Ways with their nodes (recurse down)

A way only lists node IDs. Older tools and the OSM XML format expect the nodes to be in the answer too. > (recurse down) adds them.

The query

[out:json][timeout:25];
area["name"="Zürich"]["admin_level"="8"]->.a;
way["highway"]["name"="Langstrasse"](area.a);
(._;>;);
out;

Run it

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How it works

1. ._ is the current set: the ways of the street.
2. > adds their nodes (and, for relations, their members).
3. The union (._;>;); keeps both, and out; prints ways and nodes.

Variations

• out geom; is simpler when you only need coordinates: it puts them directly on the way.
• < recurses up: from nodes to the ways and relations that use them.

Run it from your code

curl https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter \
  --data-urlencode 'data@query.overpassql'

import requests

query = open("query.overpassql").read()
r = requests.post("https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter",
                  data={"data": query}, timeout=120)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json()["elements"][:3])

const res = await fetch("https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter", {
  method: "POST",
  body: new URLSearchParams({ data: query }),
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(await res.text());
console.log(await res.json());

Save the query as query.overpassql. It works the same in Overpass Turbo, QGIS and JOSM.