{
  "name": "Foursquare Places API",
  "slug": "foursquare-places",
  "website_url": "https://foursquare.com/products/places-api/",
  "vendor_description": "\"100M+ POI across 200+ countries. Access Foursquare's global database of points of interest to build location-aware apps with search, autocomplete, geotagging, and rich venue metadata.\"",
  "categories": [
    "places"
  ],
  "summary": "Foursquare Places API provides access to a global database of 100 million-plus points of interest across 200-plus countries, supporting place search, autocomplete, geotagging, place matching, and venue metadata enrichment for location-aware apps. Pricing is usage-based at $15 per 1,000 requests with a free tier of 500 Pro calls per month and self-serve signup, plus an enterprise plan with a published SLA and 100 QPS rate limit. SDKs are available for JavaScript and Python, and an MCP server is offered for AI agent integrations. Customers include Uber, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and Tinder, and use requires \"Powered by Foursquare\" attribution wherever Places data appears.",
  "capabilities": {
    "supported_actions": [
      "place_search",
      "place_details",
      "autocomplete",
      "place_photos",
      "place_tips",
      "place_match",
      "geotagging_candidates",
      "address_search"
    ],
    "supported_regions": [
      "global",
      "200+ countries",
      "100M+ POIs"
    ],
    "supported_languages": [
      "locale specified via Accept-Language HTTP header or locale= parameter; falls back to most popular language in country if unspecified"
    ],
    "input_types": [
      "text query / keyword",
      "lat/lon coordinates",
      "category",
      "place ID (fsq_id)",
      "address",
      "telephone number",
      "chain name",
      "taste label",
      "session token (autocomplete)"
    ],
    "output_types": [
      "JSON"
    ],
    "webhooks_supported": false,
    "sandbox_available": false,
    "sdk_languages": [
      "JavaScript",
      "Python"
    ],
    "mcp_server_available": true
  },
  "integration": {
    "api_style": "rest",
    "base_url": "https://places-api.foursquare.com",
    "api_version": "2025-06-17",
    "versioning_scheme": "header",
    "stability": "ga",
    "deprecation_policy_url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/versioning",
    "auth_methods": [
      "api_key"
    ],
    "auth_docs_url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/data-api-authentication",
    "idempotency_supported": null,
    "error_format": "vendor-specific",
    "webhook_signing": null,
    "webhook_events_url": null,
    "rate_limit_requests": 50,
    "rate_limit_window": "second",
    "sdk_packages": [
      {
        "package": "@foursquare/foursquare-places",
        "language": "JavaScript",
        "official": true,
        "repo_url": "https://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-places"
      },
      {
        "package": "foursquare-places-mcp",
        "language": "Python",
        "official": true,
        "repo_url": "https://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-places-mcp"
      }
    ],
    "mcp_url": "https://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-places-mcp",
    "quickstart_url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/developer-console-get-started"
  },
  "pricing": {
    "pricing_model": "usage_based",
    "has_published_pricing": true,
    "starting_price_usd": "15.0000",
    "price_basis": "1,000 requests",
    "free_tier_available": true,
    "free_tier_limit": "500 Pro calls/month",
    "free_tier_details": "500 free Pro endpoint calls per month (as of June 1 2026 pricing update; previously 10,000 complimentary Pro calls for new accounts). Premium endpoints have no free tier.",
    "minimum_commitment": null,
    "self_serve_signup": true,
    "requires_sales_call": false,
    "requires_verification": false,
    "enterprise_plan_available": true,
    "price_points": [
      {
        "plan": "Pay As You Go - Pro",
        "item": "Pro endpoint calls — Place Search, Place Details, Autocomplete, Place Match, Geotagging Candidates with default fields (free monthly allowance)",
        "amount_usd": "0.0000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "first 500 calls/month",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/"
      },
      {
        "plan": "Pay As You Go - Pro",
        "item": "Pro endpoint calls — Place Search, Place Details, Autocomplete, Place Match, Geotagging Candidates with default fields",
        "amount_usd": "15.0000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1,000 calls (501–100,000 calls/month)",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/"
      },
      {
        "plan": "Pay As You Go - Pro",
        "item": "Pro endpoint calls — Place Search, Place Details, Autocomplete, Place Match, Geotagging Candidates with default fields",
        "amount_usd": "12.0000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1,000 calls (100,001–500,000 calls/month)",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/"
      },
      {
        "plan": "Pay As You Go - Pro",
        "item": "Pro endpoint calls — Place Search, Place Details, Autocomplete, Place Match, Geotagging Candidates with default fields",
        "amount_usd": "9.0000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1,000 calls (500,001+ calls/month)",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/"
      },
      {
        "plan": "Pay As You Go - Premium",
        "item": "Premium endpoint calls — Tips, Photos; Search, Details, Place Match, Geotagging Candidates with premium-tier fields",
        "amount_usd": "18.7500",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1,000 calls (0–100,000 calls/month)",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/"
      },
      {
        "plan": "Pay As You Go - Premium",
