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Get feature by type and ID

elements.retrieve(intid, ElementRetrieveParams**kwargs) -> GeoJsonFeature

GET/api/v1/features/{type}/{id}

Get feature by type and ID

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type: str

id: int

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class GeoJsonFeature: …

geometry: GeoJsonGeometry

coordinates: Union[List[float], List[List[float]], List[List[List[float]]], List[List[List[List[float]]]]]

GeoJSON coordinates array (nesting depth varies by geometry type)

One of the following:

List[float]

List[List[float]]

List[List[List[float]]]

List[List[List[List[float]]]]

type: Literal["Point", "LineString", "Polygon", 3 more]

One of the following:

"Point"

"LineString"

"Polygon"

"MultiPoint"

"MultiLineString"

"MultiPolygon"

properties: Dict[str, object]

type: Literal["Feature"]

id: Optional[str]

Feature identifier (type/osm_id)

osm_id: Optional[int]

OpenStreetMap ID

Get feature by type and ID

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import os
from plaza import Plaza

client = Plaza(
    api_key=os.environ.get("PLAZA_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
geo_json_feature = client.elements.retrieve(
    id=0,
    type="type",
)
print(geo_json_feature.id)

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