Divisions: search
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Searches for political divisions by their natural name or OCD ID.
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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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Last updated 2024-06-26 UTC.
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