        "item": "Premium endpoint calls — Tips, Photos; Search, Details, Place Match, Geotagging Candidates with premium-tier fields",
        "amount_usd": "15.0000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1,000 calls (100,001–500,000 calls/month)",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/"
      },
      {
        "plan": "Pay As You Go - Premium",
        "item": "Premium endpoint calls — Tips, Photos; Search, Details, Place Match, Geotagging Candidates with premium-tier fields",
        "amount_usd": "11.2500",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1,000 calls (500,001+ calls/month)",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/"
      },
      {
        "plan": "Pay As You Go - Ask (Pro tier)",
        "item": "Ask API endpoint calls priced at Pro tier",
        "amount_usd": "30.0000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1,000 calls",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/"
      },
      {
        "plan": "Pay As You Go - Ask (Premium tier)",
        "item": "Ask API endpoint calls priced at Premium tier",
        "amount_usd": "36.0000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1,000 calls",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/"
      }
    ]
  },
  "compliance": {
    "soc2": null,
    "hipaa": null,
    "gdpr": true,
    "iso_27001": null,
    "pci_dss": null,
    "sla_published": true,
    "sla_url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/terms/places-api/sla/",
    "data_retention_policy_url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/terms/apilicenseagreement/",
    "documented_rate_limits": "Enterprise Customers: 100 QPS (queries per second, calculated across all endpoints in total); Pay as You Go & Sandbox Customers: 50 QPS.",
    "known_restrictions": [
      "Attribution required: must display 'Powered by Foursquare' on any page or screen where Places Data appears",
      "Cannot make Places Data available to third parties in bulk",
      "Cannot allow third parties to systematically query Places Data to obtain all or substantially all Places Data",
      "Cannot use Places Data to contact businesses in the database as prospective customers",
      "Cannot transfer user data to ad networks, ad exchanges, data brokers, or advertising/monetization toolsets",
      "Must make commercially reasonable efforts to prevent pages displaying Places Data from being crawled",
      "Certain 'Calculated Scores' attributes are for internal use only and cannot be externally displayed",
      "License is limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-sublicensable, non-transferable with no rights to create derivative works",
      "SLA (99.9% uptime) applies only to invoiced flat-fee enterprise customers; pay-as-you-go and sandbox customers are excluded",
      "Must comply with Places API caching and query rate limitations per account type"
    ]
  },
  "developer": {
    "docs_url": "https://docs.foursquare.com",
    "api_reference_url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/fsq-developers-places/reference/geotagging-endpoints",
    "openapi_spec_url": null,
    "postman_collection_url": null,
    "changelog_url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/changelog",
    "status_page_url": "https://status.foursquare.com",
    "llms_txt_url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown_docs_url": null,
    "rendering": "static"
  },
  "adoption": {
    "launched_at": "2021-03-23",
    "ga_date": "2021-03-23",
    "github_stars": null,
    "github_stars_at": null,
    "notable_customers": [
      "X (Twitter)",
      "Samsung",
      "Telegram",
      "Atmosfy",
      "Untappd",
      "Chime Bank",
      "Reality Games",
      "Uber",
      "Apple",
      "Microsoft",
      "Tinder"
    ]
  },
  "scores": {
    "agent_friendliness": 65,
    "pricing_transparency": 100,
    "setup_speed": 80,
    "docs_quality": 55,
    "procurement_friction": 100,
    "trust_readiness": 35,
    "best_for": [
      "Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call",
      "AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt)",
      "Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box"
    ],
    "avoid_if": [
      "You have strict compliance requirements"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "field": "sandbox_available",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/",
      "excerpt": "Test out Places API for free in our sandbox before transitioning to pay-as-you-go billing.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "vendor_description",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/products/places-api/",
      "excerpt": "100M+ POI across 200+ countries. Access Foursquare's global database of points of interest to build location-aware apps with search, autocomplete, geotagging, and rich venue metadata.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "supported_actions",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/terms/places-api/sla/",
      "excerpt": "The SLA guarantees 99.90% availability for covered Places API (V3) endpoints: /v3/places/search, /v3/places/{fsq_id}, /v3/places/{fsq_id}/photos, /v3/places/{fsq_id}/tips, /v3/autocomplete, /v3/address/{fsq_addr_id}",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "supported_regions",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/products/places-api/",
      "excerpt": "100M+ POI across 200+ countries",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "webhooks_supported",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/products/places-api/",
      "excerpt": "Webhooks are exclusively a Movement SDK feature; Places API does not support webhooks.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sandbox_available",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/resources/blog/news/heads-up-developers-with-fsq-places-api-you-can-now-pay-as-you-go/",
