Searches the Eyewitness Guides for information based on a given geolocation and additional filters. The nearest 25 matches are returned, in the requested format.

The syntax of the API is as follows:

https://api.pearson.com/eyewitness/[guidebook]/block.[format]?lon=[longitude]&lat=[latitude]&q=[search text]&category=[category]&tag=[entry_type]&apikey=[apikey]&jsonp=[callback name]

where:

• [guidebook] is one of:
  • london - for the DK Eyewitness Guide To London
  • newyork - for the DK Eyewitness Guide To New York City
  • paris - for the DK Eyewitness Guide To Paris
  • washington - for the DK Eyewitness Guide To Washington DC
  • berlin - for the DK Eyewitness Guide To Berlin
  • rome - for the DK Eyewitness Guide To Rome
  • barcelona - for the DK Eyewitness Guide To Barcelona & Catalonia
  • venice - for the DK Eyewitness Guide To Venice & Veneto
  • prague - for the DK Eyewitness Guide To Prague
• [longitude] a point of longitude decimal degrees
• [latitude] a point of latitude in decimal degrees
• [search text] is the text to search for and can include * as a wildcard character
• [category] scopes the search to entires within the specified categories such as Restaurants. You can provide multiple categories by providing a comma separated list.
• [format] is the representation to be used for returning the results, can be one of the following:
  • html
  • xml
  • json
• [callback name] when the format requested is json, the jsonp parameter is used to wrap the response in a jsonp style callback

Note: When accessing the full production API, remember to use your full production API key instead of your sandbox API key