Share actionable location info




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Share API allows you to generate shareable deep links programmatically.
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Show the Way is the best free way to share location info with your friends and others.

Share API

URL structure

Show the Way uses a simple and predictable URL, so you can generate the links programmatically. Just use the following URL and replace the variables.

https://showtheway.io/to/{ll}?name={name}
ll (required) GPS coordinates of the location, in WGS84 decimal degrees format.
Example: 48.85837,2.294481
name (optional) URL-encoded custom name for the location.
If empty, the default value is the formatted address of the location.
Example: Tour%20Eiffel

Examples

  1. Share URL with only ll parameter
    https://showtheway.io/to/48.85837,2.294481
  2. Share URL with ll and name parameters
    https://showtheway.io/to/48.85837,2.294481?name=Tour%20Eiffel
Show the Way is the best free way to share location info with your friends and others.

Other parts of Show the Way ecosystem


Embed

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Print

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