places

Places & Maps

Places Search

Places Search is a places & maps capability available through Google Maps, HERE on Aweb. Search for places, businesses, and points of interest by name or category. Access it through a single unified API with automatic failover and intelligent routing.

Try Places SearchAPI docs

Best for

Highest quality

Google Maps, HERE

Premium tier

Contract

Max Latency3000ms

Providers (2)

ProviderScoreQualityPricing
Google MapsDEFAULT
98premiumstandard
HERE
90premiumstandard

Quick start

Call Places Search through Alfred — automatic provider selection, failover, and load balancing included.

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.alfred-ai.app/v1/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ALFRED_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "capability": "places.search",
    "input": { "prompt": "Hello world" }
  }'

TypeScript

import { Alfred } from '@alfred/core';

const alfred = new Alfred({ apiKey: process.env.ALFRED_API_KEY });

// Alfred automatically selects the best provider
const result = await alfred.execute({
  capability: 'places.search',
  input: { prompt: 'Hello world' },
});

console.log(result.output);

Orchestration pipeline

import { Alfred } from '@alfred/core';

const alfred = new Alfred({ apiKey: process.env.ALFRED_API_KEY });

// Multi-step pipeline with automatic failover
const result = await alfred.orchestrate({
  steps: [
    { id: 'step1', capability: 'places.search', input: { prompt: 'Hello world' } },
    { id: 'step2', capability: 'llm.chat', dependsOn: ['step1'],
      input: { prompt: 'Summarize: $step1.output' } },
  ],
});

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