  Each feature in this array represents a point barrier and contains the following fields:

  • geometry—Specify the input point geometry containing x and y properties along with the spatialReference property. If the spatialReference property is defined for the entire JSON, you don't need to define this property for each geometry. Doing so reduces the size of the input JSON if the input has many features and improves performance. This property is not required if the coordinates are in the default spatial reference, WGS84. If the coordinates are in a different spatial reference, you must specify the spatial reference's well-known ID (WKID). See Using spatial references to look up WKID values.

    Tip:

    It is recommended that you explicitly specify the spatialReference value, and specify it for the entire JSON rather than each individual geometry.

  • attributes—Specify each attribute as a key-value pair in which the key is the name of a given field, and the value is the attribute value for the corresponding field.

  The JSON structure can include the following property:

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

• layer—Specify a feature layer in the map service. Attribute and spatial filters can also be applied on the layer. The JSON structure can include the following properties:
  • type—Set the type property to layer to indicate that you're specifying the point barriers by referencing a layer.
  • layerName—The name or ID of the data layer in the map service that is being referenced.
  • where (optional)—A WHERE clause for the query filter. Any legal SQL WHERE clause operating on the fields in the layer is allowed.
  • geometry (optional)—The geometry to apply as the spatial filter. The structure of the geometry is the same as the structure of the JSON geometry objects returned by the ArcGIS REST API.

    The geometry type is specified using the geometryType property.

  • geometryType (optional)—The type of geometry specified by the geometry property. The supported geometry types are envelope, point, line, and polygon. The default geometry type is esriGeometryEnvelope.

    Values: esriGeometryPoint | esriGeometryMultipoint | esriGeometryPolyline | esriGeometryPolygon | esriGeometryEnvelope

  • spatialRel (optional)—The spatial relationship to be applied to the input geometry. The supported spatial relationships include intersects, contains, envelope intersects, within, and so on. The default spatial relationship is esriSpatialRelIntersects.

    Values: esriSpatialRelIntersects | esriSpatialRelContains | esriSpatialRelCrosses | esriSpatialRelEnvelopeIntersects | esriSpatialRelIndexIntersects | esriSpatialRelOverlaps | esriSpatialRelTouches | esriSpatialRelWithin

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

{
  "spatialReference": {
    "wkid": <wkid>,
    "latestWkid": <wkid>
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": <x>,
        "y": <y>
      },
      "attributes": {
        "<field1>": <value11>,
        "<field2>": <value12>
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": <x>,
        "y": <y>
      },
      "attributes": {
        "<field1>": <value21>,
        "<field2>": <value22>
      }
    }
  ],
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{
  "url": "<url>"
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{ 
  "type" : "layer",
  "layerName" : "<layerName>",
  "where" : "<whereClause>",
  "geometry" : {<geometry>},
  "geometryType" : "<geometryType>",
  "spatialRel" : "<spatialRel>"
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{
  "spatialReference": {
    "wkid": 4326
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -122.053461,
        "y": 37.541479
      },
      "attributes": {
        "Name": "Haley St rail road crossing",
        "BarrierType": 2,
        "Attr_TravelTime": 5
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "url": "https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/rest/services/Network/USA/MapServer/0/query?where=1%3D1&returnGeometry=true&f=json"
}

{ 
  "type" : "layer",
  "layerName" : "TrafficAccidents",
  "where" : "SEVERITY > 0"
}

polylineBarriers

Use this parameter to specify one or more lines that prohibit travel anywhere the lines intersect the streets. For example, a parade or protest that blocks traffic across several street segments can be modeled with a line barrier. A line barrier can also quickly fence off several roads from being traversed, thereby channeling possible routes away from undesirable parts of the street network.

You can specify polyline barrier geometries as well as attributes using a JSON structure that references a set of features. The property is optional; however, the JSON structure must specify either the url, features, or layer property:

• url—Specify a REST query request to any ArcGIS Server feature, map, or geoprocessing service that returns a JSON feature set.

  The JSON structure can include the following property:

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

• features—Specify an array of features.

  Each feature in this array represents a polyline barrier and contains the following fields:

  • geometry—Specify the input point geometry containing x and y properties along with the spatialReference property. If the spatialReference property is defined for the entire JSON, you don't need to define this property for each geometry. Doing so reduces the size of the input JSON if the input has many features and improves performance. This property is not required if the coordinates are in the default spatial reference, WGS84. If the coordinates are in a different spatial reference, you must specify the spatial reference's well-known ID (WKID). See Using spatial references to look up WKID values.

