For developers

How Do You Want To Use the Foursquare API?

Before you get started, you should create an app on Foursquare. This will give you a client ID and client secret which are needed for using the API. The documentation in this guide is meant to give a high-level conceptual overview of the Foursquare platform, help you grok its different parts and capabilities, and get started using the API’s most popular features. See our detailed documentation for a more in-depth reference.

Things You Should Know

Here's a cheat-sheat that links to important parts of our detailed documentation.