Highways England API API

by highwaysengland.co.uk

Overview

Looking after England's motorways and major roads

Highways England API is an open data API from highwaysengland.co.uk. It needs no API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 10 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication: No auth
HTTPS: Yes
CORS: Unknown
Category: Open Data
Base URL: https://webtris.highwaysengland.co.uk/api
Version: v1
Endpoints: 10
OpenAPI: Specification ↗
Spec updated: 2021-01-18

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

cURL

curl -X GET "https://webtris.highwaysengland.co.uk/api/vVERSION/areas" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://webtris.highwaysengland.co.uk/api/vVERSION/areas", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://webtris.highwaysengland.co.uk/api/vVERSION/areas",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

Method	Path	What it does
GET	`/v{version}/areas`	Returns list of areas
GET	`/v{version}/areas/{area_Ids}`	Returns details of selected area
GET	`/v{version}/quality/daily`	Get Site DailyQuality
GET	`/v{version}/quality/overall`	Get Site OverallQuality
GET	`/v{version}/reports/{report_type}`	Gets the daily report.
GET	`/v{version}/reports/{start_date}/to/{end_date}/{report_type}`	Gets the daily report.
GET	`/v{version}/sites`	Get a list of sites
GET	`/v{version}/sites/{site_Ids}`	Get selected sites
GET	`/v{version}/sitetypes`	Return list of site types
GET	`/v{version}/sitetypes/{siteType_Id}/sites`	Returns the layer metadata for the LayerId specified.