    Tip:

    It is recommended that you explicitly specify the spatialReference value, and specify it for the entire JSON rather than each individual geometry.

  • attributes—Specify each attribute as a key-value pair in which the key is the name of a given field, and the value is the attribute value for the corresponding field.

  The JSON structure can include the following property:

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

• layer—Specify a feature layer in the map service. Attribute and spatial filters can also be applied on the layer. The JSON structure can include the following properties:
  • type—Set the type property to layer to indicate that you're specifying the polyline barriers by referencing a layer.
  • layerName—The name or ID of the data layer in the map service that is being referenced.
  • where (optional)—A WHERE clause for the query filter. Any legal SQL WHERE clause operating on the fields in the layer is allowed.
  • geometry (optional)—The geometry to apply as the spatial filter. The structure of the geometry is the same as the structure of the JSON geometry objects returned by the ArcGIS REST API.

    The geometry type is specified using the geometryType property.

  • geometryType (optional)—The type of geometry specified by the geometry property. The supported geometry types are envelope, point, line, and polygon. The default geometry type is esriGeometryEnvelope.

    Values: esriGeometryPoint | esriGeometryMultipoint | esriGeometryPolyline | esriGeometryPolygon | esriGeometryEnvelope

  • spatialRel (optional)—The spatial relationship to be applied to the input geometry. The supported spatial relationships include intersects, contains, envelope intersects, within, and so on. The default spatial relationship is esriSpatialRelIntersects.

    Values: esriSpatialRelIntersects | esriSpatialRelContains | esriSpatialRelCrosses | esriSpatialRelEnvelopeIntersects | esriSpatialRelIndexIntersects | esriSpatialRelOverlaps | esriSpatialRelTouches | esriSpatialRelWithin

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

{
  "spatialReference": {
    "wkid": <wkid>,
    "latestWkid": <wkid>
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "geometry": {
        "paths": [
          [
            [<x11>,<y11>],
            [<x12>,<y12>]
          ],
          [
            [<x21>,<y21>],
            [<x22>,<y22>]
          ]
        ],
      },
      "attributes": {
        "<field1>": <value11>,
        "<field2>": <value12>
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "paths": [
          [
            [<x11>,<y11>],
            [<x12>,<y12>]
          ],
          [
            [<x21>,<y21>],
            [<x22>,<y22>]
          ]
        ]
      },
      "attributes": {
        "<field1>": <value21>,
        "<field2>": <value22>
      }
    }
  ],
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{
  "url": "<url>"
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{ 
  "type" : "layer",
  "layerName" : "<layerName>",
  "where" : "<whereClause>",
  "geometry" : {<geometry>},
  "geometryType" : "<geometryType>",
  "spatialRel" : "<spatialRel>"
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{
  "spatialReference": {
    "wkid": 102100
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "geometry": {
        "paths": [
          [
            [-10804823.397,3873688.372],
            [-10804811.152,3873025.945]
          ]
        ]
      },
      "attributes": {
        "Name": "Barrier 1"
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "paths": [
          [
            [-10804823.397,3873688.372],
            [-10804807.813,3873290.911],
            [-10804811.152,3873025.945]
          ],
          [
            [-10805032.678,3863358.76],
            [-10805001.508,3862829.281]
          ]
        ]
      },
      "attributes": {
        "Name": "Barrier 2"
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "url": "https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/rest/services/Network/USA/MapServer/6/query?where=1%3D1&returnGeometry=true&f=json"
}

{ 
  "type" : "layer",
  "layerName" : "PolylineBarrier"
}

polygonBarriers

Use this parameter to specify polygons that either completely restrict travel or proportionately scale the time or distance required to travel on the streets intersected by the polygons.

You can specify polygon barrier geometries as well as attributes using a JSON structure that references a set of features. The property is optional; however, the JSON structure must specify either the url, features, or layer property:

• url—Specify a REST query request to any ArcGIS Server feature, map, or geoprocessing service that returns a JSON feature set.

  The JSON structure can include the following property:

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

• features—Specify an array of features.

