# Foursquare Match API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/foursquare-match-api/  
**Provider:** Foursquare — https://apis.io/providers/foursquare/  
**Base URL:** https://places-api.foursquare.com  
**Documentation:** https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/places-api-overview

Foursquare Match API is one of 12 APIs that [Foursquare](https://apis.io/providers/foursquare/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Match. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

Match an external POI record to a Foursquare place

## Machine-readable artifacts (15)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/openapi/foursquare-match-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/places-api-overview
- **Documentation** — https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/foursquare-api-reference
- **Signup** — https://foursquare.com/developers/
- **Tools** — https://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-places-mcp
- **Rules** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/rules/foursquare-places-rules.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/json-schema/foursquare-place.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/json-schema/foursquare-tip.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/json-ld/foursquare-context.jsonld
- **Vocabulary** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/foursquare-vocabulary.yml
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/examples/foursquare-place-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/examples/foursquare-search-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/examples/foursquare-match-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/examples/foursquare-ask-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/foursquare/refs/heads/main/examples/foursquare-geotagging-example.json

## Other Foursquare APIs (11)

- [Foursquare Movement SDK](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/movement-sdk/)
- [Foursquare Movement Geofence API](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/movement-geofence-api/)
- [Foursquare Studio Data API](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/studio-data-api/)
- [Foursquare Measurement API (MAPI)](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/measurement-api/)
- [Foursquare Ask API](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/foursquare-ask-api/)
- [Foursquare Autocomplete API](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/foursquare-autocomplete-api/)
- [Foursquare Details API](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/foursquare-details-api/)
- [Foursquare Geotagging API](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/foursquare-geotagging-api/)
- [Foursquare Photos API](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/foursquare-photos-api/)
- [Foursquare Search API](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/foursquare-search-api/)
- [Foursquare Tips API](https://apis.io/apis/foursquare/foursquare-tips-api/)

## Tags

Match

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