Endpoint Playground

Try the Apple Maps Categories API

Returns the "Find Nearby" browse categories Apple Maps offers for an area (for example Restaurants, Coffee Shops, Gas Stations, Hotels, Parking, Grocery Stores), each with the key and name the category-search endpoint takes. The set is location-aware.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 8 categories; 2 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /apple-maps/categories?latitude=37.7749&longitude=-122.4194
Fields with a value in every checked item: key, name

Sample value profiles: name: “Restaurants” and 7 other values.

Request: GET /apple-maps/categories
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 1.55 s
Monitored request: GET /apple-maps/categories?latitude=37.7749&longitude=-122.4194

Apple Maps Categories API documentation Apple Maps platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/apple-maps/categories?latitude=37.7749&longitude=-122.4194' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
latitude	number	Yes	37.7749	Center latitude
longitude	number	Yes	-122.4194	Center longitude
span	number	No		Viewport size in degrees around the center. Defaults to 0.05; minimum 0.001, maximum 5.
lang	string	No		Display language as a BCP 47 tag. Defaults to en-US.
country	string	No		Two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code. Defaults to US.

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Fast Food"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Restaurants"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Coffee Shops"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Gas Stations"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More Apple Maps endpoints

Get Apple Maps search suggestions for a partial query Browse one Apple Maps category near a coordinate Get Apple Maps driving, walking, or cycling directions Get Apple Maps travel-time estimates between two points Browse the Apple Guides home page worldwide or for one city List the regions and cities Apple Guides cover Get one Apple Guide with its places Resolve up to 20 Apple Guide ids to guide summaries Get the Apple Guides curated for the area around a coordinate Get one Apple Guides publisher and its guides List Apple Guides publishers worldwide or for one city Get one Apple Maps place's full detail All 19 Apple Maps endpoints

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

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Endpoint

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestapplemaps.categoriesResponseDocApple Maps

GET /apple-maps/categories

List Apple Maps browse categories for an area

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

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API key

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not configured

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Required query parameters

latitude

requirednumber

Center latitudelongitude

requirednumber

Center longitude

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Fast Food"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Restaurants"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Coffee Shops"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Gas Stations"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Apple Maps Categories API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 8 categories; 2 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /apple-maps/categories?latitude=37.7749&longitude=-122.4194
Fields with a value in every checked item: key, name

Sample value profiles: name: “Restaurants” and 7 other values.

Request: GET /apple-maps/categories
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 1.55 s
Monitored request: GET /apple-maps/categories?latitude=37.7749&longitude=-122.4194

Apple Maps Categories API documentation Apple Maps platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/apple-maps/categories?latitude=37.7749&longitude=-122.4194' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
latitude	number	Yes	37.7749	Center latitude
longitude	number	Yes	-122.4194	Center longitude
span	number	No		Viewport size in degrees around the center. Defaults to 0.05; minimum 0.001, maximum 5.
lang	string	No		Display language as a BCP 47 tag. Defaults to en-US.
country	string	No		Two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code. Defaults to US.

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Fast Food"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Restaurants"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Coffee Shops"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Gas Stations"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More Apple Maps endpoints

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

Set up API key Endpoint docs

Endpoint

Choose one catalog endpoint for this request.

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Group

Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestapplemaps.categoriesResponseDocApple Maps

GET /apple-maps/categories

List Apple Maps browse categories for an area

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

View docs

API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Required query parameters

latitude

requirednumber

Center latitudelongitude

requirednumber

Center longitude

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Fast Food"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Restaurants"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Coffee Shops"
      },
      {
        "key": "CikKHXNlYXJjaF9zdWdnZXN0X3ByaW1hcnlfc291cmNlEghDQVRFR09SWQ…",
        "name": "Gas Stations"
      }
    ]
  }
}