places: Generate fake place coordinates

API: fakerapi.it:faker-api
Endpoint: /places
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 774ms

Description

Returns geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude). Use for testing map and location-based features.

From spec: Generate fake place data with latitude and longitude coordinates.

Usage Tips

- Only returns latitude/longitude coordinates - Coordinates are random, not real places - Use for testing geolocation features

Parameters (3)

_locale (string, query, optional, default: en_US)

Locale for generated data (e.g., en_US, fr_FR, de_DE). Default is en_US.

_quantity (integer, query, optional, default: 10)

Number of records to generate (1-1000). Default is 10.

Constraints: {'minimum': 1, 'maximum': 1000}

_seed (integer, query, optional)

Seed for reproducible results. Same seed produces same output.

Examples (1)

Get place coordinates - /places probe-gate

Demonstrates fetching 3 fake places records with common query parameters.

curl 'https://fakerapi.it/api/v1/places?_quantity=3'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://fakerapi.it/api/v1/places",
    params={
        '_quantity': '3',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("fakerapi")
result = api.fetch("places", _quantity=3)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://fakerapi.it/api/v1/places?_quantity=3");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 00:53:28.123648 200 774ms
2026-04-15 02:53:06.060706 200 1254ms
2026-04-14 00:03:39.011797 200 4213ms
2026-04-12 13:00:01.443537 200 5399ms
2026-04-10 00:32:31.939714 200 2216ms
2026-04-09 00:25:10.830792 200 607ms
2026-04-08 00:57:24.156314 200 620ms
2026-04-07 01:02:56.225851 200 676ms
2026-04-05 17:57:52.590035 ERR