Divisions: search

  • This API endpoint enables searching for political divisions using either their natural name or OCD ID.

  • The search query can include any part of the division name or OCD ID and supports most Apache Lucene query operators.

  • A successful response returns a list of matching divisions in the results array.

  • The response includes a kind property identifying the resource type as "civicinfo#divisionSearchResponse".

  • No request body is required for this GET method.

Searches for political divisions by their natural name or OCD ID. Try it now.

Request

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/civicinfo/v2/divisions

Parameters

Parameter name Value Description
Optional query parameters
query string The search query. Queries can cover any parts of a OCD ID or a human readable division name. All words given in the query are treated as required patterns. In addition to that, most query operators of the Apache Lucene library are supported. See http://lucene.apache.org/core/2_9_4/queryparsersyntax.html

Request body

Do not supply a request body with this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure:

{
  "kind": "civicinfo#divisionSearchResponse",
  "results": [
    divisions Resource
  ]
}
Property name Value Description Notes
kind string Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "civicinfo#divisionSearchResponse".
results[] list

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