  Each feature in this array represents a polygon barrier and contains the following fields:

  • geometry—Specify the input point geometry containing x and y properties along with the spatialReference property. If the spatialReference property is defined for the entire JSON, you don't need to define this property for each geometry. Doing so reduces the size of the input JSON if the input has many features and improves performance. This property is not required if the coordinates are in the default spatial reference, WGS84. If the coordinates are in a different spatial reference, you must specify the spatial reference's well-known ID (WKID). See Using spatial references to look up WKID values.

    Tip:

    It is recommended that you explicitly specify the spatialReference value, and specify it for the entire JSON rather than each individual geometry.

  • attributes—Specify each attribute as a key-value pair in which the key is the name of a given field, and the value is the attribute value for the corresponding field.

  The JSON structure can include the following property:

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

• layer—Specify a feature layer in the map service. Attribute and spatial filters can also be applied on the layer. The JSON structure can include the following properties:
  • type—Set the type property to layer to indicate that you're specifying the polygon barriers by referencing a layer.
  • layerName—The name or ID of the data layer in the map service that is being referenced.
  • where (optional)—A WHERE clause for the query filter. Any legal SQL WHERE clause operating on the fields in the layer is allowed.
  • geometry (optional)—The geometry to apply as the spatial filter. The structure of the geometry is the same as the structure of the JSON geometry objects returned by the ArcGIS REST API.

    The geometry type is specified using the geometryType property.

  • geometryType (optional)—The type of geometry specified by the geometry property. The supported geometry types are envelope, point, line, and polygon. The default geometry type is esriGeometryEnvelope.

    Values: esriGeometryPoint | esriGeometryMultipoint | esriGeometryPolyline | esriGeometryPolygon | esriGeometryEnvelope

  • spatialRel (optional)—The spatial relationship to be applied to the input geometry. The supported spatial relationships include intersects, contains, envelope intersects, within, and so on. The default spatial relationship is esriSpatialRelIntersects.

    Values: esriSpatialRelIntersects | esriSpatialRelContains | esriSpatialRelCrosses | esriSpatialRelEnvelopeIntersects | esriSpatialRelIndexIntersects | esriSpatialRelOverlaps | esriSpatialRelTouches | esriSpatialRelWithin

  • doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements (optional)—Specify whether the restricted network elements will be considered when finding network locations. The default is true.

{
  "spatialReference": {
    "wkid": <wkid>,
    "latestWkid": <wkid>
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "geometry": {
        "rings": [
          [
            [<x11>,<y11>],
            [<x12>,<y12>],
            [<x11>,<y11>]
          ],
          [
            [<x21>,<y21>],
            [<x22>,<y22>],
            [<x21>,<y21>]
          ]
        ]
      },
      "attributes": {
        "<field1>": <value11>,
        "<field2>": <value12>
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "rings": [
          [
            [<x11>,<y11>],
            [<x12>,<y12>],
            [<x11>,<y11>]
          ],
          [
            [<x21>,<y21>],
            [<x22>,<y22>],
            [<x21>,<y21>]
          ]
        ]
      },
      "attributes": {
        "<field1>": <value21>,
        "<field2>": <value22>
      }
    }
  ],
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{
  "url": "<url>"
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{ 
  "type" : "layer",
  "layerName" : "<layerName>",
  "where" : "<whereClause>",
  "geometry" : {<geometry>},
  "geometryType" : "<geometryType>",
  "spatialRel" : "<spatialRel>"
  "doNotLocateOnRestrictedElements": true | false
}

{
  "spatialReference": {
    "wkid": 4326
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "geometry": {
        "rings": [
          [
            [-97.0634,32.8442],
            [-97.0554,32.84],
            [-97.0558,32.8327],
            [-97.0638,32.83],
            [-97.0634,32.8442]
          ]
        ]
      },
      "attributes": {
        "Name": "Flood zone",
        "BarrierType": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "rings": [
          [
            [-97.0803,32.8235],
            [-97.0776,32.8277],
            [-97.074,32.8254],
            [-97.0767,32.8227],
            [-97.0803,32.8235]
          ],
          [
            [-97.0871,32.8311],
            [-97.0831,32.8292],
            [-97.0853,32.8259],
            [-97.0892,32.8279],
            [-97.0871,32.8311]
          ]
        ]
      },
      "attributes": {
        "Name": "Severe weather zone",
        "BarrierType": 1,
        "Attr_TravelTime": 3
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "url": "https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/rest/services/Network/USA/MapServer/7/query?where=1%3D1&returnGeometry=true&f=json"
}

{ 
  "type" : "layer",
  "layerName" : "PolygonBarrier"
}

returnDirections

Specify whether the service will generate driving directions for each route.

