Foursquare Places API
Maps & Geocoding
Foursquare Places API provides access to Foursquare's proprietary global place database one of the most curated and trusted location datasets in the world, covering over 100 million businesses, venues, and points of interest across 190+ countries. Unlike Google Maps which aggregates data from many sources, Foursquare's place data is known for its editorial curation and accuracy, built over a decade from user check-ins, business submissions, and data partnerships.
Foursquare Places API Highlights
Foursquare Places API is verified for developer integrations in Nigeria and across African markets, providing documented endpoints, sandbox testing, and developer support.
OAuth 2.0 or API Key
Free: 1,000 calls/day. Paid plans for higher limits.
Nigeria
Ghana
Kenya
AWSFoursquare Places API is best for:
Developers needing high-quality, editorially curated place data businesses, landmarks, and venues with rich contextual attributes. Good alternative to Google Places for applications needing curated venue data.
- Free:1,000 API calls/day
- Paid plans for higher volume and premium data
- Nigeria supported
Foursquare Places API Core Features & Capabilities
Required Access Documents for Foursquare Places API
- Foursquare Developer AccountRequiredRegister at developer.foursquare.com. Create an app to receive an API key. Free tier available. For production use at higher volumes, paid plans are required.
Different Foursquare Places API use cases
- Nigerian Venue Discovery App:Use Foursquare Places to build a venue discovery feature in a Nigerian lifestyle or travel app finding restaurants, bars, hotels, and attractions in Lagos or Abuja with Foursquare's curated category system and verified business details.
- Business Listing Enrichment for Nigerian Platform:Use Foursquare Place Match to match existing Nigerian business records in a database against Foursquare's global place graph, enriching records with standardized categories, verified addresses, opening hours, and phone numbers.
- Point-of-Interest Search for Nigerian Map App:Use Foursquare Places search to add point-of-interest discovery to a Nigerian mapping application finding nearby landmarks, service locations, and businesses with filtering by Foursquare's hierarchical category system.
- Reverse Geocoding for Nigerian Logistics:Use Foursquare reverse geocoding to convert GPS coordinates from Nigerian delivery drivers into human-readable addresses and nearby place names, providing context about driver locations for Nigerian logistics dispatchers.