# Brave Place Search API

> Place Search from Brave. Returns the official Brave API response unchanged.

Source: https://www.sandbase.ai/model/brave/local-place-search
API reference: https://www.sandbase.ai/model/brave/local-place-search/docs

## Facts

- Provider: Brave
- Type: Data API
- Endpoint: `POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/brave/local-place-search`
- Price: $0.0075 per call
- Free allowance: 100 calls per organization per UTC day, shared across eligible APIs
- Capabilities: api, brave, web search
- Billing: pay per use from one SandBase balance; no provider account or subscription needed

## Call it

`POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/brave/local-place-search` with `Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY` and the parameters as a JSON body.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Allowed values |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `count` | integer | no |  |
| `country` | string | no | AR, AU, AT, BE, BR, CA, CL, DK, FI, FR, DE, GR, HK, IN, ID, IT, JP, KR, MY, MX, NL, NZ, NO, CN, PL, PT, PH, RU, SA, ZA, ES, SE, CH, TW, TR, GB, US, ALL |
| `geoloc` | string | no |  |
| `latitude` | number | no |  |
| `location` | string | no |  |
| `longitude` | number | no |  |
| `q` | string | no |  |
| `radius` | number | no |  |
| `safesearch` | string | no | off, moderate, strict |
| `search_lang` | string | no | ar, eu, bn, bg, ca, zh-hans, zh-hant, hr, cs, da, nl, en, en-gb, et, fi, fr, gl, de, el, gu, he, hi, hu, is, it, ja, jp, kn, ko, lv, lt, ms, ml, mr, nb, pl, pt-br, pt-pt, pa, ro, ru, sr, sk, sl, es, sv, ta, te, th, tr, uk, vi |
| `spellcheck` | boolean | no |  |
| `ui_lang` | string | no | es-AR, en-AU, de-AT, nl-BE, fr-BE, pt-BR, en-CA, fr-CA, es-CL, da-DK, fi-FI, fr-FR, de-DE, el-GR, zh-HK, en-IN, en-ID, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, en-MY, es-MX, nl-NL, en-NZ, no-NO, zh-CN, pl-PL, en-PH, ru-RU, en-ZA, es-ES, sv-SE, fr-CH, de-CH, zh-TW, tr-TR, en-GB, en-US, es-US |
| `units` | string | no | imperial, metric |

## FAQ

### How do I use the Brave Place Search API?

Send a POST request to https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/brave/local-place-search with your SandBase API key in the Authorization header (Bearer) and the parameters as a JSON body. You can also try it in the Playground on this page without writing code.

### How much does the Brave Place Search API cost?

$0.0075 per call. Every organization gets 100 free calls per UTC day, shared across eligible SandBase APIs including this one; after that each call is billed at this price from your SandBase balance. There is no subscription.

### What parameters does the Brave Place Search API accept?

No parameters are required. Optional: count (integer), country (one of AR, AU, AT, BE, BR, CA, CL, DK, FI, FR, DE, GR, HK, IN, ID, IT, JP, KR, MY, MX, NL, NZ, NO, CN, PL, PT, PH, RU, SA, ZA, ES, SE, CH, TW, TR, GB, US, ALL), geoloc (string), latitude (number), location (string) and longitude (number) and 7 more. The Parameters table and the Playground on this page list every field.

### What does the Brave Place Search API return?

A JSON response returned in the same HTTP request (synchronous).

### Do I need a Brave developer account or API key?

No. Brave Place Search runs through SandBase, so one SandBase API key covers this endpoint and every other API and model in the catalog. You do not need to apply for Brave API access separately.

## README

### Brave Place Search API

Place Search from Brave. Returns the official Brave API response unchanged.

The response is the official Brave API response, unchanged.

#### Request

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "brave/local-place-search"}'
```

#### Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `count` | integer | No | Number of results to return. The maximum is 100. |
| `country` | string | No | Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) to scope the search. |
| `geoloc` | string | No | Optional geolocation of the user in the format <latitude>x<longitude> . Used to calculate distance values in results. |
| `latitude` | number | No | Latitude of the geographical coordinates. |
| `location` | string | No | Location string to search for points of interest in an area. This is alternative to the latitude and longitude parameters. For locations in US prefer the form < |
| `longitude` | number | No | Longitude of the geographical coordinates. |
| `q` | string | No | Query string to search for points of interest in an area. If no q is provided, the endpoint will return general points of interest in the given area. |
| `radius` | number | No | Search radius bias around the given coordinates, in meters. NOTE : This is not strictly the radius of the search (nor the resulting radius of the results), but  |
| `safesearch` | string | No | Safe search level for the query results. |
| `search_lang` | string | No | Language for the search results. |
| `spellcheck` | boolean | No | Whether to apply spellcheck before executing the search. |
| `ui_lang` | string | No | User interface language for the response. Usually <language>-<region> . |
| `units` | string | No | Units of measurement for distance values: metric is kilometres, imperial is miles. |

#### Pricing

Flat price per call. Failed calls are not charged.