Place Photo Guides

Response Fields

Field Description
fsq_photo_id A unique identifier for this photo.
created_at The date and time when this photo was created.
prefix Beginning of the URL for this photo.
suffix Ending of the URL for this photo.
width Maximum width of the photo, in pixels.
height Maximum height of the photo, in pixels.

Sample JSON Response

"photos": [
{ 
  "fsq_photo_id":"5183232a498ea9477d575e31",
  "created_at":"2013-05-03T02:38:34.000Z",
  "prefix":"https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/",
  "suffix":"/1049719_PiLE0Meoa27AkuLvSaNwcvswnmYRa0vxLQkOrpgMlwk.jpg",
  "width":1920,
  "height":1440,
}
]

Assembling a Photo URL

By returning photo URL components in our JSON response, we're giving developers the flexibility to resize photos on the fly. We fully expect this feature to help reduce your application's overall data load and help you fit photos into pre-sized content boxes with ease.

There are a few ways to assemble a photo URL:

  1. To obtain the original size of the photo, combine prefix + original + suffix: https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/original/1049719_PiLE0Meoa27AkuLvSaNwcvswnmYRa0vxLQkOrpgMlwk.jpg

  2. To scale down this photo, 1) determine the size you want, paying close attention to not exceed the maximum width and height. 2) using your desired width (800px) & height (600px), convert this to a size (width x height) and combine prefix + size + suffix: https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/800x600/1049719_PiLE0Meoa27AkuLvSaNwcvswnmYRa0vxLQkOrpgMlwk.jpg

  3. To crop this photo, determine the size you would like (ie. 400x400) and combine prefix + size + suffix: https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/200x200/1049719_PiLE0Meoa27AkuLvSaNwcvswnmYRa0vxLQkOrpgMlwk.jpg

Category Icons

Icons for categories may be returned in the categories response field and are structured in a similar prefix + size + suffix format. All icons are square images.

Sample Category JSON

{
  "fsq_category_id":"4bf58dd8d48988d182941735",
  "name":"Amusement Park",
  "icon":{
    "prefix":"https://ss3.4sqi.net/img/categories_v2/arts_entertainment/themepark_",
    "suffix":").png"
  }
}

To obtain an icon, the only acceptable size values are one of: 32, 44, 64, 88, or 120 (pixels).

For example, the Amusement Park icon url is: https://ss3.4sqi.net/img/categories_v2/arts_entertainment/themepark_120.png

Additionally, a background can be added to any icon by adding bg_ to the URL (i.e. https://ss3.4sqi.net/img/categories_v2/arts_entertainment/themepark_bg_120.png)