Search

Full-text place search across 8 billion features

Endpoints

Method Path Description
GET /api/v1/search Full-text search for places by name or category
GET /api/v1/elements Query elements by bounding box and tag filters

Quick start

curl "https://plaza.fyi/api/v1/search?q=coffee+shops+manhattan&limit=10"

How it compares

Google Places: $17/1K for place details
Plaza: All fields included, no per-field charges
Mapbox: No text search API
Plaza: BM25-ranked full-text search
Nominatim: Limited to structured queries
Plaza: Free-form text with ranked results

Try it yourself

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