Foursquare Developer Documentation

Explore our comprehensive technical documentation, tools and more to up your location game.

Explore our products

Learn more about our complete suite of developer products.

• APIs
• SDKs

Places API New!

Access global POI data and rich content via our new Places API endpoints.

• Search & Data Endpoints
• Geotagging Endpoints
• Placemaker Endpoints
• Autocomplete Endpoints
• Place Match Endpoint
• Transaction Match Endpoint
• Offline Job Endpoints

Users API New!

Manage user accounts and authentication endpoints for Foursquare users.

• Managed User Endpoints
• Authentication Endpoints

Movement Geofence API

Enable Movement SDK user-configured geofences for specific venues, categories, and more.

• Overview
• Usage
• Endpoints

Studio Data API

Create, manage, and modify geospatial assets used on Foursquare Studio. Integrate into your pipeline tasks for the bulk processing of geospatial data, allowing for the efficient flow of data into Studio.

• Sharing
• Datasets
• Queries
• Maps

Measurement API

Measurement API (MAPI) is a tool for accessing measurement data, powering everything from insights gathering to campaign optimization. MAPI combines unparalleled data granularity with a flexible syntax to put you in control of your report data.

• Overview
• Get Started
• Data
• Reports

Movement SDK

Create real-time, contextual mobile experiences, and bridge the gap between online interests and real-world behaviors.

• Overview
• IOS
• Android

Studio Data SDK

Supports automated, scalable management of maps and seamless integration with your workflows.

• Get Started
• Data Functions
• View all

Map SDK

Control, embed and customize maps on your own webpage or in Jupyter Notebooks.

• Get started
• Map functions
• View all

Personalization API - Deprecated

Leverage our global POI database alongside our personalization algorithms to provide a personalized search experience unique to a user’s specific tastes, visit history, review sentiment, and more.

• Search
• User Management
• User Generated Content
• Venues

API Explorer

View working code examples and make authenticated API requests with full responses. Try it out!

• Full sample responses without writing code
• Build your own requests and see responses in real-time
• Multiple code language support