Title: Mapbox API geosearch documentation?
Last modified: October 16, 2023

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# Mapbox API geosearch documentation?

 *  Resolved [wordmax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordmax/)
 * (@wordmax)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mapbox-api-geosearch-documentation/)
 * Hi. Thanks for adding Mapbox as a geosearch option. I tried it using API but 
   for some reason the auto-suggest list of available locations is far more limited
   and slower than compared to Hivepress geosearch which uses the very same Mapbox
   API key. Any ideas why they both don’t behave the same way? If you have any documentation
   on optimizing Mapbox geocode/search auto-suggest API please let us know.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmapbox-api-geosearch-documentation%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [100plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/100plugins/)
 * (@100plugins)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mapbox-api-geosearch-documentation/#post-17169829)
 * Hi [@wordmax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordmax/),
 * It took me a while to test this as I had other priorities to solve. The “issue”
   is that Mapbox has two APIs. Open User Map uses the [GeoCoding API](https://docs.mapbox.com/api/search/geocoding/)
   while Hivepress uses the Searchbox API. The first one does not provide the same
   coverage as the second one – but is still quiet good and not as expensive when
   it comes to API limitations.
 * Maybe in the future I will extend Open User Map with the Searchbox API as well,
   but for now I will keep it as it is.
 * Best regards,
   Daniel
 *  Thread Starter [wordmax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordmax/)
 * (@wordmax)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mapbox-api-geosearch-documentation/#post-17171018)
 * Thanks for checking into that Daniel. It makes sense. The searchbox API is so
   much better than the geocoding API at autosuggest for a much wider variety of
   businesses. I would think that feature alone would be worth getting the pro version
   upgrade. Maybe if its a pro version option it would justify the dev time to add
   Mapbox Searchbox API. Will keep fingers crossed. 😊

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mapbox-api-geosearch-documentation/#post-17171018)
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