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GET
/
v1
/
geocoding
/
autocomplete
Autocomplete place search
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.footstep.ai/v1/geocoding/autocomplete \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'
import requests

url = "https://api.footstep.ai/v1/geocoding/autocomplete"

headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.footstep.ai/v1/geocoding/autocomplete', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.footstep.ai/v1/geocoding/autocomplete",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.footstep.ai/v1/geocoding/autocomplete"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.footstep.ai/v1/geocoding/autocomplete")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.footstep.ai/v1/geocoding/autocomplete")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{ "results": [ { "coordinates": { "lat": 51.5014, "lng": -0.1419 }, "label": "Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom", "name": "Buckingham Palace", "country": "United Kingdom", "country_code": "GBR", "region": "England", "locality": "London", "confidence": 0.9, "place_type": "venue" } ], "query": { "text": "Buck", "size": 10 } }

Authorizations

x-api-key
string
header
required

Your Footstep API key

Query Parameters

text
string
required

Partial text input for typeahead suggestions

size
integer
default:10

Maximum number of results

Required range: 1 <= x <= 40
focus.point.lat
number

Latitude to bias results toward. Supply whenever you have spatial context — user's current location, map viewport, last-known anchor. Same-name places nearby float above distant namesakes. Pair with focus.point.lon.

Required range: -90 <= x <= 90
focus.point.lon
number

Longitude to bias results toward. Pair with focus.point.lat.

Required range: -180 <= x <= 180
boundary.country
string

Comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country codes to restrict results (e.g. 'GBR' or 'GBR,USA'). Set when the search context is country-bound.

place_types
string

Comma-separated place types to filter: venue, address, street, locality, region, country

Response

Autocomplete suggestions

results
object[]
required
query
object
required