The API to find cities, countries and political divisions

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Send a string with a geographical name and Spott will find the best matches for it. No matter if it's a city, country, administrative division or a combination of them.

Figure out locations from user's input, like Twitter's location in bio.
Standardize places across other sources (Facebook, Foursquare, Google...).
Enrich your existing data for extended analysis.

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Input:.

Springfield, MO

Output:

{
  "id": "4409896",
  "geonameId": "4409896",
  "name": "Springfield",
  "population": 166810,
  "type": "CITY",
  "timezoneId": "America/Chicago",
  "coordinates": {
    "latitude": 37.21533,
    "longitude": -93.29824
  },
  "country": {
    "id": "US",
    "geonameId": "6252001",
    "name": "United States"
  },
  "adminDivision1": {
    "id": "US.MO",
    "geonameId": "4398678",
    "name": "Missouri"
  },
  "adminDivision2": {
    "id": "US.MO.077",
    "geonameId": "4388781",
    "name": "Greene County"
  },
  "score": 95.39969
}

Send a string with a prefix of a geographical name and Spott will autocomplete it and find the best matches for it.

Simplify your registration process by suggesting places to your users as they type.
Create a search engine to match records in your platform.

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Input:.

Cali

Output:

[
  {
    "id": "US.CA",
    "geonameId": "5332921",
    "name": "California",
    "population": 37625195,
    "type": "ADMIN_DIVISION_1",
    "country": {
      "id": "US",
      "geonameId": "6252001",
      "name": "United States"
    },
    "score": 91.17167
  },
  {
    "id": "3029162",
    "geonameId": "3029162",
    "name": "Calais",
    "population": 74433,
    "type": "CITY",
    "timezoneId": "Europe/Paris",
    "coordinates": {
      "latitude": 50.95194,
      "longitude": 1.85635
    },
    "country": {
      "id": "FR",
      "geonameId": "3017382",
      "name": "France"
    },
    "adminDivision1": {
      "id": "FR.32",
      "geonameId": "11071624",
      "name": "Hauts-de-France"
    },
    "adminDivision2": {
      "id": "FR.32.62",
      "geonameId": "2988430",
      "name": "Département du Pas-de-Calais"
    },
    "score": 79.257034
  },
  {
    "id": "3687925",
    "geonameId": "3687925",
    "name": "Cali",
    "population": 2392877,
    "type": "CITY",
    "timezoneId": "America/Bogota",
    "coordinates": {
      "latitude": 3.43722,
      "longitude": -76.5225
    },
    "country": {
      "id": "CO",
      "geonameId": "3686110",
      "name": "Colombia"
    },
    "adminDivision1": {
      "id": "CO.29",
      "geonameId": "3666313",
      "name": "Valle del Cauca"
    },
    "adminDivision2": {
      "id": "CO.29.76001",
      "geonameId": "3687926",
      "name": "Cali"
    },
    "score": 74.92633
  },
  ...and much more results
]

Send any IP and receive a response with full information about the city where is located.

Find the location of your visitors and customize their experience.
Make your register faster by autocompleting their location.
Support for IPv4 and IPv6.

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Input:.

136.0.16.217

Output:

{
  "id": "5391959",
  "geonameId": "5391959",
  "name": "San Francisco",
  "population": 864816,
  "type": "CITY",
  "timezoneId": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "coordinates": {
    "latitude": 37.77493,
    "longitude": -122.41942
  },
  "country": {
    "id": "US",
    "geonameId": "6252001",
    "name": "United States"
  },
  "adminDivision1": {
    "id": "US.CA",
    "geonameId": "5332921",
    "name": "California"
  },
  "adminDivision2": {
    "id": "US.CA.075",
    "geonameId": "5391997",
    "name": "City and County of San Francisco"
  }
}

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