Road route between places

Driving, walking or cycling route through 2 to 25 places, with distance and travel time per leg and the route line.

Request

curl -X POST https://mcp.terra-lab.ai/v1/tools/get_route \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TERRALAB_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"points":["Annecy, France","Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France"],"mode":"driving"}'

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://mcp.terra-lab.ai/v1/tools/get_route",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TERRALAB_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "points": ["Annecy, France", "Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France"],
        "mode": "driving",
    },
    timeout=120,
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json()["structuredContent"])

const response = await fetch('https://mcp.terra-lab.ai/v1/tools/get_route', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TERRALAB_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "points": [
      "Annecy, France",
      "Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France"
    ],
    "mode": "driving"
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.structuredContent);

Other valid request bodies:

{"points":["Lyon Part-Dieu","Vieux Lyon","Croix-Rousse, Lyon"],"mode":"walking"}

Parameters

A JSON object in the request body; in an MCP client, the arguments of the tool call.

Response

structuredContent holds the result, content the same result as text for a model, and isError is true when the tool refused the request or failed; then structuredContent.code, message and hint say what to change.

{
  "structuredContent": {
    "sources": [{ "name": "...", "licence": "...", "url": "..." }],
    "downloads": [{ "label": "...", "format": "...", "url": "...", "name": "..." }]
  },
  "content": [{ "type": "text", "text": "..." }],
  "isError": false
}

Every result lists its sources with their licence. File results come as downloads: each link builds its file when opened.

Errors

A missing key answers 401, an empty balance 402, too many calls 429. A call that fails or finds nothing is not counted. See Errors and rate limits.

Description for agents

The text the server gives an agent to decide when to call this tool:

Use this when the user wants the driving, walking or cycling route between 2 to 25 places or points in order: the distance and travel time along the roads and paths, per leg and in total, and the route line. Computed by Valhalla on the TerraLab server from the OpenStreetMap road network, with each road's typical speed. Options avoid tolls, highways or ferries. Returns the figures (distance_m, distance_km, duration_s, duration_min), a map of the line and GeoJSON, KML, GPX, Shapefile zip and GeoPackage downloads. Not for a straight-line distance (measure_distance or measure), live traffic, departure-time travel times, public transport or turn-by-turn navigation. Never use the user's current location unless they type it. Download links build their file when opened; no file is saved. Never pass these links to open_gis_file.