The default value is true.

• true—Generate directions. The directions are configured based on the values for the directionsLanguage, directionsOutputType, directionsStyleName, and directionsLengthUnits parameters. The directions are available in the directions property of the JSON response.

• false—Don't generate directions.

directionsLanguage

The language that will be used when generating travel directions.

This parameter applies only when the returnDirections parameter is set to true. The service supports generating directions in the following languages:

• ar—Arabic
• bg—Bulgarian
• bs—Bosnian
• ca—Catalan
• cs—Czech
• da—Danish
• de—German
• el—Greek
• en—English
• es—Spanish
• et—Estonian
• fi—Finnish
• fr—French
• he—Hebrew
• hr—Croatian
• hu—Hungarian
• id—Indonesian
• it—Italian
• ja—Japanese
• ko—Korean
• lt—Lithuanian
• lv—Latvian
• nb—Norwegian
• nl—Dutch
• pl—Polish
• pt-BR—Portuguese (Brazil)
• pt-PT—Portuguese (Portugal)
• ro—Romanian
• ru—Russian
• sk—Slovak
• sl—Slovenian
• sr—Serbian
• sv—Swedish
• th—Thai
• tr—Turkish
• uk—Ukrainian
• vi—Vietnamese
• zh-CN—Chinese (China)
• zh-HK—Chinese (Hong Kong)
• zh-TW—Chinese (Taiwan)

The service tries to find an exact match for the specified language including any language localization. If an exact match is not found, it tries to match the language family. If a match is still not found, the service returns the directions using the default language of the server's operating system. For example, if the directions language is specified as es-MX (Mexican Spanish), the service will return the directions in Spanish, as it supports the es language code, not es-MX.

directionsOutputType

Define the content and verbosity of the driving directions. This parameter applies only when the returnDirections parameter is set to true. This parameter can be specified using the following values:

• esriDOTComplete—The directions output includes all directions properties.
• esriDOTCompleteNoEvents—The directions output includes all directions properties except events.
• esriDOTInstructionsOnly—The directions output includes text instructions, time, length and ETA. The directions do not include geometry.
• esriDOTStandard—The directions output includes text instructions, time, length, ETA, and geometry. The directions do not include events, new types of strings (street names, signposts information), maneuver type, bearings, or turn angle.
• esriDOTSummaryOnly—The directions output contains a summary (time and length). Detailed text instructions and geometry are not included.
• esriDOTFeatureSets—The directions output includes two feature sets: direction points and direction lines. The direction points set contains point features representing the direction maneuvers such as arriving to or departing from a stop, turning left or right, and other events along the route. This feature set also contains the route's turn-by-turn directions. The direction lines set contains line features for each segment of the route. This feature set can be used to visualize the turn-by-turn directions on a map.

The default value is esriDOTStandard.

directionsStyleName

Specify the name of the formatting style for the directions. This parameter can be specified using the following values:

• NA Desktop—Generates turn-by-turn directions suitable for printing.
• NA Navigation—Generates turn-by-turn directions designed for an in-vehicle navigation device.
• NA Campus—Generates turn-by-turn walking directions designed for pedestrian routes.

This parameter applies only when the returnDirections parameter is set to true.

directionsLengthUnits

Specify the units for displaying travel distance in the driving directions. This parameter applies only when the returnDirections parameter is set to true. This parameter can be specified using the following values:

• esriNAUFeet
• esriNAUKilometers
• esriNAUMeters
• esriNAUMiles
• esriNAUNauticalMiles
• esriNAUYards

The default value is esriNAUMiles.

directionsTimeAttributeName

Set the time-based impedance attribute to display the duration of a maneuver, such as "Go northwest on Alvarado St. for 5 minutes." The units for all the time attributes is minutes.

• TravelTime—Travel time for a car
• Minutes—Travel time for a car without using live traffic data
• TruckTravelTime—Travel time for a truck
• TruckMinutes—Travel time for a truck without using live traffic data
• WalkTime—Travel time for a pedestrian

returnRoutes

Use this parameter to specify whether the service will return routes.

The default value is true.

