Query the NREL Alternative Fuel Stations API to find nearby EV charging stations by location and filter results by fuel type and station status
domain: developer.nrel.gov · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Request an API key, or use the public demo key for initial testing, to authenticate calls to the Alternative Fuel Stations API
Query the all-stations endpoint with a fuel_type filter set to the electric fuel type code to limit results to EV charging stations
Pass latitude, longitude, and a radius parameter to search for stations near a specific point, or use the dedicated nearest-station endpoint for a single closest result
Filter by station status to exclude planned or temporarily unavailable stations if your use case only needs currently operational chargers
Choose a response format, such as JSON or GeoJSON, that matches how you plan to render or process the results, since the API supports multiple output formats
Known gotchas
The public demo key is rate-limited and intended for testing; request your own key before relying on this API in production
Station status and availability fields describe planned or operational state rather than real-time port-level occupancy, so do not treat this as a live availability feed
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