Spatial APIs
Learn how to enable and query your Mapster WP Maps API endpoints
This is a feature that can help you connect your Wordpress site to other applications, external users, or other management platforms. Mapster has built in a query
endpoint that can receive a variety of queries and perform these queries on your spatial database.
Responses will return as a full GeoJSON, with found posts as GeoJSON features.
Endpoint & Query Parameters
The endpoint for your queryable endpoint will be
This is a POST endpoint. Available query parameters include:
Parameter | Input Type | |
---|---|---|
category | integer | ID for a Mapster WP Maps category |
query_type | string |
|
query_feature | geoJSON feature object | Point or Polygon depending on the query |
bounds_only | boolean | Output the whole feature ( |
custom_fields | array of strings | An array of the names of Advanced Custom Fields you want to include as feature properties |
Example Queries
Point in Polygon
The following query performs a point-in-polygon query on category 8, returning the full feature geoJSONs along with feature properties school_name
and activities
.
Query
Response
Polygon Overlap
This will check for intersecting polygons in category 8, and return the full feature geoJSON.
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