# api.openrouteservice.org stops working

Calls to these calls on openrouteservice API stop working on November 2, 2026.

The host api.openrouteservice.org will be shut down on November 2, 2026. All API requests directed to api.openrouteservice.org will fail after this date. The shutdown was announced on April 28, 2026.

- API: openrouteservice API (api.openrouteservice.org)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: April 28, 2026
- Takes effect: November 2, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Source: [Announcement](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/reducing-the-quota-of-deprecated-api-api-openrouteservice-org/8013)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/openrouteservice-api/breaking-changes/api-openrouteservice-org-stops-working/

## What to use instead

Call api.heigit.org with the same key. Update request paths by placing /v2/directions, /v2/isochrones, /v2/matrix, /v2/snap, and /v2/export under /openrouteservice/v2/, /geocode under /pelias/v1, /elevation under /openelevationservice/v0, /optimization under /vroom/v0, and /pois under /openpoiservice/v0/pois.

## openrouteservice API's words

> We will shut down api.openrouteservice.org on November 02nd - 06th, 2026