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ParkWhiz API: Venue Search

Find ParkWhiz venues by name or latitude/longitude pair.

Request:

http://api.parkwhiz.com/venue/search/ GET

Parameters:

Required parameters are bold.

name string: Name of the venue

lat float: Latitude

lng float: Longitude

key string: ParkWhiz public API key

A latitude/longitude pair can be used in place of name; only one or the other is required.

Example call:

http://api.parkwhiz.com/venue/search/?lat=42.082089&lng=-71.2796045&key=62d882d8cfe5680004fa849286b6ce20

Returns (array):

name: Name of the venue
address: Street address of the venue
city: City of the venue
state: State of the venue
zip: Zip code of the venue
id: ParkWhiz ID of the venue
url_fragment: URL of venue on ParkWhiz. For example, http://api.parkwhiz.com[url_fragment]
distance: Distance in feet from the lat/lng pair queried; null if no lat/lng pair query provided.
relevancy: Relevancy score of name search; higher is better. Null if no name query provided.

Example response:

[
    {
        "name": "Gillette Stadium",
        "address": "60 Washington St.",
        "city": "Foxboro",
        "state": "MA",
        "zip": "02035",
        "id": 63,
        "url_fragment": "/gillette-stadium-parking/",
        "distance": 5253,
        "relevancy": null
    },
    ...
]

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