Case  Study:  GoRated.PH  

How and why we used Foursquare API for GoRated.PH

Web service to help both locals and tourists alike discover the best of the Philippines with unbiased community

ratings.

Problem  How  can  we  populate  our  database  with  places/

venues  as  quickly  as  possible?      

..with  only  limited  resources  such  as  domain  knowledge  and  people.  

Solutions that we tried

Google Places API -  Only few registered places -  Complicated way of adding new

places -  Limited PHP library (at that time)

Solutions  that  we  tried  

OpenStreetMap -  More registered places than Google

Places -  Not so powerful and extensive API (at

that time) -  Slow server response (API request)

Solutions that we tried

Foursquare API -  More registered places than

OpenStreetMap -  More activity community -  Updated and Dynamic data such as

check-ins, trending, photos etc..

Another problem

Our code-base is written mostly in PHP and we want to maintain it that way.

Faster and lightweight.

Foursquare Libraries

Eden – Foursquare PHP Library