# Esri Places API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-arcgis-places-api/  
**Provider:** Esri — https://apis.io/providers/esri/  
**Base URL:** https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest  
**Documentation:** https://developers.arcgis.com/

Esri Places API is one of 12 APIs that [Esri](https://apis.io/providers/esri/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Places. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

Points of interest search and retrieval

## Operations (2)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/places/near-point` | Find places near a point |
| GET | `/places/{placeId}` | Get place details |

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/esri/refs/heads/main/openapi/esri-arcgis-places-api-openapi.yml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/esri/refs/heads/main/overlays/esri-arcgis-places-api-overlay.yaml
- **Portal** — https://developers.arcgis.com/
- **Documentation** — https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/
- **Authentication** — https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/security-and-authentication/
- **Reference** — https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/

## Other Esri APIs (11)

- [Esri ArcGIS Platform API](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-arcgis-platform-api/)
- [Esri Auth API](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-auth-api/)
- [Esri Geocoding API](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-geocoding-api/)
- [Esri Routing API](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-routing-api/)
- [ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-arcgis-maps-sdk-javascript/)
- [ArcGIS API for Python](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-arcgis-api-for-python/)
- [Esri Geocoding API](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-arcgis-geocoding-api/)
- [Esri Portal API](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-arcgis-portal-api/)
- [ArcGIS Urban API](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-arcgis-urban-api/)
- [MCP for ArcGIS Location Services (beta)](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-arcgis-mcp-location-services/)
- [ArcGIS Server OGC Web Services](https://apis.io/apis/esri/esri-arcgis-ogc-services/)

## Tags

Places

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