A Places API alternative, paid per call

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How it works

The places endpoint returns local business results for a query and optional location: name, address, rating and review count, category, phone, website, latitude and longitude, and a place ID (cid).

Each call costs $0.004 and returns up to 20 places. There is no billing account, field mask or monthly minimum to set up.

Coordinates make it simple to plot results or compute distances, and cid gives you a stable identifier to de-duplicate places across queries. Run the same query across several locations to cover a region, or vary the business type to map a local market. If your business appears in lead results and you want it removed, the opt-out page excludes a domain or email address within a minute.

Request and response: /api/v1/places

POST /api/v1/places costs $0.004 per call. Send the parameters as a JSON body.

curl -X POST https://x402serps.com/api/v1/places \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Trial: 1" \
  -d '{"q":"coffee shops","location":"Leeds, United Kingdom","num":10}'

Example response (values shortened; field names are exactly what the API returns):

{
  "query": "coffee shops",
  "provider": "primary",
  "results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Example Coffee Roasters",
      "address": "12 Example Street, Leeds LS1 1AA",
      "rating": 4.7,
      "ratingCount": 812,
      "category": "Coffee shop",
      "phone": "+44 113 000 0000",
      "website": "https://example-coffee.co.uk",
      "latitude": 53.799,
      "longitude": -1.549,
      "cid": "1234567890123456789"
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

• Local recommendations. Answer "where can I get X near Y" with real places.
• Lead lists. Find businesses by type and area (see the opt-out page for removal).
• Store locators. Look up addresses and coordinates for a chain.
• Data enrichment. Add phone, website and rating to a list of business names.

Paying for calls

Every call is priced on its own. With x402, an unpaid request returns HTTP 402 with the exact amount, asset and recipient for USDC on Base or Solana; your client signs a payment and repeats the same request, and results come back once the payment settles. No account or API key is involved. If you would rather pay by card, buy a credit pack on the pricing page and send Authorization: Bearer xs_.... Cached repeat queries cost half for credit keys, and failed calls are not charged. Paid calls have no per-minute rate limit.

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