history: Get way history

Description

Retrieves the complete edit history of a way, showing all past versions of the feature. Each version includes the way's tags and node references at that point in time. Useful for tracking changes to roads, buildings, or other linear features over time. Returns an OSM XML document with multiple way elements, one per version.

From spec: Returns all versions of a way including historical data

Parameters (1)

Examples (1)

curl 'https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/613529174/history'

import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/613529174/history")
data = resp.json()

import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("openstreetmap")
result = api.fetch("way/{id}/history")

for item in result:
    print(item)

const resp = await fetch("https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/613529174/history");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History