Route API (Single Route)

Use Route to generate a single route with total distance and travel time , detailed itinerary steps , and route points . For multi-vehicle optimization, use Dispatch .

Single-route planning example showing distance, ETA, and route geometry returned by the Route API.

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What Route does
Endpoints and base URL (REST + SOAP)
Authentication
Request schema
Response schema
Examples
Common errors
Best practices
Related endpoints
FAQ

What Route does#

Route calculates a single route through a list of locations. It returns total distance and travel time, route legs with itinerary instructions, route points, and optional map output depending on the selected options.

LatLong is preferred. If you omit coordinates for a location, you must provide an Address . Shared models such as Location, LatLong, and Address are documented in the Dispatch API .

Endpoints and base URL (REST + SOAP)#

REST

Item	Value
Base URL	https://trackservice.trackroad.com
Endpoint	`POST /rest/Route`
Full URL	https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route
Content-Type	`application/json`
Auth	`X-API-Key: YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY`

SOAP

Item	Value
WSDL	`https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx?wsdl`
SOAP Endpoint	https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx
Operation	`CalculateRoute`
SOAPAction	`http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute`
Namespace	`http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/`
Content-Type	`text/xml; charset=utf-8`
Auth Header	`SessionIDHeader with SessionID`

Authentication#

REST authentication (X-API-Key)

Include your TrackServiceKey in the X-API-Key header on every REST request. Generate it in API Authentication .

SOAP authentication (SessionIDHeader)

SOAP calls use a SessionIDHeader. Typical flow:

Call Login (SOAP) with your username and password.
Read the returned SessionIDHeader containing the SessionID.
Send that SessionID in the SOAP header for CalculateRoute requests.

REST and SOAP authentication are separate. REST uses X-API-Key. SOAP uses SessionIDHeader.

Request schema#

The REST request body is RouteSpecification. . SOAP uses the same logical structure in XML. Shared models are documented in Dispatch API .

RouteSpecification

Property	Type	Required	Description
`Locations`	Location[]	Yes*	List of route stops. Provide at least 2 locations.
`RouteOptions`	RouteOptions	No	Routing engine, units, route preference, and optional map settings.

RouteOptions

Property	Type	Required	Description
`RoutingService`	int (enum)	No	0=NetRoad, 1=TrackRoad, 2=Bing.
`DistanceUnit`	int (enum)	No	0=Mile, 1=Kilometer.
`RouteOptimize`	int (enum)	No	0=MinimizeTime, 1=MinimizeDistance.
`Culture`	string	No	For example, en-US.
`MapSize`	MapSize	No	Optional output size with Width and Height.
`RouteColor`	RouteColor	No	Optional map route color.
`MapCenter`	LatLong	No	Optional map center coordinates.
`HideStops`	bool	No	If true, stop markers are hidden on map output when available.
`ZoomLevel`	int	No	0=auto; otherwise a fixed zoom level.

Shared types

To avoid duplication, shared models such as Location, LatLong, and Address are described in Dispatch API .

Response schema#

A successful response returns RouteResult with Route containing distance, travel time, route legs, itinerary steps, route points, and optional map output.

RouteResult

Property	Type	Description
`Route`	Route	Route output including distance, travel time, legs, points, and optional map.
`Errors`	Error[]	Optional errors or warnings.
`Status`	int (enum)	0=None, 1=Success, 2=Failed, 3=SuccessWithErrors.

Route

Property	Type	Description
`Distance`	double	Total distance. The unit depends on DistanceUnit.
`Time`	int	Total travel time in seconds.
`RouteLegs`	RouteLeg[]	Route legs containing itinerary steps.
`Points`	LatLong[]	Polyline points. This collection can be large.
`Map`	string	Optional map payload depending on server behavior and options.

Examples#

Example request bodies, sample responses, headers, and language-specific code samples should be inserted below.

