imot.bg Autocomplete API resolves a place name to a ready location_id for the search route. Type in Bulgarian or Latin letters. Results are cities, regions, neighbourhoods and villages with their number of listings. A query with no match returns an empty list. Failed requests are not billed.
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1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
1 optional filter available.
string
Required
Search text, 2 to 100 characters. Example: Люлин or sofia.
coffee shops
integer
Optional
Number of results, 1 to 25 (default 10).
10
Response Schema
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{
"data": {
"query": "\u041b\u044e\u043b\u0438\u043d",
"results": [
{
"name": "\u041b\u044e\u043b\u0438\u043d - \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044a\u0440",
"type": "neighbourhood",
"label": "\u041b\u044e\u043b\u0438\u043d - \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044a\u0440, \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434 \u0421\u043e\u0444\u0438\u044f",
"parent": "\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434 \u0421\u043e\u0444\u0438\u044f",
"location_id": "\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434 \u0421\u043e\u0444\u0438\u044f~\u041b\u044e\u043b\u0438\u043d - \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044a\u0440",
"listing_count": 161
},
{
"name": "\u041b\u044e\u043b\u0438\u043d 1",
"type": "neighbourhood",
"label": "\u041b\u044e\u043b\u0438\u043d 1, \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434 \u0421\u043e\u0444\u0438\u044f",
"parent": "\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434 \u0421\u043e\u0444\u0438\u044f",
"location_id": "\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434 \u0421\u043e\u0444\u0438\u044f~\u041b\u044e\u043b\u0438\u043d 1",
"listing_count": 141
}
]
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "autocomplete"
},
"success": true
}Errors
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Validation Error
A required parameter or a range is invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"page": [
"imot.bg shows at most 1,000 results per search (25 pages). The page must be 26 or lower."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Upstream Unavailable
imot.bg 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": "imot.bg could not be reached. Please retry shortly."
},
"success": false
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