Encuentra24 Autocomplete API suggests provinces, cantons and districts for a text of at least 3 characters. Each result has a slug that you pass as region to the search route, the full name, level and coordinates.
A text without a match returns an empty list. Failed requests are not billed.
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Parameters
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Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
2 optional filters available.
string
Required
Search text, 3 to 100 characters.
coffee shops
string
Optional
costa-rica (default), panama, nicaragua or honduras.
US
integer
Optional
Number of results, 1 to 25 (default 10).
10
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
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data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"query": "san jo",
"country": "costa-rica",
"results": [
{
"id": "116",
"name": "San Jos\u00e9 provincia",
"slug": "costa-rica-es-san-jose-provincia",
"zoom": 10,
"level": 2,
"latitude": 9.963440335314614,
"full_name": "San Jos\u00e9 provincia",
"longitude": -84.1360473632812
},
{
"id": "139",
"name": "San Jos\u00e9 Capital",
"slug": "costa-rica-es-san-jose-provincia-san-jose-capital",
"zoom": 13,
"level": 3,
"latitude": 9.95464844992134,
"full_name": "San Jos\u00e9 Capital, San Jos\u00e9 provincia",
"longitude": -84.09107208251956
},
{
"id": "38",
"name": "Santo Domingo",
"slug": "costa-rica-es-heredia-provincia-santo-domingo",
"zoom": 14,
"level": 3,
"latitude": 9.979670885582053,
"full_name": "Santo Domingo, Heredia provincia",
"longitude": -84.0896987915039
}
]
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "autocomplete"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A parameter is missing, out of range or not supported. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"country": [
"The selected country is invalid."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Upstream Unavailable
Encuentra24 could not be reached or returned data that does not match the request. This response is not billable and is retryable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "autocomplete"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "Encuentra24 could not be reached. Please retry shortly."
},
"success": false
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