REST request body (JSON)#

{
  "Locations": [
    { "Name": "Start", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7946, "Longitude": -122.3950 }, "LocationType": 1 },
    { "Name": "Stop A", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7897, "Longitude": -122.4011 }, "LocationType": 0 },
    { "Name": "Finish", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7810, "Longitude": -122.4110 }, "LocationType": 2 }
  ],
  "RouteOptions": {
    "RoutingService": 2,
    "DistanceUnit": 0,
    "RouteOptimize": 0,
    "Culture": "en-US",
    "ZoomLevel": 0
  }
}

REST call examples#

curl -X POST "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY" \
  -d @route-request.json

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;

var url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route";
using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-API-Key", "YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY");

var json = @"{
  ""Locations"": [
    { ""Name"": ""Start"", ""LatLong"": { ""Latitude"": 37.7946, ""Longitude"": -122.3950 }, ""LocationType"": 1 },
    { ""Name"": ""Stop A"", ""LatLong"": { ""Latitude"": 37.7897, ""Longitude"": -122.4011 }, ""LocationType"": 0 },
    { ""Name"": ""Finish"", ""LatLong"": { ""Latitude"": 37.7810, ""Longitude"": -122.4110 }, ""LocationType"": 2 }
  ],
  ""RouteOptions"": { ""RoutingService"": 2, ""DistanceUnit"": 0, ""RouteOptimize"": 0, ""Culture"": ""en-US"", ""ZoomLevel"": 0 }
}";
using var content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

var resp = await http.PostAsync(url, content);
Console.WriteLine(await resp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

const url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route";

const payload = {
  Locations: [
    { Name: "Start", LatLong: { Latitude: 37.7946, Longitude: -122.3950 }, LocationType: 1 },
    { Name: "Stop A", LatLong: { Latitude: 37.7897, Longitude: -122.4011 }, LocationType: 0 },
    { Name: "Finish", LatLong: { Latitude: 37.7810, Longitude: -122.4110 }, LocationType: 2 }
  ],
  RouteOptions: { RoutingService: 2, DistanceUnit: 0, RouteOptimize: 0, Culture: "en-US", ZoomLevel: 0 }
};

const res = await fetch(url, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(payload)
});

console.log(await res.text());

import okhttp3.*;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

    String json = "{"
      + "\"Locations\":["
      + "{\"Name\":\"Start\",\"LatLong\":{\"Latitude\":37.7946,\"Longitude\":-122.3950},\"LocationType\":1},"
      + "{\"Name\":\"Stop A\",\"LatLong\":{\"Latitude\":37.7897,\"Longitude\":-122.4011},\"LocationType\":0},"
      + "{\"Name\":\"Finish\",\"LatLong\":{\"Latitude\":37.7810,\"Longitude\":-122.4110},\"LocationType\":2}"
      + "],"
      + "\"RouteOptions\":{\"RoutingService\":2,\"DistanceUnit\":0,\"RouteOptimize\":0,\"Culture\":\"en-US\",\"ZoomLevel\":0}"
      + "}";

    RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.parse("application/json"));
    Request request = new Request.Builder()
      .url("https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route")
      .post(body)
      .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
      .addHeader("X-API-Key", "YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY")
      .build();

    try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
      System.out.println(response.body().string());
    }
  }
}

import requests

url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route"
headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY"
}

payload = {
  "Locations": [
    { "Name": "Start", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7946, "Longitude": -122.3950 }, "LocationType": 1 },
    { "Name": "Stop A", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7897, "Longitude": -122.4011 }, "LocationType": 0 },
    { "Name": "Finish", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7810, "Longitude": -122.4110 }, "LocationType": 2 }
  ],
  "RouteOptions": { "RoutingService": 2, "DistanceUnit": 0, "RouteOptimize": 0, "Culture": "en-US", "ZoomLevel": 0 }
}

r = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
print(r.text)

<?php
$url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route";

$payload = json_encode([
  "Locations" => [
    [ "Name" => "Start", "LatLong" => [ "Latitude" => 37.7946, "Longitude" => -122.3950 ], "LocationType" => 1 ],
    [ "Name" => "Stop A", "LatLong" => [ "Latitude" => 37.7897, "Longitude" => -122.4011 ], "LocationType" => 0 ],
    [ "Name" => "Finish", "LatLong" => [ "Latitude" => 37.7810, "Longitude" => -122.4110 ], "LocationType" => 2 ]
  ],
  "RouteOptions" => [ "RoutingService" => 2, "DistanceUnit" => 0, "RouteOptimize" => 0, "Culture" => "en-US", "ZoomLevel" => 0 ]
]);

