INGEST
Multi-source ingestion
News and event records from GDELT, RSS feeds, curated sources, and weather providers enter a continuously refreshed pipeline.
PlaceBrief turns recent news, local events, weather, and public signals into clear, source-linked context for a specific place. Add it with one iframe and your public API key—without building or maintaining a news-data backend.
1 iframe
Embed in any destination page
1 public key
Connect to the PlaceBrief service
0 news-data pipelines
For your team to build or maintain
PlaceBrief operates the data pipeline behind every embed. You choose a place; we collect, organize, and refresh the context your users see.
Recent news, local events, weather, and public signals are continuously gathered and refreshed by PlaceBrief.
Relevant signals are matched to the destination, organized, and turned into a concise, source-linked briefing in the selected language.
The widget requests the hosted briefing and renders it directly on your page. One iframe and a public API key—no ingestion, storage, or summarization backend to maintain.
Managed infrastructure
Behind the widget is a managed data and context platform built to turn fragmented signals into destination-ready information.
INGEST
News and event records from GDELT, RSS feeds, curated sources, and weather providers enter a continuously refreshed pipeline.
RESOLVE
Place names and geographic bounds are resolved to coordinates, then signals are matched by location and time window.
ASSEMBLE
Relevant evidence is ranked and assembled into structured context blocks with source links and language-aware summaries.
DELIVER
The widget and API serve the resulting briefing from PlaceBrief infrastructure, with caching and automatic refresh.
Review authentication, endpoints, response structures, and integration examples.
Use the same destination data and public key in every layout. Change mn_mode to fit the space in your product.
compact
A minimal destination signal for cards, search results, and editorial lists.
Best for: travel cards, lists, editorial sidebars
summary-first
The briefing leads, with the map available for spatial context — recommended for booking and destination pages.
Best for: booking pages, destination detail
full
A complete briefing and interactive map for users who need to explore nearby areas and time windows.
Best for: dashboards, explorer tools, portals
Beyond the news map, the widget can surface two additional content blocks — each independently toggleable from the admin panel.
Concerts, festivals and local events near the destination in the next 14 days — auto-updated, zero editorial effort.
A concise Wikipedia orientation for the selected place — geography, culture, key facts. Stable context alongside the live news map.
No SDK. No npm install. No data pipeline to manage.
Get your API key
Sign up, confirm your domain, grab your key. Takes two minutes.
Paste the iframe
Set mn_place, mn_mode, and mn_lang in the src URL. No other changes.
It's live and stays fresh
The widget fetches updated summaries automatically — you never touch it again.
Configuration parameters
mn_place
Any place name — Barcelona, Tokyo, "New York"
Resolved automatically via geocoding
mn_mode
compact · summary-first · full
Widget layout variant
mn_lang
en · es · fr · de · pt
Summary language — set to match the user's locale
mn_window_days
1 · 7 · 30
How many days back to aggregate
mn_lock_place
0 · 1
Prevent users from navigating off the destination
Booking page — Rome hotel
<!-- Paste into your HTML -->
<iframe
src="https://placebrief.com/widget.html
?mn_place=Rome
&mn_mode=summary-first
&mn_lang=en
&mn_window_days=7
&mn_lock_place=1"
width="100%"
height="520"
frameborder="0"
loading="lazy"
/>What the user sees
A plain-language summary of what's happening in Rome right now — weather, events, sentiment — updated daily, in their language, with no load on your servers.
If your product includes a destination, the widget adds context that helps users make a decision.
Add a destination context block to hotel, flight, or experience detail pages. Users get a live read on atmosphere without leaving your funnel — and book with more confidence.
Booking sites · Tour operators · Airlines · Accommodation platforms
Embed live context alongside destination guides, reviews, and editorial content. The widget refreshes automatically — no editorial team needed to keep it current.
Magazines · Guidebooks · Review platforms · Newsletters
Show buyers that conditions are favorable before they purchase a tour, rental, or ticket. Reduce pre-purchase hesitation with a single, credible status signal.
Activity platforms · Event ticketing · Short-term rentals
Build directly against the PlaceBrief API. Query events by location, time window, and category. Full GeoJSON with sentiment scores, summaries, and trend data.
Internal tools · Custom dashboards · Research · Data pipelines
Use the widget for a backend-free integration. Use the API when you need control over the request flow, structured response, and final layout.
POST /api/areas/resolve-and-summary
{
"date": "2026-09-01",
"window_days": 7,
"search_area": {
"total_matches": 12,
"cells": [/* matched areas */]
},
"area_summary": {
"language": "en",
"trend_summary": "Recent destination context...",
"context_blocks": [/* news, weather, events */],
"source_urls": ["https://example.com/source"]
}
}Common questions
How the hosted service, public key, coverage, and usage model work before you add PlaceBrief to a destination page.
No backend. No data pipeline. Paste one iframe to give your users live, readable destination context—updated automatically as new signals become available.
Free plan includes one API key and 300 requests per month. No credit card required.