GET/local/place_search

Place Search

Find businesses, landmarks and points of interest from an index of 200M+ places, near coordinates or a named location. Returns ratings, hours, address, contact info.

Brave Search·$0.006 per call

Example code

// Using @orth/sdk - The simplest way to call APIs
// Install: npm install @orth/sdk
import Orthogonal from "@orth/sdk";

const orthogonal = new Orthogonal({
  apiKey: process.env.ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY,
});

const output = await orthogonal.run({
  api: "brave-search",
  path: "/local/place_search"
});

console.log(output);

Query parameters

string

What to look for, e.g. coffee shops. Omit to explore general places in the area

latitude

number

Latitude of search center (use with longitude)

longitude

number

Longitude of search center

location

string

Location name alternative to coordinates, e.g. 'san francisco ca united states' or 'tokyo japan'

radius

number

Radius bias in meters

count

integer

Results (1-100, default 20)

country

string

2-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) to scope the search (default US)

search_lang

string

Language code for results (default en)

ui_lang

string

UI language

units

string

metric or imperial

safesearch

string

off, moderate, or strict (default strict)

spellcheck

boolean

Spellcheck the query

geoloc

string

User position as <lat>x<long> for distance calculation