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
  CURLOPT_POST => true,
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY"
  ],
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $payload
]);

echo curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

require "net/http"
require "json"
require "uri"

uri = URI("https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route")

payload = {
  Locations: [
    { Name: "Start", LatLong: { Latitude: 37.7946, Longitude: -122.3950 }, LocationType: 1 },
    { Name: "Stop A", LatLong: { Latitude: 37.7897, Longitude: -122.4011 }, LocationType: 0 },
    { Name: "Finish", LatLong: { Latitude: 37.7810, Longitude: -122.4110 }, LocationType: 2 }
  ],
  RouteOptions: { RoutingService: 2, DistanceUnit: 0, RouteOptimize: 0, Culture: "en-US", ZoomLevel: 0 }
}

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
req["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
req["X-API-Key"] = "YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY"
req.body = JSON.generate(payload)

res = http.request(req)
puts res.body

package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  url := "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route"

  body := []byte(`{
    "Locations": [
      { "Name": "Start", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7946, "Longitude": -122.3950 }, "LocationType": 1 },
      { "Name": "Stop A", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7897, "Longitude": -122.4011 }, "LocationType": 0 },
      { "Name": "Finish", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7810, "Longitude": -122.4110 }, "LocationType": 2 }
    ],
    "RouteOptions": { "RoutingService": 2, "DistanceUnit": 0, "RouteOptimize": 0, "Culture": "en-US", "ZoomLevel": 0 }
  }`)

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(body))
  req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
  req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY")

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  defer resp.Body.Close()

  var buf bytes.Buffer
  buf.ReadFrom(resp.Body)
  fmt.Println(buf.String())
}

import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaType
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
import okhttp3.Request
import okhttp3.RequestBody.Companion.toRequestBody

fun main() {
  val client = OkHttpClient()
  val url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route"

  val json = """
  {
    "Locations": [
      { "Name": "Start", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7946, "Longitude": -122.3950 }, "LocationType": 1 },
      { "Name": "Stop A", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7897, "Longitude": -122.4011 }, "LocationType": 0 },
      { "Name": "Finish", "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.7810, "Longitude": -122.4110 }, "LocationType": 2 }
    ],
    "RouteOptions": { "RoutingService": 2, "DistanceUnit": 0, "RouteOptimize": 0, "Culture": "en-US", "ZoomLevel": 0 }
  }
  """.trimIndent()

  val body = json.toRequestBody("application/json".toMediaType())
  val request = Request.Builder()
    .url(url)
    .post(body)
    .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .addHeader("X-API-Key", "YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY")
    .build()

  client.newCall(request).execute().use { resp ->
    println(resp.body?.string())
  }
}

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void) {
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if (!curl) return 1;

  const char *url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route";
  const char *json =
    "{"
    "\"Locations\":["
      "{\"Name\":\"Start\",\"LatLong\":{\"Latitude\":37.7946,\"Longitude\":-122.3950},\"LocationType\":1},"
      "{\"Name\":\"Stop A\",\"LatLong\":{\"Latitude\":37.7897,\"Longitude\":-122.4011},\"LocationType\":0},"
      "{\"Name\":\"Finish\",\"LatLong\":{\"Latitude\":37.7810,\"Longitude\":-122.4110},\"LocationType\":2}"
    "],"
    "\"RouteOptions\":{\"RoutingService\":2,\"DistanceUnit\":0,\"RouteOptimize\":0,\"Culture\":\"en-US\",\"ZoomLevel\":0}"
    "}";

  struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
  headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
  headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "X-API-Key: YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY");

  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json);

  CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

  curl_slist_free_all(headers);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);

  return (res == CURLE_OK) ? 0 : 1;
}

#include <curl/curl.h>

int main() {
  CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
  if (!curl) return 1;

  const char* url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route";
  const char* json =
    "{"
    "\"Locations\":["
      "{\"Name\":\"Start\",\"LatLong\":{\"Latitude\":37.7946,\"Longitude\":-122.3950},\"LocationType\":1},"
      "{\"Name\":\"Stop A\",\"LatLong\":{\"Latitude\":37.7897,\"Longitude\":-122.4011},\"LocationType\":0},"
      "{\"Name\":\"Finish\",\"LatLong\":{\"Latitude\":37.7810,\"Longitude\":-122.4110},\"LocationType\":2}"
    "],"
    "\"RouteOptions\":{\"RoutingService\":2,\"DistanceUnit\":0,\"RouteOptimize\":0,\"Culture\":\"en-US\",\"ZoomLevel\":0}"
    "}";

  struct curl_slist* headers = nullptr;
  headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
  headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "X-API-Key: YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY");

  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json);

  CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

  curl_slist_free_all(headers);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  return (res == CURLE_OK) ? 0 : 1;
}

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
  @autoreleasepool {
    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route"];

    NSDictionary *payload = @{
      @"Locations": @[
        @{@"Name":@"Start", @"LatLong":@{@"Latitude":@37.7946, @"Longitude":@-122.3950}, @"LocationType":@1},
        @{@"Name":@"Stop A", @"LatLong":@{@"Latitude":@37.7897, @"Longitude":@-122.4011}, @"LocationType":@0},
        @{@"Name":@"Finish", @"LatLong":@{@"Latitude":@37.7810, @"Longitude":@-122.4110}, @"LocationType":@2}
      ],
      @"RouteOptions": @{@"RoutingService":@2, @"DistanceUnit":@0, @"RouteOptimize":@0, @"Culture":@"en-US", @"ZoomLevel":@0}
    };

    NSData *body = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:payload options:0 error:nil];

    NSMutableURLRequest *req = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
    req.HTTPMethod = @"POST";
    [req setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
    [req setValue:@"YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY" forHTTPHeaderField:@"X-API-Key"];
    req.HTTPBody = body;

    dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);

    NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [[NSURLSession sharedSession] dataTaskWithRequest:req
      completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
        if (error) { NSLog(@"%@", error); }
        else { NSLog(@"%@", [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]); }
        dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
      }];

    [task resume];
    dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
  }
  return 0;
}

import Foundation

let url = URL(string: "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/rest/Route")!

let payload: [String: Any] = [
  "Locations": [
    ["Name": "Start", "LatLong": ["Latitude": 37.7946, "Longitude": -122.3950], "LocationType": 1],
    ["Name": "Stop A", "LatLong": ["Latitude": 37.7897, "Longitude": -122.4011], "LocationType": 0],
    ["Name": "Finish", "LatLong": ["Latitude": 37.7810, "Longitude": -122.4110], "LocationType": 2]
  ],
  "RouteOptions": ["RoutingService": 2, "DistanceUnit": 0, "RouteOptimize": 0, "Culture": "en-US", "ZoomLevel": 0]
]

let body = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: payload, options: [])

var req = URLRequest(url: url)
req.httpMethod = "POST"
req.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
req.setValue("YOUR_TRACKSERVICEKEY", forHTTPHeaderField: "X-API-Key")
req.httpBody = body

let sema = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)

URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: req) { data, response, error in
  if let error = error { print(error) }
  else if let data = data { print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? "") }
  sema.signal()
}.resume()

sema.wait()

SOAP request (CalculateRoute)#

SOAP requires SessionIDHeader. Replace YOUR_SESSION_ID with the session id returned from SOAP Login.

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Header>
    <SessionIDHeader xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
      <SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>
    </SessionIDHeader>
  </soap:Header>

  <soap:Body>
    <CalculateRoute xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
      <specification>
        <Locations>
          <Location>
            <Name>Start</Name>
            <LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong>
            <LocationType>Start</LocationType>
          </Location>

          <Location>
            <Name>Stop A</Name>
            <LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong>
            <LocationType>Midway</LocationType>
          </Location>

          <Location>
            <Name>Finish</Name>
            <LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong>
            <LocationType>Finish</LocationType>
          </Location>
        </Locations>