      "excerpt": "Foursquare has simplified our API pricing tiers to: Sandbox, Pay As You Go and Enterprise.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "has_published_pricing",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/",
      "excerpt": "Pro Endpoints: 0–500 calls: $0.00 CPM; 501–100,000 calls: $15.00 CPM; 100,001–500,000 calls: $12.00 CPM; 500,001+ calls: $9.00 CPM.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "free_tier_available",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/upcoming-changes",
      "excerpt": "Beginning June 1, 2026, new Places API & V2 Pro endpoint rates go into effect for all users, with users receiving 500 free Pro calls.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "free_tier_details",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/",
      "excerpt": "up to 10,000 free calls on Pro endpoints",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "requires_sales_call",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/developer/",
      "excerpt": "Self-serve: Free tier with immediate console access. Sales-required: Enterprise offerings (referenced as 'Speak to Sales' option).",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "gdpr",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/global-data-processing-addendum/",
      "excerpt": "'European Data Protection Laws' includes 'the European Union General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR)' and UK GDPR. 'The Parties agree to comply with the Standard Contractual Clauses' for Personal Data transfers subject to European Data Protection Laws.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "soc2",
      "url": "https://app.foursquare.com/about/security",
      "excerpt": "Security page focuses on vulnerability reporting and a researcher Hall of Fame; no compliance certifications listed.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sla_published",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/terms/places-api/sla/",
      "excerpt": "The SLA does not apply to evaluation phases, pilots, alpha, beta, or early access programs, or pay-as-you-go or sandbox-tier customers.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "known_restrictions",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/terms/apilicenseagreement/",
      "excerpt": "You must provide Foursquare with branded attribution (i.e., 'Powered by Foursquare') on any page or screen within Your Service where Places Data may appear.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "known_restrictions",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/terms/places-api/sla/",
      "excerpt": "The SLA excludes evaluation phases, pilots, beta programs, and pay-as-you-go customers.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sdk_languages",
      "url": "https://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-places-api-samples",
      "excerpt": "Repository contains examples in HTML/JavaScript ('Address Autofill and Web Place Search'), Python ('Bulk Harmonization Script'), JavaScript/Leaflet, and iOS/Swift ('Place Search in SwiftUI with Mapbox SDK').",
      "confidence": "medium"
    },
    {
      "field": "input_types",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/products/places-api/",
      "excerpt": "Search for places by location, name, category, telephone number, taste label, or chain name.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "auth_methods",
      "url": "https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/using-foursquares-api-to-post-location-checkins-to-social-media/",
      "excerpt": "--header 'authorization: Bearer ABC123'",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "api_version",
      "url": "https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/using-foursquares-api-to-post-location-checkins-to-social-media/",
      "excerpt": "--header 'X-Places-Api-Version: 2025-06-17'",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "versioning_scheme",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/versioning",
      "excerpt": "Foursquare allows at least several months for transitions when phasing out support for legacy behavior and versions of the API.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "stability",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/upcoming-changes",
      "excerpt": "Legacy V3 endpoints will be deprecated on May 15, 2026.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sdk_packages",
      "url": "https://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-places",
      "excerpt": "Framework agnostic javascript wrapper for foursquare's APIs",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "mcp_url",
      "url": "https://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-places-mcp",
      "excerpt": "Foursquare API tools for Model Context Protocol",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "rate_limit_requests",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/rate-limits",
      "excerpt": "The applicable queries per second (QPS) rate limit is 100 QPS for Enterprise Customers, or 50 QPS for Pay as You Go & Sandbox Customers.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sla_url",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/terms/places-api/sla/",
      "excerpt": "Foursquare will use reasonable commercial efforts to achieve the Service Level Target for covered services during each calendar month.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "free_tier_limit",
      "url": "https://apispine.com/foursquare/pricing",
      "excerpt": "Beginning June 1, 2026, developers will receive 500 free Pro calls (a reduction from the previous 10,000 free calls).",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "starting_price_usd",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/upcoming-changes",
