Technical & DevelopmentIntermediate

local-pois

Fetch detailed metadata for local businesses.

Developer Setup

Setup & Installation

bash

npx skills add https://github.com/brave/brave-search-skills --skill local-pois

npx skills add https://github.com/brave/brave-search-skills --skill local-pois

Or paste this URL into your assistant to install:

https://github.com/brave/brave-search-skills/tree/main/skills/local-pois View on GitHub

Overview

What This Skill Does

Retrieves business metadata, reviews, ratings, contact details, and open hours for Points of Interest (POIs).

Application

When to use this Skill

When you need detailed metadata (hours, rating, phone, price level, website) for a local business.
When you have location coordinates or a POI ID and need to display business details on a card.
When you are building store locators, local directories, or city guide features in an app.
When you need to verify business addresses and contact details against a database of 200M+ POIs.
When you want to display aggregate rating scores and reviews for restaurants, hotels, or services.

Documentation

Show Skills.md file

Local POIs (Search API)

Requires API Key: Get one at https://api.search.brave.com

Plan: Included in the Search plan. See https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/subscriptions/subscribe

Two-step flow: This endpoint requires POI IDs from a prior web search.

Call web-search with result_filter=locations to get POI IDs from locations.results[].id

Pass those IDs to this endpoint to get full business details

Quick Start (cURL)

Get POI Details

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/local/pois" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Accept-Encoding: gzip" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "ids=loc4CQWMJWLD4VBEBZ62XQLJTGK6YCJEEJDNAAAAAAA="

Multiple POIs with Location Headers

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/local/pois" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Accept-Encoding: gzip" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
  -H "X-Loc-Lat: 37.7749" \
  -H "X-Loc-Long: -122.4194" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "ids=loc4CQWMJWLD4VBEBZ62XQLJTGK6YCJEEJDNAAAAAAA=" \
  --data-urlencode "ids=loc4HTAVTJKP4RBEBZCEMBI3NG26YD4II4PATIHPDYI=" \
  --data-urlencode "units=imperial"

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