        <RouteOptions>
          <RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService>
          <DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit>
          <RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize>
          <Culture>en-US</Culture>
          <ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel>
        </RouteOptions>
      </specification>
    </CalculateRoute>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP call examples#

curl -X POST "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx" \
  -H "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8" \
  -H "SOAPAction: http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute" \
  -d @calculate-route.xml

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;

var url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx";
var soapAction = "http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute";

var xml = @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=""http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"">
  <soap:Header>
    <SessionIDHeader xmlns=""http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/"">
      <SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>
    </SessionIDHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <CalculateRoute xmlns=""http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/"">
      <specification>
        <Locations>
          <Location>
            <Name>Start</Name>
            <LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong>
            <LocationType>Start</LocationType>
          </Location>
          <Location>
            <Name>Stop A</Name>
            <LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong>
            <LocationType>Midway</LocationType>
          </Location>
          <Location>
            <Name>Finish</Name>
            <LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong>
            <LocationType>Finish</LocationType>
          </Location>
        </Locations>
        <RouteOptions>
          <RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService>
          <DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit>
          <RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize>
          <Culture>en-US</Culture>
          <ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel>
        </RouteOptions>
      </specification>
    </CalculateRoute>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>";

using var http = new HttpClient();
using var content = new StringContent(xml, Encoding.UTF8, "text/xml");

content.Headers.Clear();
content.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8");

var req = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, url);
req.Content = content;
req.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("SOAPAction", soapAction);

var resp = await http.SendAsync(req);
Console.WriteLine(await resp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

const url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx";

const xml = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Header>
    <SessionIDHeader xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
      <SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>
    </SessionIDHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <CalculateRoute xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
      <specification>
        <Locations>
          <Location>
            <Name>Start</Name>
            <LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong>
            <LocationType>Start</LocationType>
          </Location>
          <Location>
            <Name>Stop A</Name>
            <LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong>
            <LocationType>Midway</LocationType>
          </Location>
          <Location>
            <Name>Finish</Name>
            <LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong>
            <LocationType>Finish</LocationType>
          </Location>
        </Locations>
        <RouteOptions>
          <RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService>
          <DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit>
          <RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize>
          <Culture>en-US</Culture>
          <ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel>
        </RouteOptions>
      </specification>
    </CalculateRoute>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>`;

const res = await fetch(url, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
    "SOAPAction": "http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute"
  },
  body: xml
});

console.log(await res.text());

import okhttp3.*;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

    String xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>"
      + "<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">"
      + "  <soap:Header>"
      + "    <SessionIDHeader xmlns=\"http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/\">"
      + "      <SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>"
      + "    </SessionIDHeader>"
      + "  </soap:Header>"
      + "  <soap:Body>"
      + "    <CalculateRoute xmlns=\"http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/\">"
      + "      <specification>"
      + "        <Locations>"
      + "          <Location><Name>Start</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Start</LocationType></Location>"
      + "          <Location><Name>Stop A</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Midway</LocationType></Location>"
      + "          <Location><Name>Finish</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Finish</LocationType></Location>"
      + "        </Locations>"
      + "        <RouteOptions><RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService><DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit><RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize><Culture>en-US</Culture><ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel></RouteOptions>"
      + "      </specification>"
      + "    </CalculateRoute>"
      + "  </soap:Body>"
      + "</soap:Envelope>";

    RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(xml, MediaType.parse("text/xml; charset=utf-8"));
    Request request = new Request.Builder()
      .url("https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx")
      .post(body)
      .addHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8")
      .addHeader("SOAPAction", "http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute")
      .build();

    try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
      System.out.println(response.body().string());
    }
  }
}

import requests

url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx"
headers = {
  "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
  "SOAPAction": "http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute"
}

