Moon Valley Local 3 Search API


Request Parameters

Parameter Value Description
query string (required) The query to search for.
results integer: default 10, max 20 The number of results to return.
start integer: default 1 The starting result position to return (1-based).
sort relevance (default), title, or distance Sorts the results by the chosen criteria.
radius float How far (in miles) from the specified location to search for the query terms. The default radius varies according to the location given.
latitude float: -90 to 90 The latitude of the starting location.
longitude float: -180 to 180 The longitude of the starting location. If both latitude and longitude are specified, they will take priority over all other location data. If only one of latitude or longitude is specified, both will be ignored.


Sample URL: http://local.moonvalley.com/localsearch/?latitude=36.1441&longitude=-115.2429&query=pizza

Response Fields
Field Description
ResultSetMapUrl Currently a placeholder
ResultSet Contains all of the query responses. Has attributes:

  • totalResultsAvailable: The number of query matches in the database.
  • totalResultsReturned: The number of query matches returned. This may be lower than the number of results requested if there were fewer total results available.
  • firstResultPosition: The position of the first result in the overall search.
Result Contains each individual response.
Title Name of the result.
Address Street address of the result.
City City in which the result is located.
State State in which the result is located.
Phone Phone number of the business, if known.
Latitude The latitude of the location.
Longitude The longitude of the location.
Distance

The distance as calculated from the specified lat/long

NumReviews The total number of reviews available for the business.
ReviewsFeedUrl The URL for the reviews feed for the business.
NumEnhancements The total number of reviews available for the business.
EnhancementsFeedUrl The URL for the full set of enhancements for the business.


 

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