Integrator FAQ

Yes. While our route calculates the best charging stations for you and your car — you can also view alternative stations. Simply add the stationsAlongRouteRadius flag to your newRoute mutation, and set the search radius in meters (the max is 5 km). Make sure to also add stationsAlongRoute to your route query. For more information, please see our documentation and examples.

Yes. We show an external ID next to the Chargetrip ID. You can find it under the external_id property. We receive this ID from an external data source.

• Slow: < 43 kW
• Fast: 43 kW - 150 kW
• Turbo: 150 kW >

Unknown appears when we do not know the status of a charger. It could be free, busy or broken.

When calculating routes we only include chargers of 43 kWh or more. This reduces charging time and thus creates faster routes.

You can find a list of all connectors in our schema, under OCPIConnectorType. The list updates when new connectors become available.

Currently, we have one level of preferred operators. All operators added here are equally preferred. Please contact us to mark certain operators as preferred.

Charging station names flow from our station database. They receive these names either from the CPO itself or an intermediate party. Unfortunately, we’re not able to change the names of stations.

Definitely. Just add alternatives to your route query, with all the parameters you want from your alternative routes. For more information, please visit our examples.

A route calculated with the Chargetrip API can be exported to any navigation application. You must export the charging stations as waypoints. Google or similar navigation software will then display the charging stations as waypoints along the route.

No, this isn’t supported yet. But we’re working on it!

You can add waypoints to your route by adding the via property to your route request. For more information, please take a look at our documentation.

We recommend that you subscribe to route updates, and unsubscribe when a route has reached a final status. Be aware that if a route is computed before you subscribe to it, you will not receive any updates. To prevent this, query the route once immediately after the subscription. If the route is already calculated, unsubscribe. For more information, consult our documentation and examples.

We do not take traffic into account when calculating routes. The impact of traffic on your consumption is minimal.

Yes, this is possible! However, we strongly advise you use our tile server. We’re not legally allowed to expose large datasets from our partner EcoMovement, because it would let users of our API scrape the station data. So premium data like address and plug type isn’t exposed unless you query a single station with the station ID.

You can add a set of filters to the tile request. These filters are sent as query parameters. To request a tile you must have a combination of connectors and powers. For more information, refer to our examples and documentation.