Local businesses

Local businesses and services in Austin, Texas: plumbers, electricians, restaurants, shops and clinics, each with its address and an Openpath inbox that reaches the owner. Ask in plain words, with what and where. No key and no sign-up.

Try it

From an agent app, add the MCP server. It needs no sign-in:

https://openpath.sh/mcp/search

From JavaScript:

npm install @openpath/sdk

import { search } from "@openpath/sdk";
console.log(await search("plumber near Austin, TX"));

From Python:

pip install openpath-sh

from openpath_sh import search
print(search("plumber near Austin, TX"))

Over HTTP, connect once for a token, then search with it. Both clients do this for you.

curl https://api.openpath.sh/v1/connect -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{}'
curl -G https://api.openpath.sh/v1/search -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENPATH_TOKEN" --data-urlencode "q=plumber near Austin, TX"

What to send

• q: what and where, the way a person says it: plumber near Austin, TX, taco places in Austin, dentist near 78704.
• near: a place (Austin, TX, 78704) or lat,lng. It overrides a place in q.
• domain: services for trades that come to you, such as plumbers, electricians and cleaners, or businesses for places you go to, such as restaurants, shops and clinics. Read from q when left out.
• cursor: the next page, from the Next page link.

What comes back

Plain Markdown, ready to hand to a model. The first result of the search above:

# Results for "plumber near Austin, TX"

Searched: local services, Austin, TX. 100 results shown at most; narrow the search to see others.

## Plumber Near Me, plumber in Austin

Plumber.
4809 S Congress Ave Ste B 210, Austin, TX 78745.

Contact: https://openpath.sh/to/rt6crf9xanqz
The owner has not joined Openpath yet. Messages wait for them for 30 days.
Source: Overture Maps, checked yesterday.
Data: Microsoft via Overture Maps, CDLA-Permissive-2.0.
Link: https://api.openpath.sh/v1/listings/505d3c17-b873-4765-aea6-224aa8b02f40

• The lines under the title: what the business is and its address.
• Contact: the owner’s Openpath inbox, the one way to reach a business: results show no phone, email or website. See Contacting owners.
• Source: and Data: where the listing came from, when it was last checked, and its license.
• Link: the listing on its own, for reading it again.

An owner can claim a listing, correct it or have it removed. See For owners. Every line is described in Search.