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Welcome to Foursquare Developers.

Get familiar with our products and explore their features. Join over 125,000 developers building location-aware experiences with Foursquare technology and data.

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Learn more about our complete developer suite of products

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Places API

Get access to global POI data and rich content from over 100K trusted sources and driven by millions of consumers. Connect to our API to search, discover and rank venues and get real-time data access.

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Places Database

Download venue content and customize data to your business needs. Available via JSON or TSV and delivered daily, weekly or monthly.

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Pilgrim SDK

Embed foreground and background location awareness into your iOS and Android app, and to engage users with contextual content in real-time.

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Mar 28, 2022

Highlights From Our Latest Hackathon
Here at Foursquare, we regularly host hackathons amongst our product and engineering teams to foster innovation, provide a change of pace, and cultivate diversity of thought, offering an opportunity to work with new people
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