# Help to understand /v2/directions/{profile} post response **URL:** \ **Category:** directions\ **Created:** [July 27, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/help-to-understand-v2-directions-profile-post-response/5110 "2023-07-27T20:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rish7](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/rish7/32/2426_2.png) [@rish7](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/rish7)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/help-to-understand-v2-directions-profile-post-response/5110/1 "2023-07-27T20:12:06Z")
Hi, I used below API ```auto curl -X POST \ 'https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/driving-car' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' \ -H 'Accept: application/json, application/geo+json, application/gpx+xml, img/png; charset=utf-8' \ -H 'Authorization: 5 ******* 283e' \ -d '{"coordinates":[[8.681495,49.41461],[8.686507,49.41943],[8.687872,49.420318]]}' ``` Response I got is ```auto { "bbox": [ 8.681423, 49.414599, 8.690123, 49.420514 ], "routes": [ { "summary": { "distance": 1372.6, "duration": 292.79999999999995 }, "segments": [ { "distance": 891.1, "duration": 189.7, "steps": [ { "distance": 1.8, "duration": 0.4, "type": 11, "instruction": "Head west on Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße", "name": "Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße", "way_points": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "distance": 313.8, "duration": 75.3, "type": 1, "instruction": "Turn right onto Wielandtstraße", "name": "Wielandtstraße", "way_points": [ 1, 6 ] }, { "distance": 251.7, "duration": 36.2, "type": 1, "instruction": "Turn right onto Mönchhofstraße", "name": "Mönchhofstraße", "way_points": [ 6, 10 ] }, { "distance": 211.8, "duration": 50.8, "type": 0, "instruction": "Turn left onto Keplerstraße", "name": "Keplerstraße", "way_points": [ 10, 13 ] }, { "distance": 109.5, "duration": 26.3, "type": 1, "instruction": "Turn right onto Moltkestraße", "name": "Moltkestraße", "way_points": [ 13, 14 ] }, { "distance": 2.4, "duration": 0.6, "type": 0, "instruction": "Turn left onto Werderplatz", "name": "Werderplatz", "way_points": [ 14, 15 ] }, { "distance": 0, "duration": 0, "type": 10, "instruction": "Arrive at Werderplatz, on the right", "name": "-", "way_points": [ 15, 15 ] } ] }, { "distance": 481.5, "duration": 103.1, "steps": [ { "distance": 2.4, "duration": 0.6, "type": 11, "instruction": "Head south on Werderplatz", "name": "Werderplatz", "way_points": [ 15, 16 ] }, { "distance": 265.5, "duration": 63.7, "type": 0, "instruction": "Turn left onto Moltkestraße", "name": "Moltkestraße", "way_points": [ 16, 20 ] }, { "distance": 83, "duration": 7.5, "type": 2, "instruction": "Turn sharp left onto Handschuhsheimer Landstraße, B 3", "name": "Handschuhsheimer Landstraße, B 3", "way_points": [ 20, 22 ] }, { "distance": 130.6, "duration": 31.4, "type": 0, "instruction": "Turn left onto Roonstraße", "name": "Roonstraße", "way_points": [ 22, 23 ] }, { "distance": 0, "duration": 0, "type": 10, "instruction": "Arrive at Roonstraße, straight ahead", "name": "-", "way_points": [ 23, 23 ] } ] } ], "bbox": [ 8.681423, 49.414599, 8.690123, 49.420514 ], "geometry": "ghrlHir~s@?BIC{ELgDo@aBa@}@I?sB?k@BwD?_JgAJgHt@I@]iHC?B?KuB]oFASg@wImAt@y@f@d@bJ", "way_points": [ 0, 15, 23 ], "legs": [] } ], "metadata": { "attribution": "openrouteservice.org | OpenStreetMap contributors", "service": "routing", "timestamp": 1690487824223, "query": { "coordinates": [ [ 8.681495, 49.41461 ], [ 8.686507, 49.41943 ], [ 8.687872, 49.420318 ] ], "profile": "driving-car", "format": "json" }, "engine": { "version": "7.1.0", "build_date": "2023-07-09T01:31:50Z", "graph_date": "2023-07-23T10:09:25Z" } } } ``` But How to draw a line string(route) on the map. In the playground, it is showing that in a red line. ![Screenshot 2023-07-27 at 21.09.07](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0372d53bfd712b7126f25f4f5efa291f2d186d1f.png) And also I did not understand what is this value means `"geometry": "ghrlHir~s@?BIC{ELgDo@aBa@}@I?sB?k@BwD?_JgAJgHt@I@]iHC?B?KuB]oFASg@wImAt@y@f@d@bJ"` ---
**Author:** ![rish7](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/rish7/32/2426_2.png) [@rish7](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/rish7)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/help-to-understand-v2-directions-profile-post-response/5110/2 "2023-07-27T20:26:51Z")
Thank you I got my answer. > **[Geometry Decoding](https://giscience.github.io/openrouteservice/documentation/Geometry-Decoding.html)** > > documentation for the free open source routing service openrouteservice ---
**Author:** ![Jules](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/jules/32/187_2.png) [@Jules](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/Jules)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/help-to-understand-v2-directions-profile-post-response/5110/3 "2023-07-28T07:12:22Z")
Thanks for following-up on this with your solution. Appreciate that! If you would rather not deal with encoded geometries, try to query the GeoJSON endpoints directly: ```auto # As described here: https://openrouteservice.org/dev/#/api-docs/v2/directions/%7Bprofile%7D/geojson/post curl -X POST \ 'https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/driving-car/geojson' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' \ -H 'Accept: application/json, application/geo+json, application/gpx+xml, img/png; charset=utf-8' \ -H 'Authorization: your-api-key' \ -d '{"coordinates":[[8.681495,49.41461],[8.686507,49.41943],[8.687872,49.420318]]}' ``` If you need any further information, just let us know.