Places API

Access global POI data from our Open Source Places dataset via an API offering real-time venue search, discovery, and ranking.

Returns places based on user-submitted keywords. Matches against names, categories, tips & tastes.

Detect where your user's device is and what is around them to provide POI tagging that supports a check-in use case.

Enable your end users to directly provide feedback about Foursquare POIs.

Returns a list of top places, geos, and searches that partially match provided keyword and location inputs.

Match places in your dataset to Foursquare's rich POI data.

Match large batches of transaction data to Foursquare's POI dataset.

Executes long-running, asynchronous processes over large datasets. Handles heavy computation unsuitable for synchronous API requests.