• true—Routes are returned. The routes are available in the routes property of the JSON response. The shape of the routes depends on the value for the outputLines parameter.
• false—Routes are not returned.

outputLines

Use this parameter to specify the type of route features that are output by the service. This parameter is applicable only if the returnRoutes parameter is set to true. The outputLines parameter can have one of the following values:

• esriNAOutputLineTrueShape—Return the exact shape of the resulting route that is based on the underlying streets.

• esriNAOutputLineTrueShapeWithMeasure—Return the exact shape of the resulting route that is based on the underlying streets and include route measurements that keep track of the cumulative travel time or travel distance along the route relative to the first stop. When this value is chosen for the outputLines parameter, each point in the route shape will include an m-value along with an x-value and a y-value. The m-value, also known as the measure value, indicates the accumulated travel time or travel distance at that point along the route. The m-values can be used to determine how far you have traveled from the start of the route or the remaining distance or time left to reach the destination. The m-values are in the same units as the impedance attribute.

• esriNAOutputLineStraight—Return a straight line between the stops.

• esriNAOutputLineNone—Do not return any shapes for the routes. This value can be useful when you are only interested in determining the total travel time or travel distance of the route. For example, if the application has calculated the route and after some time it will calculate the estimated time of arrival (ETA) to the destination, you can set the returnRoutes parameter to true and the outputLines parameter to esriNAOutputLineNone. The routes property of the JSON response will only contain the total travel time that can be used to determine the ETA. Since the route shape is not returned when using the esriNAOutputLineNone value, the response size will be considerably smaller.

returnStops

Use this parameter to specify whether stops will be returned by the service. The possible values for this parameter are true or false. A true value indicates that the stops used as input will be returned as part of the stops property in the JSON response. The default value for this parameter is false.

When finding optimized routes, the returnStops property can be set to true to determine the optimal sequence in which the route visits a particular stop by reviewing the Sequence property in the JSON response. If you specified the stops parameter value using a REST query request to any ArcGIS Server feature, map, or geoprocessing service that returns a JSON feature set, you can set the returnStops parameter to true so you can draw the stop locations in the application. You can also set the returnStops property to true to determine whether the stops were successfully located on the street network or had other errors by reviewing the Status property in the JSON response.

returnBarriers

Specify whether barriers will be returned by the service.

• true—The input point barriers are returned as part of the barriers property in the JSON response.
• false—Point barriers are not returned. This is the default.

For this parameter to take effect, you must also specify a value for the barriers parameter.

If you specified the barriers parameter value using a REST query request to any ArcGIS Server feature, map, or geoprocessing service that returns a JSON feature set, you can set the returnBarriers parameter to true so you can draw the point barrier locations in the application. You can also set the returnBarriers property to true to see where the barriers were located on the street network or, if they weren't located, understand what the problem was by reviewing the Status property in the JSON response.

returnPolylineBarriers

Specify whether polyline barriers will be returned by the service.

• true—The input polyline barriers are returned as part of the polylineBarriers property in the JSON response.
• false—Polyline barriers are not returned. This is the default.

For this parameter to take effect, you must also specify a value for the polylineBarriers parameter.

If you specified the polylineBarriers parameter value using a REST query request to any ArcGIS Server feature, map, or geoprocessing service that returns a JSON feature set, you can set the returnPolylineBarriers parameter to true so you can draw the polyline barrier locations in the application.

returnPolygonBarriers

Specify whether polygon barriers will be returned by the service.

• true—The input polygon barriers are returned as part of the polygonBarriers property in the JSON response.
• false—Polygon barriers are not returned. This is the default.

For this parameter to take effect, you must also specify a value for the polygonBarriers parameter.

If you specified the polygonBarriers parameter value using a REST query request to any ArcGIS Server feature, map, or geoprocessing service that returns a JSON feature set, you can set the returnPolygonBarriers parameter to true so you can draw the polygon barrier locations in the application.

returnTraversedEdges

Specify whether traversed edges will be returned by the service.

• true—The traversed edges are returned as part of the JSON response.
• false—The traversed edges are not returned.

When this parameter is set to true, the traversed edges are available in the traversedEdges property of the JSON response.

The default value is false

returnTraversedJunctions

Specify whether traversed junctions will be returned by the service.

• true—The traversed junctions are returned as part of the JSON response.
• false—The traversed junctions are not returned.

When this parameter is set to true, the traversed junctions are available in the traversedJunctions property of the JSON response.

