Place Lookup API

Place Lookup API

The Place Lookup API converts citys into precise geographic coordinates, enabling accurate location-based services and spatial analysis in applications.

API description

About the API:  


The Place Lookup API is a powerful and versatile tool that converts city names into geographic coordinates, enabling developers and businesses to harness the power of location-based data in their applications, services and projects. By leveraging the Place Lookup API, users can transform human-readable location information into precise latitude and longitude coordinates, opening up endless possibilities for location-based services and spatial analytics.

At the core of this API is a sophisticated geocoding engine that accesses extensive databases and algorithms to process location data accurately and efficiently. Place Lookup API can quickly determine your geographic position on the Earth's surface.

The Place Lookup API offers an intuitive and easy-to-use interface with a well-documented endpoint. Thanks to its simple integration, users of all levels can easily incorporate the API into their applications, making it accessible to a wide range of industries and use cases.

Geolocation and mapping services can use the geocoding API to enhance the user experience by converting user-supplied addresses or search queries into accurate map markers.

In conclusion, the Place Lookup API is a versatile and invaluable tool that enriches applications and services with accurate location-based data. Thanks to its precise geocoding capabilities and easy integration, the API enables users and businesses to unleash the power of location intelligence, improve user experience, optimize operations and make data-driven decisions based on spatial information.


What this API receives and what your API provides (input/output)?

It will receive parameters and provide you with a JSON.

 

What are the most common uses cases of this API?

  1. Real estate and property management: Real estate platforms can use the geocoding API to automatically geocode property addresses, enhancing property search capabilities for prospective buyers or tenants and providing localized property information.

  2. Logistics and fleet management: Logistics and delivery companies use the geocoding API to optimize route planning and tracking. It converts delivery addresses into coordinates, enabling efficient fleet management and on-time deliveries.

  3. Weather forecasting and localized updates: Weather applications use the geocoding API to provide localized weather updates to users based on their exact location, ensuring accurate, hyper-local weather forecasting.

  4. Social media and travel apps: The geocoding API allows users to tag their posts, check-ins and activities with location data, enhancing social media experiences and facilitating event and meeting planning.

  5. Data visualization and spatial analysis: Businesses leverage the geocoding API to convert location data into consistent geographic coordinates, enabling advanced spatial analysis, heat mapping and data-driven insights for decision making.

Are there any limitations to your plans?

Besides the number of API calls, there is no other limitation.

API Documentation

Endpoints


To use this endpoint you must indicate in the parameter a city, you also have an optional parameter where you can insert the country code of a country. The response will return you answers based on your search and similar about the city you are looking for.



                                                                            
GET https://zylalabs.com/api/2329/place+lookup+api/2239/geocode+city
                                                                            
                                                                        

Geocode city - Endpoint Features
Object Description
Test Endpoint

API EXAMPLE RESPONSE

       
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [{"name": "London", "latitude": 51.5073219, "longitude": -0.1276474, "country": "GB", "state": "England"}, {"name": "City of London", "latitude": 51.5156177, "longitude": -0.0919983, "country": "GB", "state": "England"}, {"name": "London", "latitude": 42.9832406, "longitude": -81.243372, "country": "CA", "state": "Ontario"}, {"name": "Chelsea", "latitude": 51.4875167, "longitude": -0.1687007, "country": "GB", "state": "England"}, {"name": "London", "latitude": 37.1289771, "longitude": -84.0832646, "country": "US", "state": "Kentucky"}]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

Geocode city - CODE SNIPPETS


curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/2329/place+lookup+api/2239/geocode+city' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' 

    

API Access Key & Authentication

After signing up, every developer is assigned a personal API access key, a unique combination of letters and digits provided to access to our API endpoint. To authenticate with the Place Lookup API REST API, simply include your bearer token in the Authorization header.

Headers

Header Description
Authorization [Required] Should be Bearer access_key. See "Your API Access Key" above when you are subscribed.


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To use this API you must insert a city.

Place Lookup API is an API that allows users to quickly retrieve concrete information about cities.

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