Open changeset

One of the main OpenStreetMap API usabilities

Opens a new changeset. In response you will receive changeset ID.

Required before creating/updating/deleting every element (node, way, relation)

You should manually close the changeset after the process, otherwise it will close automatically.

Request

/api/0.6/changeset/create

Request with example body

<osm>
  <changeset>
    <tag k="created_by" v="JayStecki Test (via Postman)"/>
    <tag k="comment" v="Open changeset for node add"/>
  </changeset>
</osm>

Response

changesetID_example.xml
1	`412384`

Error codes

400 (Bad Request)405 (Method Not Allowed)

Errors occured when parsing the XML.

If the request is not a (HTTP) PUT request.