metro.getForLatLon [HTTP GET]
Retrieve the single record of the most popular metro in the area of a latitude and longitude coordinate. Will return a 404 Not Found if one cannot be found. Only the US and some of Canada is currently supported. To get a Lat/Lon from a street address, try
Yahoo!'s Geocoding API. Useful for adding new venues.
Arguments
api_key (Required)
Your API application key. If you don't have one,
create one.
latitude (Float, Required)
Latitude coordinate.
longitude (Float, Required)
Longitude coordinate.
Example Response
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rsp stat="ok" version="1.0">
<metro id="1" name="Los Angeles" code="la" state_id="5"
state_name="California" state_code="ca" country_id="1"
country_name="United States" country_code="us"/>
</rsp>
Error Codes
404 Not Found:
- Missing valid api_key - Please create an API key using the above link.
- Your api_key is inactive or not found - Please contact us for support.
- Missing valid latitude.
- Missing valid longitude.
- No metro found - Only the US and Canada is currently supported.