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Foursquare Places API — search

Foursquare Places API — search. 2 operations. Lead operation: Nearby places. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Foursquare business surface.

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What You Can Do

GET
Nearbyplaces — Nearby places
/v1/places/nearby
GET
Searchplaces — Search for places
/v1/places/search

MCP Tools

nearby-places

Nearby places

read-only idempotent
search-places

Search for places

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

places-search.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Foursquare Places API — search
  description: 'Foursquare Places API — search. 2 operations. Lead operation: Nearby places. Self-contained Naftiko capability
    covering one Foursquare business surface.'
  tags:
  - Foursquare
  - search
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    FOURSQUARE_API_KEY: FOURSQUARE_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: places-search
    baseUri: https://places-api.foursquare.com
    description: Foursquare Places API — search business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: places-nearby
      path: /places/nearby
      operations:
      - name: nearbyplaces
        method: GET
        description: Nearby places
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: ll
          in: query
          type: string
          required: true
        - name: radius
          in: query
          type: integer
        - name: limit
          in: query
          type: integer
    - name: places-search
      path: /places/search
      operations:
      - name: searchplaces
        method: GET
        description: Search for places
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: query
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Free-text search term (e.g., "coffee").
        - name: ll
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Latitude,longitude pair (e.g., "40.7128,-74.0060").
        - name: near
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Geocodable text location (e.g., "New York, NY").
        - name: radius
          in: query
          type: integer
          description: Search radius in meters.
        - name: categories
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Comma-separated Foursquare category ids.
        - name: limit
          in: query
          type: integer
        - name: sort
          in: query
          type: string
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: Authorization
      value: '{{env.FOURSQUARE_API_KEY}}'
      placement: header
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: places-search-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Foursquare Places API — search. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation,
      prefixed with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/places/nearby
      name: places-nearby
      description: REST surface for places-nearby.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: nearbyplaces
        description: Nearby places
        call: places-search.nearbyplaces
        with:
          ll: rest.ll
          radius: rest.radius
          limit: rest.limit
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/places/search
      name: places-search
      description: REST surface for places-search.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: searchplaces
        description: Search for places
        call: places-search.searchplaces
        with:
          query: rest.query
          ll: rest.ll
          near: rest.near
          radius: rest.radius
          categories: rest.categories
          limit: rest.limit
          sort: rest.sort
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: places-search-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Foursquare Places API — search. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this
      capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: nearby-places
      description: Nearby places
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: places-search.nearbyplaces
      with:
        ll: tools.ll
        radius: tools.radius
        limit: tools.limit
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: search-places
      description: Search for places
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: places-search.searchplaces
      with:
        query: tools.query
        ll: tools.ll
        near: tools.near
        radius: tools.radius
        categories: tools.categories
        limit: tools.limit
        sort: tools.sort
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.