Extracting only roads through Overpass API query

Question

I am using overpass API and querying the api for ways,as a result it gives points, whereas I need only lines, multiline strings and polygons. But while using the following code, I get a GeoJSON file and when I load it into QGIS it gives me points and lines, when I switch off the points layer the lines are not loaded onto QGIS. I require only the roads(for which lines, multilines and multipolygons is required) and not Points.

How do I modify the query to get only multilinestrings,lines and multipolygons and not Points?

import overpass
import geojson

api = overpass.API()

overpass_url="""

(
  way["highway"="motorway"](20.8,77.7,21.2,78);
  way["highway"="trunk"](20.8,77.7,21.2,78);
  way["highway"="primary"](20.8,77.7,21.2,78);
);
out body;
>;
out skel qt;

"""

res=api.get(overpass_url)


with open("test.geojson",mode="w") as f:
  geojson.dump(res,f)

Answer 1

I solved the issue after going through little bit of documentation.To fetch only the lines, the following modification to the code can be made.

import overpass
import geojson

api = overpass.API()

overpass_url="""

(
  way["highway"="motorway"](20.8,77.7,21.2,78);
  way["highway"="trunk"](20.8,77.7,21.2,78);
  way["highway"="primary"](20.8,77.7,21.2,78);
);
out geom;    # change here for only geometry output
"""

res=api.get(overpass_url)


with open("test.geojson",mode="w") as f:
  geojson.dump(res,f)