`search_places`

Pack: geonames · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/geonames/mcp

Search for places (cities, landmarks, regions) by name. Returns coordinates, country, population, and feature type. Example: search_places(“Paris”, “FR”). Use get_nearby to find places near a known location.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_apiKey`	string	yes	GeoNames username
`query`	string	yes	Place name to search for (e.g., “Tokyo”, “Grand Canyon”)
`country`	string	no	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter (e.g., “US”, “JP”)
`limit`	number	no	Number of results (default: 10, max: 100)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "_apiKey": "your-geonames-api-key",
  "query": "Tokyo"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/geonames/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_places","arguments":{"_apiKey":"your-geonames-api-key","query":"Tokyo"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_places', {
  "_apiKey": "your-geonames-api-key",
  "query": "Tokyo"
});

More examples

{
  "_apiKey": "your-geonames-api-key",
  "query": "Grand Canyon",
  "country": "US",
  "limit": 5
}

Response shape

Always returns: query, country, total, returned, places

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	The search query string
`country`	string \| null	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code filter applied
`total`	number	Total results count from API
`returned`	number	Number of results in this response
`places`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The search query string"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code filter applied"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total results count from API"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of results in this response"
    },
    "places": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "geoname_id": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Unique GeoNames identifier"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Place name"
          },
          "toponym_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Toponym name variant"
          },
          "country_code": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "ISO country code"
          },
          "country_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Full country name"
          },
          "admin_region": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Administrative region/state name"
          },
          "admin_code": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Administrative region code"
          },
          "latitude": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Latitude coordinate"
          },
          "longitude": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Longitude coordinate"
          },
          "population": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Population figure"
          },
          "feature_class": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Feature classification"
          },
          "feature_code": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Feature code/type"
          },
          "distance_km": {
            "type": [
              "number"
            ],
            "description": "Distance in kilometers (not present in search results)"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "country",
    "total",
    "returned",
    "places"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "geonames": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/geonames/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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