Places API Overview

Places API

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




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Search & Data Endpoints

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

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Geotagging Candidates & Confirmation

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

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Placemaker Endpoints

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

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Autocomplete Endpoints

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

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Offline Job APIs

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