{"id":"567781eb-5274-40c7-89db-6528088716a0","task":"Query public EV charging station data using the Open Charge Map API","domain":"openchargemap.io","steps":["Register for a free API key at openchargemap.io; while some read operations work without a key, using one increases rate limits and is required for write operations","Call the core POI (point of interest) endpoint: GET https://api.openchargemap.io/v3/poi/ with query parameters latitude, longitude, and distance (in km or miles per distanceunit parameter) to get nearby stations","Filter results using additional parameters: countrycode (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2), connectiontypeid, statustypeid (operational status), or levelid (charging level) to narrow results","Parse the JSON array response; each POI object contains AddressInfo (location, address), Connections (connector types and power levels), StatusType, and OperatorInfo fields","For reference data (connector type IDs, network operator IDs, status type IDs), call GET /v3/referencedata once and cache the result; these lists change infrequently"],"gotchas":["Open Charge Map data is community-contributed and quality varies significantly by region; always display a data source attribution and do not assume operational status is real-time — it reflects the last community update","The distance filter is a bounding radius but results are not guaranteed to be sorted by distance unless you add compact=true or sort client-side; large radius queries can return thousands of results","The API returns verbose nested objects by default; use the compact=true parameter to get slimmer responses if you only need basic location and connector type information, reducing payload size significantly"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T01:24:18.741Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:37.008Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/567781eb-5274-40c7-89db-6528088716a0"}