To call this service, we recommend that you use the Google-provided client libraries. If your application needs to use your own libraries to call this service, use the following information when you make the API requests.
Discovery document
A Discovery Document is a machine-readable specification for describing and consuming REST APIs. It is used to build client libraries, IDE plugins, and other tools that interact with Google APIs. One service may provide multiple discovery documents. This service provides the following discovery document:
A service endpoint is a base URL that specifies the network address of an API service. One service might have multiple service endpoints. This service has the following service endpoint and all URIs below are relative to this service endpoint:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-27 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThe Solar API provides access to solar information for buildings and regions, including the ability to find the closest building to a point and get solar data for a region.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe Solar API offers REST resources for building insights, data layers, and GeoTIFF image retrieval.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eDevelopers can interact with the Solar API using Google-provided client libraries or their own libraries, utilizing the provided discovery document and service endpoint.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe service endpoint for the Solar API is \u003ccode\u003ehttps://solar.googleapis.com\u003c/code\u003e, and all URIs are relative to this endpoint.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["The Solar API, accessible via `solar.googleapis.com`, offers three REST resources: `v1.buildingInsights`, `v1.dataLayers`, and `v1.geoTiff`. `v1.buildingInsights` uses the `findClosest` method to locate the nearest building to a specific point. `v1.dataLayers` utilizes the `get` method to retrieve solar information for a location's surrounding area. `v1.geoTiff` employs the `get` method to obtain an image by its unique ID. The API service endpoint is `https://solar.googleapis.com`.\n"],null,["# Solar API.\n\n- [REST Resource: v1.buildingInsights](#v1.buildingInsights)\n- [REST Resource: v1.dataLayers](#v1.dataLayers)\n- [REST Resource: v1.geoTiff](#v1.geoTiff)\n\nService: solar.googleapis.com\n-----------------------------\n\nTo call this service, we recommend that you use the Google-provided [client libraries](https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/client-libraries-explained). If your application needs to use your own libraries to call this service, use the following information when you make the API requests.\n\n### Discovery document\n\nA [Discovery Document](https://developers.google.com/discovery/v1/reference/apis) is a machine-readable specification for describing and consuming REST APIs. It is used to build client libraries, IDE plugins, and other tools that interact with Google APIs. One service may provide multiple discovery documents. This service provides the following discovery document:\n\n- \u003chttps://solar.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1\u003e\n\n### Service endpoint\n\nA [service endpoint](https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/glossary#api_service_endpoint) is a base URL that specifies the network address of an API service. One service might have multiple service endpoints. This service has the following service endpoint and all URIs below are relative to this service endpoint:\n\n- `https://solar.googleapis.com`\n\nREST Resource: [v1.buildingInsights](/maps/documentation/solar/reference/rest/v1/buildingInsights)\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n| Methods ||\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [findClosest](/maps/documentation/solar/reference/rest/v1/buildingInsights/findClosest) | `GET /v1/buildingInsights:findClosest` Locates the building whose centroid is closest to a query point. |\n\nREST Resource: [v1.dataLayers](/maps/documentation/solar/reference/rest/v1/dataLayers)\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n| Methods ||\n|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [get](/maps/documentation/solar/reference/rest/v1/dataLayers/get) | `GET /v1/dataLayers:get` Gets solar information for a region surrounding a location. |\n\nREST Resource: [v1.geoTiff](/maps/documentation/solar/reference/rest/v1/geoTiff)\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n| Methods ||\n|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|\n| [get](/maps/documentation/solar/reference/rest/v1/geoTiff/get) | `GET /v1/geoTiff:get` Returns an image by its ID. |"]]
