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🇬🇧 Ordnance Survey ~ OS Data Hub (Places, Names, Maps)

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Requires a free API key; generous free 'OpenData' plan plus a monthly premium allowance, then paid; APIs include OS Maps, OS Vector Tile, OS Features, OS Names and OS Places (address lookup).

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# Ordnance Survey ~ OS Data Hub (Places, Names, Maps) needs an API key ~ get yours at:
# https://docs.os.uk/
curl 'https://api.os.uk/' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'

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I'm integrating a United Kingdom API into my app.

API: Ordnance Survey ~ OS Data Hub (Places, Names, Maps)
Provider: Ordnance Survey
Auth: requires an API key (sign up: https://docs.os.uk/)
Pricing: freemium
Base URL: https://api.os.uk/
Important note: Requires a free API key; generous free 'OpenData' plan plus a monthly premium allowance, then paid; APIs include OS Maps, OS Vector Tile, OS Features, OS Names and OS Places (address lookup).

Source: Ordnance Survey (https://docs.os.uk/)
Source type: Provider API or developer docs
Endpoint type: Portal or multi-endpoint API
Integration difficulty: Needs API key
Last checked: 2026-07-05
Production caveat: Keep credentials server-side and confirm current limits, pricing, and webhook/error behaviour in the provider docs.

Help me set up the correct onboarding/authentication path and make the first valid request ~ explain exactly where credentials go and what must happen before production.

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