TripAdvisor Restaurants API
Returns TripAdvisor restaurants in a destination with star rating, review count, and cuisine tags, filtered by cuisine, meal, price, or dietary need.
GET /v1/tripadvisor/restaurantsLast updated November 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
When to use the TripAdvisor Restaurants API
Use it to shortlist places to eat in a city, then chain restaurant or restaurant/reviews.
From the API reference
Searches TripAdvisor restaurants in a destination, with filters for cuisine, meal type, price level, dietary restriction, open-now, and online reservations. Returns a unified PlaceList carrying the star rating, review count, cuisine tags, a photo, and the url_path you pass to /v1/tripadvisor/restaurant or /v1/tripadvisor/restaurant/reviews.
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What can you do with the Restaurants API?
The Restaurants endpoint gives you structured TripAdvisor data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
# GET /v1/tripadvisor/restaurants: 1 credit per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
# --max-time 60: the API's own time limit for this endpoint.
# --retry 3: retries timeouts, 429 and 5xx, honoring Retry-After.
# -o response.json keeps only the final attempt's body.
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
IDEMPOTENCY_KEY=$(od -An -N16 -tx1 /dev/urandom | tr -d ' \n')
curl -sS --max-time 60 --retry 3 -o response.json \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tripadvisor/restaurants?q=Paris&depth=30" && cat response.json# GET /v1/tripadvisor/restaurants: 1 credit per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
import os
import random
import time
import uuid
import requests
API_KEY = os.environ.get("SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY", "YOUR_API_KEY")
TIMEOUT_S = 60 # the API's own time limit for this endpoint.
MAX_RETRIES = 3
URL = "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tripadvisor/restaurants"
def backoff(attempt):
# Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
return 2 ** attempt * (0.5 + random.random() / 2)
def socialcrawl(params):
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
idempotency_key = str(uuid.uuid4())
for attempt in range(MAX_RETRIES + 1):
try:
res = requests.get(
URL,
params=params,
headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY, "Idempotency-Key": idempotency_key},
timeout=TIMEOUT_S,
)
body = res.json()
except (requests.RequestException, ValueError):
# A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
if attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
raise
time.sleep(backoff(attempt))
continue
if body["success"]:
return body
error = body["error"]
# Branch on error["type"], never on the message text.
if error["type"] == "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND":
return None # refunded: nothing to read
retry_after = res.headers.get("Retry-After")
# SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
permanent = error["type"] == "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" and retry_after is None
if not error.get("retryable") or permanent or attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
raise RuntimeError(f"{error['type']}: {error['message']} (request_id {body['request_id']})")
# Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
time.sleep(float(retry_after) if retry_after else backoff(attempt))
params = {
"q": "Paris",
"depth": "30",
}
body = socialcrawl(params)
if body is not None:
print(body["data"])// GET /v1/tripadvisor/restaurants: 1 credit per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
// Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
const API_KEY = process.env.SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY ?? "YOUR_API_KEY";
const TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000; // the API's own time limit for this endpoint.
const MAX_RETRIES = 3;
type Page = { next_cursor: string | null; has_more: boolean };
type SocialCrawlResponse =
| { success: true; data: any; pagination?: Page; credits_used: number; request_id: string }
| { success: false; error: { type: string; message: string; retryable: boolean }; request_id: string };
const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
// Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
const backoffMs = (attempt: number) => 2 ** attempt * 1000 * (0.5 + Math.random() / 2);
async function socialcrawl(url: URL) {
// One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID();
for (let attempt = 0; ; attempt++) {
let res: Response;
let body: SocialCrawlResponse;
try {
res = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
"x-api-key": API_KEY,
"Idempotency-Key": idempotencyKey,
},
signal: AbortSignal.timeout(TIMEOUT_MS),
});
body = (await res.json()) as SocialCrawlResponse;
} catch (error) {
// A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
if (attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) throw error;
await sleep(backoffMs(attempt));
continue;
}
if (body.success) return body;
// Branch on error.type, never on the message text.
if (body.error.type === "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND") return null; // refunded: nothing to read
const retryAfter = res.headers.get("Retry-After");
// SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
const permanent = body.error.type === "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" && retryAfter === null;
if (!body.error.retryable || permanent || attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) {
throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message} (request_id ${body.request_id})`);
}
// Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
await sleep(retryAfter ? Number(retryAfter) * 1000 : backoffMs(attempt));
}
}
const url = new URL("https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tripadvisor/restaurants");
url.searchParams.set("q", "Paris");
url.searchParams.set("depth", "30");
const body = await socialcrawl(url);
if (body) console.log(body.data);Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| q | Yes | City, region, or destination, e.g. 'Paris'. |
| depth | No | Number of restaurants to retrieve (default 30, max 100). |
| cuisine | No | Cuisine filter: any | local | italian | french | indian | chinese | japanese | mexican | seafood | steakhouse | cafe | fast_food. (any | local | italian | french | indian | chinese | japanese | mexican | seafood | steakhouse | cafe | fast_food) |
| meal_type | No | Meal filter: any | breakfast | lunch | dinner | brunch. (any | breakfast | lunch | dinner | brunch) |
| price_level | No | Price band: any | cheap | moderate | expensive | fine_dining. (any | cheap | moderate | expensive | fine_dining) |
| dietary_restriction | No | Dietary filter: any | vegetarian | vegan | gluten_free | halal | kosher. (any | vegetarian | vegan | gluten_free | halal | kosher) |
| open_now | No | Only return restaurants currently marked open. |
| online_reservations | No | Only return restaurants that accept online reservations. |
| language | No | Optional locale, e.g. 'en-US'. |
What does the TripAdvisor Restaurants API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "tripadvisor",
"endpoint": "/v1/tripadvisor/restaurants",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"place": {
"id": "d28862786",
"name": "Kys.paris",
"url": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187147-d28862786-Reviews-Kys_paris-Paris_Ile_de_France.html",
"category": "Restaurant",
"rating": {
"value": 5,
"max": 5
},
"reviews_count": 15,
"price_level": null,
"address": null,
"phone": null,
"latitude": null,
"longitude": null,
"verified": null,
"description": null,
"image_urls": "https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/2f/97/9b/83/caption.jpg?w=800&h=600&s=1",
"categories": [
"Cafe",
"European"
]
}
},
{
"place": {
"id": "d32724599",
"name": "Bistro Des Poèmes",
"url": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187147-d32724599-Reviews-Bistro_Des_Poemes-Paris_Ile_de_France.html",
"category": "Restaurant",
"rating": {
"value": 4.1,
"max": 5
},
"reviews_count": 117,
"price_level": null,
"address": null,
"phone": null,
"latitude": null,
"longitude": null,
"verified": null,
"description": null,
"image_urls": "https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/31/7d/0b/52/bistro-des-poemes-where.jpg?w=800&h=600&s=1",
"categories": [
"French"
]
}
}
],
"total": 5,
"dropped": 0
},
"credits_used": 1,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"page_size": 5
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the TripAdvisor Restaurants API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
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"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
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"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
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},
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}
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