      "excerpt": "501-100,000: $15 CPM",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "price_basis",
      "url": "https://app.getcamino.ai/learn/foursquare-places-api-pricing",
      "excerpt": "Paid tier starts at \"$15.00\" CPM (cost per 1,000 calls)",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "notable_customers",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/products/places-api/",
      "excerpt": "X (formerly Twitter), Samsung, Telegram, Atmosfy, Untappd, Chime Bank, and Reality Games are highlighted as leading companies using the API.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "data_retention_policy_url",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/terms/apilicenseagreement/",
      "excerpt": "You must comply with the Places API caching and query rate limitations applicable to your Account-type (Self-Service 'Pay as You Go') set forth in our Usage Guidelines.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "error_format",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/errors",
      "excerpt": "Codes in the 2xx range indicate a successful request and codes in the 4xx range indicate that some information provided was invalid, omitted or the resource is restricted. Additional details will be provided in the message field of the response.",
      "confidence": "medium"
    },
    {
      "field": "ga_date",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/resources/blog/news/happy-first-birthday-places-api/",
      "excerpt": "Happy First Birthday, Places API! — the Places API launched March 23, 2021.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "pricing_model",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/",
      "excerpt": "Pro Endpoints: 0–500 calls: $0.00 CPM; 501–100,000 calls: $15.00 CPM; 100,001–500,000 calls: $12.00 CPM; 500,001+ calls: $9.00 CPM. Premium Endpoints: 0–100,000 calls: $18.75 CPM; 100,001–500,000 calls: $15.00 CPM; 500,001+ calls: $11.25 CPM.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "free_tier_available",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/",
      "excerpt": "up to 10,000 free calls on Pro endpoints",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "free_tier_details",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/upcoming-changes",
      "excerpt": "New tiered cost-per-mille rates apply to Places API and V2 Pro endpoints: 0-500 calls: Free",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "self_serve_signup",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/resources/blog/news/heads-up-developers-with-fsq-places-api-you-can-now-pay-as-you-go/",
      "excerpt": "The latest Places API version is available to all developers through a self-serve developer account.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "enterprise_plan_available",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/resources/blog/news/heads-up-developers-with-fsq-places-api-you-can-now-pay-as-you-go/",
      "excerpt": "Foursquare has simplified API pricing tiers to: Sandbox, Pay As You Go and Enterprise.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "soc2",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/",
      "excerpt": "No SOC 2 certification mentioned across Foursquare legal, security, or privacy pages.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sla_published",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/terms/places-api/sla/",
      "excerpt": "The SLA guarantees 99.90% availability for covered Places API (V3) endpoints in the United States. The maximum credit available is Ten Percent (10%) of the monthly pro-rata portion of any invoiced flat fees.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "documented_rate_limits",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/rate-limits",
      "excerpt": "The applicable queries per second (QPS) rate limit, calculated across all endpoints in total, is: Enterprise Customers: 100 QPS; or Pay as You Go & Sandbox Customers: 50 QPS.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "known_restrictions",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/terms/apilicenseagreement/",
      "excerpt": "Cannot make 'Places Data available to third parties in bulk' and must prevent 'material portions' from being exposed externally. Prohibited from using 'Places Data to contact businesses included in Places Data as prospective customers'.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "mcp_server_available",
      "url": "https://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-places-mcp",
      "excerpt": "This is an officially published repository by Foursquare that provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enabling AI agents to access Foursquare's location APIs.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "primary_use_cases",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/products/places-api/",
      "excerpt": "Use Cases: Proximity-based place discovery for users; Enriching results with community-contributed content (photos/tips); Content geotagging and sharing functionality; Ride-hailing applications (POI identification for pickup/dropoff); AI agent development for situationally-aware applications.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "base_url",
      "url": "https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/using-foursquares-api-to-post-location-checkins-to-social-media/",
      "excerpt": "curl --request GET --url 'https://places-api.foursquare.com/places/search?ll=51.123%2C0.123&radius=1000&sort=POPULARITY' --header 'X-Places-Api-Version: 2025-06-17' --header 'accept: application/json' --header 'authorization: Bearer ABC123'",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "auth_methods",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/places-api-usage",