The default value is false

returnTraversedTurns

Specify whether traversed turns will be returned by the service.

• true—The traversed turns are returned as part of the JSON response.
• false—The traversed turns are not returned.

When this parameter is set to true, the traversed turns are available in the traversedTurns property of the JSON response.

The default value is false

returnZ

Include z-values for the returned geometries if supported by the underlying network. The default value is false.

• true—The output geometries will have a z-value.
• false (default)—No x-value is returned.

ignoreInvalidLocations

Specify whether invalid input locations will be ignored when finding the best solution. An input point is deemed invalid by the service if it is not within the maximum snap tolerance of any traversable street.

• true—Invalid points are ignored.
• false—Any invalid point in the request will cause the service to return a failure.

The default value is true.

outSR

Use this parameter to specify the spatial reference of the geometries, such as line or point features, returned by the service.

The parameter value can be specified as a well-known ID (WKID) for the spatial reference. See Using spatial references to look up WKID values.

Many of the basemaps provided by ArcGIS Online are in the Web Mercator spatial reference (WKID 102100). Specifying outSR=102100 returns the geometries in the Web Mercator spatial reference, which can be drawn on top of the basemaps.

outputGeometryPrecision

Use this parameter to specify the simplification level for the route geometry returned by the service.

Simplification maintains critical points on a route, such as turns at intersections, to define the essential shape of the route and removes other points. The simplification distance you specify is the maximum allowable offset that the simplified line can deviate from the original line. Simplifying a line reduces the number of vertices that are part of the route geometry. This reduces the overall response size and also improves the performance for drawing the route shapes in the applications.

The units are specified using the outputGeometryPrecisionUnits parameter.

outputGeometryPrecisionUnits

Use this parameter to specify the units for the outputGeometryPrecision parameter value.

Specify the value as one of the following:

• esriCentimeters
• esriDecimalDegrees
• esriDecimeters
• esriFeet
• esriInches
• esriKilometers
• esriMeters
• esriMiles
• esriMillimeters
• esriNauticalMiles
• esriPoints
• esriYards

geometryPrecision

Use this parameter to specify the number of decimal places that will be used in the response geometries returned by the solve operation. This applies to x- and y-values only (not m- or z-values).

geometryPrecision = 3

geometryPrecisionZ

Use this parameter to specify the number of decimal places that will be used in the response geometries returned by the solve operation. This applies to z-values only (not x-, y-, or m-values).

geometryPrecisionZ = 3

geometryPrecisionM

Use this parameter to specify the number of decimal places that will be used in the response geometries returned by the solve operation. This applies to m-values only (not x-, y-, or z-values).

geometryPrecisionM = 3

overrides

preserveObjectID

Use this parameter to specify whether the object IDs specified for input locations such as stops or barriers will be preserved when the input locations are returned as output. This can be useful if you want to associate additional attributes with the output locations after the solve operation is successful and need a common key field to do the join.

For example, the input stops are specified as the following JSON representation of a feature set:

{
  "spatialReference": {
    "wkid": 4326
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -122.473948,
        "y": 37.7436
      },
      "attributes": {
        "ObjectID": 40,
        "Name": "Depot"
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -122.439613,
        "y": 37.746144
      },
      "attributes": {
        "ObjectID": 20,
        "Name": "Store 1"
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -122.488254,
        "y": 37.754092
      },
      "attributes": {
        "ObjectID": 30,
        "Name": "Store 2"
      }
    },
    {
      "geometry": {
        "x": -122.44915,
        "y": 37.731837
      },
      "attributes": {
        "ObjectID": 10,
        "Name": "Store 3"
      }
    }
  ]
}

If you solve a route and specify preserveObjectID=false, the output stops will have object IDs of 1, 2, 3, and 4 even though the input stops have object IDs of 10, 20, 30, and 40. However, if preserveObjectID=true, the output stops will have the same object IDs as the inputs: 10, 20, 30, and 40.

locateSettings

Use this parameter to specify settings that affect how inputs are located, such as the maximum search distance to use when locating the inputs on the network or the network sources being used for locating. To restrict locating on a portion of the source, you can specify a where clause for a source.

