# /arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer/find is deprecated

ArcGIS Geocoding Service deprecated /arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer/find without giving a shutdown date yet.

The ArcGIS Geocoding Service deprecated the /arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer/find endpoint without a shutdown date. Calls made to this endpoint will eventually fail. ArcGIS Geocoding Service instructs developers to discontinue using the find operation in applications.

## What to use instead

Call /arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer/findAddressCandidates with SingleLine (or the address fields) instead.

- API: ArcGIS Geocoding Service (geocode-api.arcgis.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer/find`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/geocode/find-address-candidates/)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against ArcGIS Geocoding Service's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/arcgis-geocoding-service/breaking-changes/arcgis-rest-services-world-geocodeserver-find-is-deprecated/

## ArcGIS Geocoding Service's words

> The find operation has been deprecated. Discontinue using it in your application, and use the find Address Candidates operation instead.

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent