Geographic API

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The Geographic API extends the Semantic API, using a linked data approach to enhance location concepts used in The New York Times' controlled vocabulary and data resources which combine them with the GeoNames database, an authoritative and free to use database of global geographical places, names and features.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Geographic API

Geographic API

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/geo_api/1.0.0/query.json?sw=example&name=test&sort=desc&limit=20&query=test&facets=0&filter=example&offset=0&latitude=51.5074&elevation=1&longitude=-0.1278&date_range=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/geo_api/1.0.0/query.json?sw=example&name=test&sort=desc&limit=20&query=test&facets=0&filter=example&offset=0&latitude=51.5074&elevation=1&longitude=-0.1278&date_range=example"

import requests
params = {
    "sw": "example",
    "name": "test",
    "sort": "desc",
    "limit": "20",
    "query": "test",
    "facets": "0",
    "filter": "example",
    "offset": "0",
    "latitude": "51.5074",
    "elevation": "1",
    "longitude": "-0.1278",
    "date_range": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/geo_api/1.0.0/query.json",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/geo_api/1.0.0/query.json');
url.searchParams.set('sw', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('name', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('sort', 'desc');
url.searchParams.set('limit', '20');
url.searchParams.set('query', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('facets', '0');
url.searchParams.set('filter', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('offset', '0');
url.searchParams.set('latitude', '51.5074');
url.searchParams.set('elevation', '1');
url.searchParams.set('longitude', '-0.1278');
url.searchParams.set('date_range', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/geo_api/1.0.0/query.json")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("sw", "example")
	q.Set("name", "test")
	q.Set("sort", "desc")
	q.Set("limit", "20")
	q.Set("query", "test")
	q.Set("facets", "0")
	q.Set("filter", "example")
	q.Set("offset", "0")
	q.Set("latitude", "51.5074")
	q.Set("elevation", "1")
	q.Set("longitude", "-0.1278")
	q.Set("date_range", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/geo_api/1.0.0/query.json")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "sw" => "example",
  "name" => "test",
  "sort" => "desc",
  "limit" => "20",
  "query" => "test",
  "facets" => "0",
  "filter" => "example",
  "offset" => "0",
  "latitude" => "51.5074",
  "elevation" => "1",
  "longitude" => "-0.1278",
  "date_range" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/geo_api/1.0.0/query.json?" . http_build_query([
    "sw" => "example",
    "name" => "test",
    "sort" => "desc",
    "limit" => "20",
    "query" => "test",
    "facets" => "0",
    "filter" => "example",
    "offset" => "0",
    "latitude" => "51.5074",
    "elevation" => "1",
    "longitude" => "-0.1278",
    "date_range" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Geographic API?

Geographic API is a Media API. Developers commonly use media APIs for:

storing and delivering images, video, and audio
building digital asset management and media libraries
transcoding and optimising media for the web
adding video streaming and playback to your app
automating content tagging and metadata extraction

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Geographic API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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