Learn more about locating inputs

The parameter value is specified as a JSON object. The JSON object allows you to specify a locator JSON for all input feature in the analysis, or you can specify an override for a particular input. The override allows you to have different settings for each analysis input. For example, you can disallow stops to locate on highway ramps and allow point barriers to locate on highway ramps. When specifying the locateSettings JSON, you must provide all the properties including tolerance, toleranceUnits, sources, and allowAutoRelocatein the default locator JSON object. The where clause for each source is optional. If you need to provide a different locator JSON for a particular input class, you must include the overrides property for that input. The property name must match the input parameter name. The locator JSON for a particular input doesn't need to include all the properties; you only need to include the properties that are different from the default locator JSON properties.

The locator JSON object has the following properties:

• tolerance and toleranceUnits—Allows you to control the maximum search distance when locating inputs. If no valid network location is found within this distance, the input features will be considered unlocated. A small search tolerance decreases the likelihood of locating on the wrong street but increases the likelihood of not finding any valid network location. The toleranceUnits parameter value can be specified as one of the following values:
  • esriCentimeters
  • esriDecimalDegrees
  • esriDecimeters
  • esriFeet
  • esriInches
  • esriIntFeet
  • esriIntInches
  • esriIntMiles
  • esriIntNauticalMiles
  • esriIntYards
  • esriKilometers
  • esriMeters
  • esriMiles
  • esriMillimeters
  • esriNauticalMiles
  • esriYards
• sources—Allows you to control which network source can be used for locating. For example, you can configure the analysis to locate inputs on streets but not on sidewalks. The list of possible sources on which to locate is specific to the network dataset this service references. Only the sources that are present in the sources array are used for locating. You can specify a whereclause on each source you specified in the sources array to further restrict locating on that source matching certain characteristics using an SQL expression. For example, you can configure the analysis to locate inputs only on street features matching certain road classes such as avoiding highway ramps. Sources is specified as an array of objects, each having the following properties:
  • name—Name of the network source feature class that can be used for locating inputs.
  • where—An SQL expression on the network source feature class.
• allowAutoRelocate—Allows you to control whether inputs with existing network location fields can be automatically relocated when solving to ensure valid, routable location fields for the analysis. If the value is true, points located on restricted network elements and points affected by barriers will be relocated to the closest routable location. If the value is false, network location fields will be used as is even if the points are unreachable, and this may cause the solve to fail. Even if the value is false, inputs with no location fields or incomplete location fields will be located during the solve operation.

{
  "default": {
    "tolerance": <value>,
    "toleranceUnits": "<unit>",
    "allowAutoRelocate": true | false,
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "<sourceName>",
        "where": "<whereClause>"
      }
    ]
  },
  "overrides": {
    "stops": {
      "tolerance": <value>,
      "toleranceUnits": "<unit>",
      "allowAutoRelocate": true | false,             
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "<sourceName>",
          "where": "<whereClause>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "barriers": {
      "tolerance": <value>,
      "toleranceUnits": "<unit>",
      "allowAutoRelocate": true | false,             
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "<sourceName>",
          "where": "<whereClause>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "polylineBarriers": {
      "allowAutoRelocate": true | false,       
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "<sourceName>",
          "where": "<whereClause>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "polygonBarriers": {
      "allowAutoRelocate": true | false,  
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "<sourceName>",
          "where": "<whereClause>"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "default": {
    "tolerance": 500,
    "toleranceUnits": "esriMeters",
    "allowAutoRelocate": true,
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "Routing_Streets"
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "default": {
    "tolerance": 20,
    "toleranceUnits": "esriKilometers",
    "allowAutoRelocate": true,
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "Routing_Streets"
      }
    ]
  },
  "overrides": {
    "stops": {
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Routing_Streets",
          "where": "ROAD_CLASS <> 3"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "default": {
    "tolerance": 20,
    "toleranceUnits": "esriKilometers",
    "allowAutoRelocate": true,
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "Routing_Streets"
      }
    ]
  },
  "overrides": {
    "barriers": {
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Routing_ND_Junctions"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

returnEmptyResults

Specify whether the service will return empty results instead of the error property when the request fails.

• true—The JSON response doesn't contain the error property when the request fails. All errors are returned in the messages property. The response JSON may contain an empty feature set or empty result for the properties you requested.
• false—The JSON response only contains the error property when the request fails.

The default value is false.

Typically when a request fails, the service will return a JSON response that contains the error property. In some cases, you might want to set returnEmptyResults to true so it always returns properties you requested instead of returning an error response to help handle the response in a more consistent way.

