Overview
Summary	Travel guidebook content services
Category	Travel
Tags	travel
Date Added	2008-07-24
Description	LonelyPlanet, a leading travel publisher, offers an API to integrate guidebook information into web applications, widgets, and mobile phone interfaces. The 500 LonelyPlanet titles cover most of the world's travel destinations. The API includes PHP and mobile examples, and is currently in closed beta.
API Home Page	http://developer.lonelyplanet.com/
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Protocol
Protocols	REST
Data Formats	XML
Service Endpoint	http://api.lonelyplanet.com/services/
Functionality
API Groups	Destination details, Places of interest, Images, Geotaxonomy
Example API Methods	/services/get/lps.geotree/xml/ApiKey/sydney, lps.geotreem, lps.destination, lps.neighbourhood_pois, lps.tagged_pois, lps.proximity_pois, lps.poi, lps.bluelists, lps.images, lps.search, lps.lpi, lps.validPOItypes
Client Install Required	No
Security
Authentication Model	Via API key
SSL Support	No
Read-only Without Login	No
Support
Vendor API Kits
Community API Kits
API Blog	Developer blog
Site Blog
API Forum
Developer Support	API FAQ
Signup and Licensing
Signup Requirements	Free developer account required
Developer Key Required	Yes
Account with Service Required	No
Commercial Licensing
Non-Commercial Licensing
Data Licensing
Usage Fees	None
Usage Limits	5000 calls per day per API key, maximum 2 per second
Terms of Service	API Terms of use

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