xml = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?<
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"<
  <soap:Header<
    <SessionIDHeader xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/"<
      <SessionID<YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID<
    </SessionIDHeader<
  </soap:Header<
  <soap:Body<
    <CalculateRoute xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/"<
      <specification<
        <Locations<
          <Location<
            <Name<Start</Name<
            <LatLong<<Latitude<37.7946</Latitude<<Longitude<-122.3950</Longitude<</LatLong<
            <LocationType<Start</LocationType<
          </Location<
          <Location<
            <Name<Stop A</Name<
            <LatLong<<Latitude<37.7897</Latitude<<Longitude<-122.4011</Longitude<</LatLong<
            <LocationType<Midway</LocationType<
          </Location<
          <Location<
            <Name<Finish</Name<
            <LatLong<<Latitude<37.7810</Latitude<<Longitude<-122.4110</Longitude<</LatLong<
            <LocationType<Finish</LocationType<
          </Location<
        </Locations<
        <RouteOptions<
          <RoutingService<Bing</RoutingService<
          <DistanceUnit<Mile</DistanceUnit<
          <RouteOptimize<MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize<
          <Culture<en-US</Culture<
          <ZoomLevel<0</ZoomLevel<
        </RouteOptions<
      </specification<
    </CalculateRoute<
  </soap:Body<
</soap:Envelope<"""

r = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=xml.encode("utf-8"))
print(r.text)

<?php
$url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx";

$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Header>
    <SessionIDHeader xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
      <SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>
    </SessionIDHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <CalculateRoute xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
      <specification>
        <Locations>
          <Location><Name>Start</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Start</LocationType></Location>
          <Location><Name>Stop A</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Midway</LocationType></Location>
          <Location><Name>Finish</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Finish</LocationType></Location>
        </Locations>
        <RouteOptions>
          <RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService>
          <DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit>
          <RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize>
          <Culture>en-US</Culture>
          <ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel>
        </RouteOptions>
      </specification>
    </CalculateRoute>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>';

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
  CURLOPT_POST => true,
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8",
    "SOAPAction: http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute"
  ],
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $xml
]);

echo curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

require "net/http"
require "uri"

uri = URI("https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx")

xml = <<~XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Header>
    <SessionIDHeader xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
      <SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>
    </SessionIDHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <CalculateRoute xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
      <specification>
        <Locations>
          <Location><Name>Start</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Start</LocationType></Location>
          <Location><Name>Stop A</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Midway</LocationType></Location>
          <Location><Name>Finish</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Finish</LocationType></Location>
        </Locations>
        <RouteOptions><RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService><DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit><RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize><Culture>en-US</Culture><ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel></RouteOptions>
      </specification>
    </CalculateRoute>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
XML

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
req["Content-Type"] = "text/xml; charset=utf-8"
req["SOAPAction"] = "http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute"
req.body = xml

res = http.request(req)
puts res.body

package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  url := "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx"

  xml := []byte(`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?<
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"<
  <soap:Header<
    <SessionIDHeader xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/"<
      <SessionID<YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID<
    </SessionIDHeader<
  </soap:Header<
  <soap:Body<
    <CalculateRoute xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/"<
      <specification<
        <Locations<
          <Location<<Name<Start</Name<<LatLong<<Latitude<37.7946</Latitude<<Longitude<-122.3950</Longitude<</LatLong<<LocationType<Start</LocationType<</Location<
          <Location<<Name<Stop A</Name<<LatLong<<Latitude<37.7897</Latitude<<Longitude<-122.4011</Longitude<</LatLong<<LocationType<Midway</LocationType<</Location<
          <Location<<Name<Finish</Name<<LatLong<<Latitude<37.7810</Latitude<<Longitude<-122.4110</Longitude<</LatLong<<LocationType<Finish</LocationType<</Location<
        </Locations<
        <RouteOptions<<RoutingService<Bing</RoutingService<<DistanceUnit<Mile</DistanceUnit<<RouteOptimize<MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize<<Culture<en-US</Culture<<ZoomLevel<0</ZoomLevel<</RouteOptions<
      </specification<
    </CalculateRoute<
  </soap:Body<
</soap:Envelope<`)

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(xml))
  req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8")
  req.Header.Set("SOAPAction", "http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute")

