# OpenVerbs Forward Geocoding

> OpenVerbs Forward Geocoding is a paid API for AI agents from geocode.openverbs.com, paid per call via x402, $0.006/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Converts a free-form address or place name into ranked geographic coordinates with a structured, normalized address.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://geocode.openverbs.com/v1/forward
- Price: $0.006/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/openverbs-forward-geocoding-00380e07
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_M3EcZH0Gd5dANYLbp2V9i

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability openverbs-forward-geocoding-00380e07 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you geocode '1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA' and give me the coordinates and a normalized address? Limit results to 3 and bias toward the US.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to resolve a free-form, human-typed address or place name into machine-usable coordinates, especially when you want ranked results with structured address normalization. Prefer it over reverse geocoding endpoints when you have text input rather than coordinates. It supports country-biasing and language preferences, making it suitable for international use cases.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or nonsensical query string returns no results or low-confidence matches
- Country code filter too restrictive — valid address excluded because it doesn't match specified country
- Invalid 2-letter country or language code returns a validation error
- Query exceeds 512 characters and is rejected
- Service returns ambiguous multiple results when the address is not specific enough
- Network or upstream geocoding provider timeout

## How this service works

Convert a free-form address or place name into ranked coordinates with a structured, normalized address. Optionally bias by country and language.

## Output

An ordered list of geocoding results, each containing ranked latitude/longitude coordinate pairs and a structured, normalized representation of the matched address, filtered and localized according to any country or language preferences provided.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 512,
       "minLength": 1,
       "description": "Free-form address or place name."
      },
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$",
       "description": "Preferred result language (2-letter code)."
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 20,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "Maximum results to return."
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}(,[A-Za-z]{2})*$",
       "description": "Restrict to one or more ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes (comma-separated)."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/openverbs-forward-geocoding-00380e07/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from geocode.openverbs.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/geocode.openverbs.com/llms.txt)