> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pointset.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> The Pointset location intelligence API

Pointset gives you continuously updated data about real-world places — restaurants, gyms, shops, and any other entity type you care about, in any city.

You create a subscription for a city and entity type, specify the fields you want (e.g. `phone`, `rating`, `website`, `menu_url`), and Pointset handles the scraping, enrichment, and delivery. When data changes, your webhook receives an event.

## How it works

1. **Create a subscription** — specify a city, entity type, and the fields you want
2. **Pointset scrapes** — discovers and enriches matching entities from Google Maps, Instagram, and websites
3. **Get notified** — your webhook endpoint receives signed payloads when entities are created or updated
4. **Query on demand** — pull entity data via the API whenever you need it

## Base URL

All API requests go to:

```
https://api.pointset.io/v1
```

## Next steps

* [Set up authentication](/authentication) to get your API key
* [Create a subscription](/api-reference/subscriptions/create) to start receiving data
* [Configure a webhook](/api-reference/webhook/update) to get real-time updates