Google Maps Platform · Capability
Google Maps Directions API — Directions
Google Maps Directions API — Directions. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get Directions Between Two or More Locations. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Google Maps business surface.
What You Can Do
GET
Getdirections
— Get Directions Between Two or More Locations
/v1/directions/json
MCP Tools
get-directions-between-two-more
Get Directions Between Two or More Locations
read-only
idempotent
Capability Spec
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
label: Google Maps Directions API — Directions
description: 'Google Maps Directions API — Directions. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get Directions Between Two or More
Locations. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Google Maps business surface.'
tags:
- Google Maps
- Directions
created: '2026-05-19'
modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
keys:
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY: GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY
capability:
consumes:
- type: http
namespace: directions-directions
baseUri: https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api
description: Google Maps Directions API — Directions business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
resources:
- name: directions-json
path: /directions/json
operations:
- name: getdirections
method: GET
description: Get Directions Between Two or More Locations
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: origin
in: query
type: string
description: The address, place ID (prefixed with place_id:), or latitude/longitude coordinates of the starting
point.
required: true
- name: destination
in: query
type: string
description: The address, place ID (prefixed with place_id:), or latitude/longitude coordinates of the ending point.
required: true
- name: mode
in: query
type: string
description: The travel mode for calculating directions. Defaults to driving.
- name: waypoints
in: query
type: string
description: 'An array of intermediate locations to include along the route, specified as pipe-separated values.
Prefix with optimize:true to allow the Directions service to '
- name: alternatives
in: query
type: boolean
description: If set to true, instructs the Directions service to return more than one route alternative when available.
- name: avoid
in: query
type: string
description: Indicates that the calculated route(s) should avoid the indicated features. Pipe-separated list of
restrictions.
- name: language
in: query
type: string
description: The language code in which to return results, where available.
- name: units
in: query
type: string
description: Specifies the unit system to use when displaying results.
- name: region
in: query
type: string
description: The region code, specified as a ccTLD two-character value. Biases results towards a particular region.
- name: arrival_time
in: query
type: integer
description: The desired arrival time for transit directions, specified as seconds since midnight, January 1, 1970
UTC. Cannot be used with departure_time.
- name: departure_time
in: query
type: string
description: The desired departure time, specified as seconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC. For transit mode
this is required if arrival_time is not specified. For dr
- name: traffic_model
in: query
type: string
description: The assumptions to use when calculating travel time in traffic. Only applies when mode is driving and
departure_time is specified.
- name: transit_mode
in: query
type: string
description: Specifies one or more preferred modes of transit as a pipe-separated list. Only valid when mode is
transit.
- name: transit_routing_preference
in: query
type: string
description: Specifies preferences for transit routes. Only valid when mode is transit.
- name: key
in: query
type: string
description: Your application's API key.
required: true
authentication:
type: apikey
key: key
value: '{{env.GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY}}'
placement: query
exposes:
- type: rest
namespace: directions-directions-rest
port: 8080
description: REST adapter for Google Maps Directions API — Directions. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation,
prefixed with /v1.
resources:
- path: /v1/directions/json
name: directions-json
description: REST surface for directions-json.
operations:
- method: GET
name: getdirections
description: Get Directions Between Two or More Locations
call: directions-directions.getdirections
with:
origin: rest.origin
destination: rest.destination
mode: rest.mode
waypoints: rest.waypoints
alternatives: rest.alternatives
avoid: rest.avoid
language: rest.language
units: rest.units
region: rest.region
arrival_time: rest.arrival_time
departure_time: rest.departure_time
traffic_model: rest.traffic_model
transit_mode: rest.transit_mode
transit_routing_preference: rest.transit_routing_preference
key: rest.key
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- type: mcp
namespace: directions-directions-mcp
port: 9090
transport: http
description: MCP adapter for Google Maps Directions API — Directions. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through
this capability's consumes block.
tools:
- name: get-directions-between-two-more
description: Get Directions Between Two or More Locations
hints:
readOnly: true
destructive: false
idempotent: true
call: directions-directions.getdirections
with:
origin: tools.origin
destination: tools.destination
mode: tools.mode
waypoints: tools.waypoints
alternatives: tools.alternatives
avoid: tools.avoid
language: tools.language
units: tools.units
region: tools.region
arrival_time: tools.arrival_time
departure_time: tools.departure_time
traffic_model: tools.traffic_model
transit_mode: tools.transit_mode
transit_routing_preference: tools.transit_routing_preference
key: tools.key
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.