Even if the request fails, when you set returnEmptyResults = true and returnStops = true, you can return stops to investigate why some of them failed to locate.

routes

This provides access to the resulting routes.

The following table lists the fields returned for output routes:

stops

This provides access to the attributes of the stops that are visited by the routes as well as stops that cannot be reached by any of the routes.

You can use the attributes from this parameter, such as the Status field, to determine why a stop was not assigned to any routes.

barriers

This provides access to points that act as temporary restrictions or represent additional time or distance that may be required to travel on the underlying streets.

polylineBarriers

This provides access to one or more lines that prohibit travel anywhere the lines intersect the streets.

polygonBarriers

This provides access to polygons that either completely restrict travel or proportionately scale the time or distance required to travel on the streets intersected by the polygons.

traversedEdges

This parameter provides access to the edges that are traversed while solving a network analysis layer.

traversedJunctions

This parameter provides access to the junctions that are traversed while solving a network analysis layer.

traversedTurns

This parameter provides access to the turns that are traversed while solving a network analysis layer.

directions

This provides access to the turn-by-turn directions for each resulting route.

The data type supports the following fields:

directionPoints

Specifies the output turn-by-turn directions for the routes calculated in the analysis, represented as point locations along the routes where specific direction events or maneuvers occur.

directionLines

Specifies the output route lines calculated in the analysis sliced to represent each route segment between DirectionPoints events or maneuver locations.

JSON Response syntax for a successful request

{
  "directions": [
    {
      "routeId": <routeId>,
      "routeName": "<routeName>",
      "summary": {
        "totalLength": <totalLength>,
        "totalTime": <totalTime>,
        "totalDriveTime": <totalDriveTime>,
        "envelope": {<envelope>}
      },
      "hasZ": <true|false>,
      "hasM": <true|false>,
      "features": [
        {
          "attributes": {
            "length": <length1>,
            "time": <time1>,
            "text": "<text1>",
            "ETA": <ETA>,
            "maneuverType": "<maneuverType1>"
          },
          "compressedGeometry": "<compressedGeometry1>"
        },
        {
          "attributes": {
            "length": <length2>,
            "time": <time2>,
            "text": "<text2>",
            "maneuverType": "<maneuverType2>"
          },
          "compressedGeometry": "<compressedGeometry2>"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "routes": {
    "spatialReference": {<spatialReference>},
    "hasZ": <true|false>,
    "hasM": <true|false>,
    "features": [
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value11>,
          "<field2>": <value12>
        },
        "geometry": {<polyline1>}
      },
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value21>,
          "<field2>": <value22>
        },
        "geometry": {<polyline2>}
      }
    ]
  },
  "stops": {
    "spatialReference": {<spatialReference>},
    "hasZ": <true|false>,
    "features": [
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value11>,
          "<field2>": <value12>
        },
        "geometry": {<point1>}
      },
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value21>,
          "<field2>": <value22>
        },
        "geometry": {<point2>}
      }
    ]
  },
  "barriers": {
    "spatialReference": {<spatialReference>},
    "hasZ": <true|false>,
    "features": [
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value11>,
          "<field2>": <value12>
        },
        "geometry": {<point1>}
      },
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value21>,
          "<field2>": <value22>
        },
        "geometry": {<point2>}
      }
    ]
  },  
  "traversedEdges": {
    "spatialReference": {<spatialReference>},
    "features": [
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value11>,
          "<field2>": <value12>
        },
        "geometry": {<polyline1>}
      },
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value21>,
          "<field2>": <value22>
        },
        "geometry": {<polyline2>}
      }
    ]
  },
  "traversedJunctions": {
    "spatialReference": {<spatialReference>},
    "features": [
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value11>,
          "<field2>": <value12>
        },
        "geometry": {<point1>}
      },
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value21>,
          "<field2>": <value22>
        },
        "geometry": {<point2>}
      }
    ]
  },
  "traversedTurns": {
    "spatialReference": {<spatialReference>},
    "features": [
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value11>,
          "<field2>": <value12>
        }
      },
      {
        "attributes": {
          "<field1>": <value21>,
          "<field2>": <value22>
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "type": <type1>,
      "description": "<description1>"
    },
    {
      "type": <type2>,
      "description": "<description2>"
    }
  ]
}

JSON Response syntax for a failed request

{
  "error": {
    "code": <code>,
    "message": "<message>",
    "details": [
      "<details>"
    ]
  }
}