Local Pois

This is the second half of Brave's local business search flow. You run a web search with result_filter=locations to get POI IDs, then pass those IDs here to fetch the full details: hours, ratings, contact info, photos, distance from user. The IDs expire after about 8 hours, so you can't cache them long term. Supports up to 20 IDs per request. Returns structured data that's actually useful, like opening_hours broken down by day, rating providers, price ranges, and cuisine types for restaurants. If you need to show business cards or check if a place is open right now, this gets you everything in one call.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add brave/brave-search-skills --skill local-pois --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Local POIs (Search API)

Requires API Key: Get one at https://api.search.brave.com

Plan: Included in the Search plan. See https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/subscriptions/subscribe

Two-step flow: This endpoint requires POI IDs from a prior search.

Get POI IDs from local-place-search, or from web-search with result_filter=locations (locations.results[].id)

Pass those IDs to this endpoint to get full business details

Quick Start (cURL)

Get POI Details

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/local/pois" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Accept-Encoding: gzip" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "ids=loc4CQWMJWLD4VBEBZ62XQLJTGK6YCJEEJDNAAAAAAA="

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