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# /skyscanner/places/search

> Resolve a place name, city or airport into Skyscanner place identifiers via autosuggest. Returns ranked matches with the entity id (used as origin/destination in flights search), sky id, IATA code (city metro code, e.g. LON for London), display name, place type (airport, city or country), parent city, country and coordinates. Use this to turn a human place name into the entity ids required by the flights search endpoint.

**Price:** 1 credit per 10 results

**⚠️ Common errors:** 412: No places matched the given query



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/travel-hospitality.json post /api/skyscanner/places/search
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Any Site API
  description: >+
    Any Site API provides programmatic access to data from LinkedIn, Instagram,
    Twitter, and other platforms.


    ## Authentication


    All API endpoints require an `access-token` header with a valid API token.
    Tokens can be created in the [dashboard](https://app.anysite.io/).


    ## Pricing


    Each endpoint has a credit cost listed in its description. Credits are
    deducted from your token balance per request.

  version: 0.0.1
servers: []
security:
  - AccessToken: []
paths:
  /api/skyscanner/places/search:
    post:
      tags:
        - /skyscanner
      summary: /skyscanner/places/search
      description: >-
        Resolve a place name, city or airport into Skyscanner place identifiers
        via autosuggest. Returns ranked matches with the entity id (used as
        origin/destination in flights search), sky id, IATA code (city metro
        code, e.g. LON for London), display name, place type (airport, city or
        country), parent city, country and coordinates. Use this to turn a human
        place name into the entity ids required by the flights search endpoint.


        **Price:** 1 credit per 10 results


        **⚠️ Common errors:** 412: No places matched the given query
      operationId: __api_skyscanner_places_search_post
      parameters:
        - name: access-token
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SkyscannerPlacesSearchPayload'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/SkyscannerPlaceSuggestion'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    SkyscannerPlacesSearchPayload:
      properties:
        timeout:
          type: integer
          maximum: 1500
          minimum: 20
          default: 300
        query:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        count:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
      type: object
      required:
        - query
        - count
    SkyscannerPlaceSuggestion:
      properties:
        '@type':
          type: string
          default: SkyscannerPlaceSuggestion
        entity_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        sky_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        iata_code:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        name:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        type:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        city:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        country:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        country_code:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        latitude:
          anyOf:
            - type: number
            - type: 'null'
        longitude:
          anyOf:
            - type: number
            - type: 'null'
      type: object
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
      type: object
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
        msg:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        input: {}
        ctx:
          type: object
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
  securitySchemes:
    AccessToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: access-token
      description: API token from the dashboard

````