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Find Private Locations with the Foursquare API

I am using the 4square Search Places API in my application to get places to register. Unfortunately, this search result does not include private locations (eg houses, etc.). I've seen other third party apps work with private places in search results, so this should be possible. But how?

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The only three ways I know of getting information about private locations are as follows:

  • You are the venue manager: Using endpoints such as VenueGroups allows you to pull out all venues, including private ones, that you can manage. In this situation, the Foursquare app will make custom calls using an app created by the same user.

  • The place manager authenticated with your app: similar to # 1, but in this case you will need to make custom calls to VenueGroup endpoints as a private place manager. In this situation, you will need a manager to authenticate to your application.

  • The user authenticates with the Foursquare app and logs into a private location: after the user authenticates to your app. you can request that all future checks be hosted on an endpoint created on a public server. Whenever this user logs in anywhere, you get a ping with this information.



I must warn you though, based on what you have described, I believe these third parties may be in violation of Foursquare TOS.

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