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  defer resp.Body.Close()

  var buf bytes.Buffer
  buf.ReadFrom(resp.Body)
  fmt.Println(buf.String())
}

import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaType
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
import okhttp3.Request
import okhttp3.RequestBody.Companion.toRequestBody

fun main() {
  val client = OkHttpClient()
  val url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx"

  val xml = """
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <soap:Header>
      <SessionIDHeader xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
        <SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>
      </SessionIDHeader>
    </soap:Header>
    <soap:Body>
      <CalculateRoute xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
        <specification>
          <Locations>
            <Location><Name>Start</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Start</LocationType></Location>
            <Location><Name>Stop A</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Midway</LocationType></Location>
            <Location><Name>Finish</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Finish</LocationType></Location>
          </Locations>
          <RouteOptions><RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService><DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit><RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize><Culture>en-US</Culture><ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel></RouteOptions>
        </specification>
      </CalculateRoute>
    </soap:Body>
  </soap:Envelope>
  """.trimIndent()

  val body = xml.toRequestBody("text/xml; charset=utf-8".toMediaType())
  val request = Request.Builder()
    .url(url)
    .post(body)
    .addHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8")
    .addHeader("SOAPAction", "http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute")
    .build()

  client.newCall(request).execute().use { resp ->
    println(resp.body?.string())
  }
}

#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void) {
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if (!curl) return 1;

  const char *url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx";
  const char *xml =
    "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>"
    "<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">"
    "<soap:Header>"
      "<SessionIDHeader xmlns=\"http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/\">"
        "<SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>"
      "</SessionIDHeader>"
    "</soap:Header>"
    "<soap:Body>"
      "<CalculateRoute xmlns=\"http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/\">"
        "<specification>"
          "<Locations>"
            "<Location><Name>Start</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Start</LocationType></Location>"
            "<Location><Name>Stop A</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Midway</LocationType></Location>"
            "<Location><Name>Finish</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Finish</LocationType></Location>"
          "</Locations>"
          "<RouteOptions><RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService><DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit><RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize><Culture>en-US</Culture><ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel></RouteOptions>"
        "</specification>"
      "</CalculateRoute>"
    "</soap:Body>"
    "</soap:Envelope>";

  struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
  headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8");
  headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "SOAPAction: http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute");

  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, xml);

  CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

  curl_slist_free_all(headers);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);

  return (res == CURLE_OK) ? 0 : 1;
}

#include <curl/curl.h>

int main() {
  CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
  if (!curl) return 1;

  const char* url = "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx";
  const char* xml =
    "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>"
    "<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">"
    "<soap:Header>"
      "<SessionIDHeader xmlns=\"http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/\">"
        "<SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>"
      "</SessionIDHeader>"
    "</soap:Header>"
    "<soap:Body>"
      "<CalculateRoute xmlns=\"http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/\">"
        "<specification>"
          "<Locations>"
            "<Location><Name>Start</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Start</LocationType></Location>"
            "<Location><Name>Stop A</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Midway</LocationType></Location>"
            "<Location><Name>Finish</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Finish</LocationType></Location>"
          "</Locations>"
          "<RouteOptions><RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService><DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit><RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize><Culture>en-US</Culture><ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel></RouteOptions>"
        "</specification>"
      "</CalculateRoute>"
    "</soap:Body>"
    "</soap:Envelope>";

  struct curl_slist* headers = nullptr;
  headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8");
  headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "SOAPAction: http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute");

  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, xml);

  CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

  curl_slist_free_all(headers);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  return (res == CURLE_OK) ? 0 : 1;
}

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
  @autoreleasepool {
    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx"];

    NSString *xml =
    @"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>"
    @"<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">"
    @"  <soap:Header>"
    @"    <SessionIDHeader xmlns=\"http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/\">"
    @"      <SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>"
    @"    </SessionIDHeader>"
    @"  </soap:Header>"
    @"  <soap:Body>"
    @"    <CalculateRoute xmlns=\"http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/\">"
    @"      <specification>"
    @"        <Locations>"
    @"          <Location><Name>Start</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Start</LocationType></Location>"
    @"          <Location><Name>Stop A</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Midway</LocationType></Location>"
    @"          <Location><Name>Finish</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Finish</LocationType></Location>"
    @"        </Locations>"
    @"        <RouteOptions><RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService><DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit><RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize><Culture>en-US</Culture><ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel></RouteOptions>"
    @"      </specification>"
    @"    </CalculateRoute>"
    @"  </soap:Body>"
    @"</soap:Envelope>";

