/v1/info/place

Get basic information about a place.

This API returns basic information on a place, given the place’s DCID. The information provided includes the place’s name, type (city, state, country, etc.), as well as information on all parent places that contain the place queried.

Request

GET Request

https://api.datacommons.org/v1/info/place/{PLACE_DCID}?key={your_api_key}

Path Parameters

Name Description
PLACE_DCID
Required		 DCID of the place to query information for.

Query Parameters

Name Type Description
key
Required		 string Your API key. See the page on authentication for a demo key, as well as instructions on how to get your own key.

Response

The response looks like:

{
    "entity": "Place DCID",
    "info":
    {
        "self":
        {
            "dcid": "Place DCID",
            "name": "Place Name",
            "type": "State/City/Country/Etc"
        },
        "parents":
        [
            {
                "dcid": "Containing Place DCID",
                "name": "Containing Place Name",
                "type": "State/City/Country/Etc"
            }, ...
        ]
    }
}

Response fields

Name Type Description
entity string DCID of the place queried.
info object Information about the place queried. Includes the name and type (city, state, country, etc.) of the place, as well as those of all “parent” places that contain the place queried (e.g. North America is a parent place of the United States).

Examples

Example 1: Get information on a single place

Get basic information about New York City (DCID: geoId/3651000).

Request:

$ curl --request GET --url \
'https://api.datacommons.org/v1/info/place/geoId/3651000?key=AIzaSyCTI4Xz-UW_G2Q2RfknhcfdAnTHq5X5XuI'

Response:

{
  "entity": "geoId/3651000",
  "info":
  {
    "self":
    {
      "dcid": "geoId/3651000",
      "name": "New York",
      "type": "City"
    },
    "parents":
    [
      {
        "dcid": "geoId/36085",
        "name": "Richmond County",
        "type": "County"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "geoId/36081",
        "name": "Queens",
        "type": "County"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "geoId/36061",
        "name": "Manhattan",
        "type": "County"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "geoId/36047",
        "name": "Brooklyn",
        "type": "County"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "geoId/36005",
        "name": "Bronx County",
        "type": "County"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "geoId/36",
        "name": "New York",
        "type": "State"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "geoId/3651000",
        "name": "New York",
        "type": "City"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "usc/MiddleAtlanticDivision",
        "name": "Middle Atlantic Division",
        "type": "CensusDivision"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "country/USA",
        "name": "United States",
        "type": "Country"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "usc/NortheastRegion",
        "name": "Northeast Region"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "northamerica",
        "name": "North America",
        "type": "Continent"
      },
      {
        "dcid": "Earth",
        "name": "Earth",
        "type": "Place"
      }
    ]
  }
}