POI Lookup

POI Lookup API provides basic information of POI(scenic spot, tide stations, etc.)

Endpoint#

GET /geo/v2/poi/lookup

Parameters#

Query parameters

location (required) The location to be queried, support LocationID or comma-separated longitude and latitude (decimal, up to 2 decimal places), LocationID can be obtained by GeoAPI. Example: location=101010100 or location=116.41,39.92
type (required) Choose to search for a certain type of POI. scenic for Scenic Spot, TSTA for Tide Station
city Search for POI within a given city. The city name can be text or the city's LocationID. The city name is an exact match. It is recommended to use LocaitonID. If the text cannot be matched, the data returned will be empty.
number Number of the results in response, from 1 to 20, 10 is the default.
lang Multi-language setting, please see Language to find out how our multi-language works and how to set up.

Request example#

curl -X GET --compressed \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer your_token' \
'https://your-api-host/geo/v2/poi/lookup?location=116.41%2C39.92&type=scenic&city=101010100&number=10&lang=en'

Replace your_token and your_api_host with your JWT Authentication and API Host

Try it

Response#

{
  "code": "200",
  "poi": [
    {
      "name": "Nanluoguxiang Alley",
      "id": "10101010005A",
      "lat": "39.93000",
      "lon": "116.40000",
      "adm2": "Beijing",
      "adm1": "Beijing",
      "country": "China",
      "tz": "Asia/Shanghai",
      "utcOffset": "+08:00",
      "isDst": "0",
      "type": "scenic",
      "rank": "86",
      "fxLink": "https://www.qweather.com"
    }
  ],
  "refer": {
    "sources": [
      "https://developer.qweather.com/attribution.html"
    ],
    "license": [
      "QWeather Developers License"
    ]
  }
}

code string Status code
poi object POI list
- name string Location Name
- id string Location ID
- lat string Latitude
- lon string Longitude
- adm2 string Name of the superior administrative division of the location
- adm1 string The first-level administrative area of the location
- country string Country name
- tz string Timezone for this location
- utcOffset string The number of hours offset between local time and UTC time, refer to UTC Offset
- isDst string Is the location currently on daylight saving time. 1 for daylight saving time and 0 for not in daylight saving time
- type string Location type
- rank string Location rank
- fxLink uri Responsive web page of this location, easy to embed in your website or APP
refer object Data sources and licensing information
- sources array Data source and other statements, may be null
- license array Data license, may be null