    NSMutableURLRequest *req = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
    req.HTTPMethod = @"POST";
    [req setValue:@"text/xml; charset=utf-8" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
    [req setValue:@"http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute" forHTTPHeaderField:@"SOAPAction"];
    req.HTTPBody = [xml dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);

    NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [[NSURLSession sharedSession] dataTaskWithRequest:req
      completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
        if (error) NSLog(@"%@", error);
        else NSLog(@"%@", [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]);
        dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
      }];

    [task resume];
    dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
  }
  return 0;
}

import Foundation

let url = URL(string: "https://trackservice.trackroad.com/TrackService.asmx")!

let xml = """
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Header>
    <SessionIDHeader xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
      <SessionID>YOUR_SESSION_ID</SessionID>
    </SessionIDHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <CalculateRoute xmlns="http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/">
      <specification>
        <Locations>
          <Location><Name>Start</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7946</Latitude><Longitude>-122.3950</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Start</LocationType></Location>
          <Location><Name>Stop A</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7897</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4011</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Midway</LocationType></Location>
          <Location><Name>Finish</Name><LatLong><Latitude>37.7810</Latitude><Longitude>-122.4110</Longitude></LatLong><LocationType>Finish</LocationType></Location>
        </Locations>
        <RouteOptions><RoutingService>Bing</RoutingService><DistanceUnit>Mile</DistanceUnit><RouteOptimize>MinimizeTime</RouteOptimize><Culture>en-US</Culture><ZoomLevel>0</ZoomLevel></RouteOptions>
      </specification>
    </CalculateRoute>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
"""

var req = URLRequest(url: url)
req.httpMethod = "POST"
req.setValue("text/xml; charset=utf-8", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
req.setValue("http://TrackService.TrackRoad.com/CalculateRoute", forHTTPHeaderField: "SOAPAction")
req.httpBody = xml.data(using: .utf8)

let sema = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: req) { data, response, error in
  if let error = error { print(error) }
  else if let data = data { print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? "") }
  sema.signal()
}.resume()
sema.wait()

Response example (REST JSON)#

{
  "Route": {
    "Distance": 5.42,
    "Time": 1180,
    "RouteLegs": [
      {
        "Distance": 2.10,
        "Time": 480,
        "Itinerary": {
          "Items": [
            {
              "Distance": 0.2,
              "Time": 40,
              "Text": "Head north on ...",
              "LatLong": { "Latitude": 37.79, "Longitude": -122.39 }
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "Points": [
      { "Latitude": 37.7946, "Longitude": -122.3950 },
      { "Latitude": 37.7897, "Longitude": -122.4011 }
    ],
    "Map": null
  },
  "Errors": [],
  "Status": 1
}

Common errors#

401 / Unauthorized (REST): Missing or invalid X-API-Key.
SOAP auth failure: Missing or invalid SessionIDHeader, or an expired session id.
Validation errors: A location may be missing both LatLong and Address, coordinates may be invalid, or too few locations were provided.
Non-routeable locations: Some points may not be routeable depending on the routing provider or data quality.

Best practices#

Prefer LatLong for all locations to reduce geocoding cost and ambiguity.
Choose the optimization mode carefully: MinimizeTime for the fastest route, MinimizeDistance for the shortest route.
Polyline Points can be large, so request and store them only when geometry is required.
Use Dispatch for multi-vehicle or many-stop route optimization.

FAQ#

What does the Route API return?

Route returns total distance and travel time, route legs with itinerary steps, route points, and optional map output depending on your options.

How do I authenticate?

REST uses X-API-Key. SOAP uses SessionIDHeader with a SessionID obtained from the SOAP Login call.

Do I need LatLong or Address for locations?

LatLong is preferred. If LatLong is omitted for a location, Address is required so the service can geocode the stop.

When should I use Route instead of Dispatch?

Use Route when you need a single route with directions and travel details. Use Dispatch when you need multi-vehicle or many-stop route optimization.

Build routes in minutes

Generate your API key for REST, or use SOAP Login to obtain a SessionID, then start routing with TrackRoad.

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