Place Search

get

https://places-api.foursquare.com/places/search

Search for places in the FSQ Places database using a location and querying by name, category name, telephone number, taste label, or chain name. For example, search for "coffee" to get back a list of recommended coffee shops.

You may pass a location with your request by using one of the following options. If none of the following options are passed, Place Search defaults to geolocation using ip biasing with the optional radius parameter.

ll & radius (circular boundary)
near (geocodable locality)
ne & sw (rectangular boundary)

Query Params

query

string

A string to be matched against all content for this place, including but not limited to venue name, category, telephone number, taste, and tips.

string

The latitude/longitude around which to retrieve place information. This must be specified as latitude,longitude (e.g., ll=41.8781,-87.6298).

radius

int32

0 to 100000

Sets a radius distance (in meters) used to define an area to bias search results. The maximum allowed radius is 100,000 meters. Radius can be used in combination with ll or ip biased geolocation only. By using radius, global search results will be omitted. If not provided, default radius applied is 22000 meters.

fsq_category_ids

string

Filters the response and returns FSQ Places matching the specified categories. Supports multiple Category IDs, separated by commas.

For a complete list of Foursquare Category IDs, refer to the Category Taxonomy page.

fsq_chain_ids

string

Filters the response and returns FSQ Places matching the specified chains. Supports multiple chain IDs, separated by commas.

For more information on Foursquare Chain IDs, refer to the Chains page.

exclude_fsq_chain_ids

string

Filters the response and returns FSQ Places not matching any of the specified chains. Supports multiple chain IDs, separated by commas. Cannot be used in conjunction with exclude_all_chains.

For more information on Foursquare Chain IDs, refer to the Chains page.

exclude_all_chains

boolean

Filters the response by only returning FSQ Places that are not known to be part of any chain. Cannot be used in conjunction with exclude_chains.

fields

string

Indicate which fields to return in the response, separated by commas. If no fields are specified, all Pro Fields are returned by default.

For a complete list of returnable fields, refer to the Places Response Fields page.

min_price

int32

1 to 4

Restricts results to only those places within the specified price range. Valid values range between 1 (most affordable) to 4 (most expensive), inclusive.

max_price

int32

1 to 4

Restricts results to only those places within the specified price range. Valid values range between 1 (most affordable) to 4 (most expensive), inclusive.

open_at

string

Support local day and local time requests through this parameter. To be specified as DOWTHHMM (e.g., 1T2130), where DOW is the day number 1-7 (Monday = 1, Sunday = 7) and time is in 24 hour format.

Places that do not have opening hours will not be returned if this parameter is specified. Cannot be specified in conjunction with open_now.

open_now

boolean

Restricts results to only those places that are open now.

Places that do not have opening hours will not be returned if this parameter is specified. Cannot be specified in conjunction with open_at.

tel_format

string

enum

Specifies the format of the returned telephone number.

Allowed:

string

The latitude/longitude representing the north/east points of a rectangle. Must be used with sw parameter to specify a rectangular search box. Global search results will be omitted.

string

The latitude/longitude representing the south/west points of a rectangle. Must be used with ne parameter to specify a rectangular search box. Global search results will be omitted.

near

string

A string naming a locality in the world (e.g., "Chicago, IL"). If the value is not geocodable, returns an error. Global search results will be omitted.

sort

string

enum

Specifies the order in which results are listed.

Allowed:

limit

int32

1 to 50

The number of results to return, up to 50. Defaults to 10.

Headers

X-Places-Api-Version

string

enum

required

Defaults to 2025-06-17

The version of the API to use.

Allowed:

Responses

400

bad request

401

unauthorized

200success