# Places API

Access global POI data from our [Open Source Places dataset](https://opensource.foursquare.com/) via an API offering real-time venue search, discovery, and ranking.

### **Search & Data Endpoints**
Returns places based on user-submitted keywords. Matches against names, categories, tips & tastes.

- [View Endpoints](https://docs.foursquare.com/fsq-developers-places/reference/search-data-endpoints)

### **Geotagging Candidates & Confirmation**
Detect where your user's device is and what is around them to provide POI tagging that supports a check-in use case.

- [View Endpoints](https://docs.foursquare.com/fsq-developers-places/reference/geotagging-endpoints)

### **Placemaker Endpoints**
Enable your end users to directly provide feedback about Foursquare POIs.

- [View Endpoints](https://docs.foursquare.com/fsq-developers-places/reference/placemaker-endpoints)

### **Autocomplete Endpoints**
Returns a list of top places, geos, and searches that partially match provided keyword and location inputs.

- [View Endpoints](https://docs.foursquare.com/fsq-developers-places/reference/autocomplete)

### **Batch Place Match**
Match places in your dataset to Foursquare's rich POI data.

- [View Endpoints](https://docs.foursquare.com/fsq-developers-places/reference/batch-place-match-1)

### **Batch Transaction Match**
Match large batches of transaction data to Foursquare's POI dataset.

- [View Endpoints](https://docs.foursquare.com/fsq-developers-places/reference/batch-transaction-match)

### **Offline Job APIs**
Executes long-running, asynchronous processes over large datasets. Handles heavy computation unsuitable for synchronous API requests.

- [View Endpoints](https://docs.foursquare.com/fsq-developers-places/reference/offline-job-apis)