Optimize Waypoints

geo_routes.optimize_waypoints
ActionAmazon Web Servicesconnection required

Calls the AWS geo_routes API (SigV4).

OptimizeWaypoints calculates the optimal order to travel between a set of waypoints to minimize either the travel time or the distance travelled during the journey, based on road network restrictions and the traffic pattern data.

Connection

Required
Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type
API key
Providers
Amazon Location Service Routes V2
Secret shape
{"access_key_id", "secret_access_key"}
Config it needs
region
Resolved by
config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

2 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultConstraintsExample
region
AWS region (overrides the connection).
stringNo———
request
Request body as JSON — this operation takes a structured request.
objectYes———

Output

One shape.

result

FieldTypeExample
Connections
array—
Distance
number—
Duration
number—
ImpedingWaypoints
array—
{
  "Connections": [],
  "Distance": 0,
  "Duration": 0,
  "ImpedingWaypoints": []
}

Related Amazon Location Service Routes V2 nodes

See Optimize Waypoints run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the Amazon Location Service Routes V2 connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.