# Try the Reverse Geocoding demo

<HTMLBlock>{`
<iframe src="https://docs-snippets.locationiq.com/demo/reverse/" allow="geolocation" width="100%" height="550" frameborder="0"></iframe>
`}</HTMLBlock>

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# Call the Reverse Geocoding API in your application

This guide will help you convert geographic coordinates to addresses in no time!

> 🔑 Do You Have Your Access Token?
>
> Before you proceed, ensure you have your access token at hand. **Can't find your token?** No worries — our guide will assist you in either [creating a new one or finding your existing token](/docs/locationiq-access-token).

## 1. Making Your First API Call

We have a set of coordinates at hand: `latitude 48.8584 and longitude 2.2945`. Let's find out what notable place these coordinates point to!

Use the following URL to make the API call to the Reverse Geocoding API:

```http
https://us1.locationiq.com/v1/reverse?key=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN&lat=48.8584&lon=2.2945&format=json

curl "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1/reverse?key=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN&lat=48.8584&lon=2.2945&format=json"

{
    "place_id": "123456",
    "licence": "https://locationiq.com/attribution",
    "lat": "48.8584",
    "lon": "2.2945",
    "display_name": "Eiffel Tower, Avenue Anatole France, Quartier du Gros-Caillou, Paris, Île-de-France, Metropolitan France, 75007, France",
    ...
}

https://us1.locationiq.com/v1/reverse?key=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN&lat=LATITUDE&lon=LONGITUDE&format=json

https://eu1.locationiq.com/v1/reverse?key=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN&lat=LATITUDE&lon=LONGITUDE&format=json

curl --request GET \
     --url 'https://us1.locationiq.com/v1/reverse?lat=51.5233879&lon=-0.1582367&format=json&key=kiara' \
     --header 'accept: application/json'

var settings = {
  "async": true,
  "crossDomain": true,
  "url": "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1/reverse?key=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN&lat=-37.870662&lon=144.9803321&format=json",
  "method": "GET"
}

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

import requests

url = "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1/reverse"

data = {
    'key': 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'lat': '-37.870662',
    'lon': '144.9803321',
    'format': 'json'
}

response = requests.get(url, params=data)

print(response.text)

<?php

$curl = curl_init('https://us1.locationiq.com/v1/reverse?key=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN&lat=-37.870662&lon=144.9803321&format=json');

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER    =>  true,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION    =>  true,
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS         =>  10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT           =>  30,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST     =>  'GET',
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

{
  "place_id": "60310287",
  "licence": "https://locationiq.com/attribution",
  "osm_type": "node",
  "osm_id": "5568763423",
  "lat": "51.5233879",
  "lon": "-0.1582367",
  "display_name": "221B Baker Street, Baker Street, Marylebone, London, Greater London, England, NW1 6XE, United Kingdom",
  "address": {
    "attraction": "221B Baker Street",
    "road": "Baker Street",
    "suburb": "Marylebone",
    "city": "London",
    "state_district": "Greater London",
    "state": "England",
    "postcode": "NW1 6XE",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "country_code": "gb"
  },
  "boundingbox": [
    "51.5233379",
    "51.5234379",
    "-0.1582867",
    "-0.1581867"
  ]
}