# Places

Places are the Geodir solution to provide information about places and location intelligence to improve their map applications and services. one otf the most important data services are Places API.

# Important

The Places API is a service that returns information about places using HTTP requests. Places are defined within this API as venues, establishments, geographic locations, or prominent points of interest.

# Places API

The following places requests are available:

  • Place Fields returns more detailed information about a specific place, including user reviews.
  • Place Autocomplete automatically fills in the name and/or address of a place as users type.

Each of the services is accessed as an HTTP request, and returns either an JSON or XML response. All requests to a Places service must use the https:// protocol, and include an API key.

The Places API uses a place ID to uniquely identify a place. For details about the format and usage of this identifier across the Places API and other APIs, see the Place IDs documentation.

# Terms of Use restrictions

For information on terms of use, see policies for the Places API, and the License Restrictions section of the Geodir Platform Terms of Service.

Last updated: 09/18/2023, 10:30:49 PM