      "excerpt": "All API calls to Foursquare's endpoints require an API Key, which you can generate in the Developer Console.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "versioning_scheme",
      "url": "https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/using-foursquares-api-to-post-location-checkins-to-social-media/",
      "excerpt": "--header 'X-Places-Api-Version: 2025-06-17'",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "stability",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/resources/blog/news/happy-first-birthday-places-api/",
      "excerpt": "Happy First Birthday, Places API!",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "deprecation_policy_url",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/versioning",
      "excerpt": "Foursquare allows at least several months for transitions when phasing out support for legacy behavior and versions of the API. Additionally, Foursquare will email developers who will be affected by changes and conduct 'API brownouts' before changes go live.",
      "confidence": "medium"
    },
    {
      "field": "sdk_packages",
      "url": "https://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-places-mcp",
      "excerpt": "This project implements an MCP server that can access the Foursquare API in order to support local search for places.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "quickstart_url",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/developer/",
      "excerpt": "Quick start guide: https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/developer-console-get-started",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "rate_limit_window",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/rate-limits",
      "excerpt": "The applicable queries per second (QPS) rate limit is 100 QPS for Enterprise Customers, or 50 QPS for Pay as You Go & Sandbox Customers.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "free_tier_limit",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/upcoming-changes",
      "excerpt": "New tiered cost-per-mille rates apply to Places API and V2 Pro endpoints: 0-500 calls: Free",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "starting_price_usd",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/",
      "excerpt": "Pro endpoints: $0-15 CPM (0-100K calls free, then $15-9 CPM at higher volumes)",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "price_basis",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/pricing/",
      "excerpt": "Pay-as-you-go, volume-based CPM pricing",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "launched_at",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/resources/blog/news/happy-first-birthday-places-api/",
      "excerpt": "Happy First Birthday, Places API! — commemorating March 23, 2022, marking its launch exactly one year prior in 2021.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "notable_customers",
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/02/foursquare-picks-up-33-million-series-f-investment",
      "excerpt": "Major brands whose platforms are powered by Foursquare location technology include Uber, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and Twitter.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "data_retention_policy_url",
      "url": "https://foursquare.com/legal/api/platformpolicy",
      "excerpt": "In no event may you cache any data for more than 24 hours.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "requires_verification",
      "url": "https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/developer-console-get-started",
      "excerpt": "You can get started in four simple steps: Sign up for a Developer Account, Create an App, Generate an Access Token, and Make your first API call.",
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "fields_not_found": [
    "soc2",
    "hipaa",
    "iso_27001",
    "pci_dss",
    "minimum_commitment",
    "specific supported language list",
    "idempotency_supported",
    "webhook_events_url",
    "webhook_signing"
  ],
  "source_confidence": "high",
  "last_verified_at": "2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z",
  "contribute": {
    "note": "This data is crowd-editable. Suggest corrections or leave a review via these endpoints - no auth required, requests are rate-limited, and every submission is reviewed before it goes live. For a field edit, {field} is any key in this response and a citation is required.",
    "endpoints": [
      {
        "action": "review",
        "label": "Leave a review or comment",
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://apio.sh/api/feedback/foursquare-places",
        "example_body": {
          "kind": "review",
          "rating": 5,
          "body": "Your experience with this API…"
        }
      },
      {
        "action": "field_edit",
        "label": "Suggest a correction to a field (cite a source)",
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://apio.sh/api/suggest/foursquare-places/{field}",
        "example_body": {
          "value": "corrected value",
          "citations": [
            {
              "url": "https://source.example/page",
              "excerpt": "supporting quote"
            }
          ],
          "note": "what changed and why"
        }
      },
      {
        "action": "new_api",
        "label": "Suggest a new API to add",
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://apio.sh/api/suggest/api",
        "example_body": {
          "value": {
            "name": "Acme API",
            "website_url": "https://acme.example"
          },
          "citations": [
            {
              "url": "https://acme.example"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "action": "token",
        "label": "Optional - raise your rate limit",
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://apio.sh/api/feedback/token"
      }
    ]
  }
}