# Chownow — Wrapped API

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> Search for nearby restaurants, view their operating hours and delivery zones, and browse complete menus with all items, modifiers, and prices. Access detailed restaurant information and locations to find exactly what you're looking for on the ChowNow marketplace.

**Category:** Food & Dining | **Website:** [chownow.com/](https://chownow.com/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/d5c3906a-ed2c-4dbe-8a73-296d452a78bd/chownow-com-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/d5c3906a-ed2c-4dbe-8a73-296d452a78bd/chownow-com-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy for Locus Pro. Each call burns credits from your workspace balance.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/chownow/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY>` (an `lcr_` secret key or a scoped `lcac_` agent credential)
**Required header:** `Idempotency-Key: <fresh UUID per call>`. A retry with the same key replays the stored result without a new charge.
**Response:** the provider response after any endpoint-specific normalization. `X-Locus-Credits-Charged` carries the charge and `X-Locus-Credits-Balance` the remaining balance. Insufficient credits return `402` before the provider is called.
**Pricing:** estimated costs below are USD. Locus debits the credit equivalent at your workspace rate.

Full call contract: https://docs.paywithlocus.com/api-reference/introduction

> Using a Pay With Locus wallet key (`claw_` prefix)? Wallet routes are documented separately: https://docs.paywithlocus.com/wrapped-apis/for-agents

## Endpoints

### Get restaurant info

Retrieve full details for a specific restaurant by its location ID. Includes operating hours, fulfillment options (delivery, pickup, curbside, dine-in), fees, tax rate, order-ahead scheduling, and contact information. The location_id comes from search_restaurants results.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `location_id` | string | Yes | The restaurant location ID (from search_restaurants results[*].id) |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/chownow/get-restaurant-info \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location_id":"<string>"}'
```

### Get restaurant locations

Retrieve all locations for a given restaurant brand/company. Returns the company's primary address, metadata, and a list of all location objects. The company_id can be obtained from search_restaurants results[*].restaurant_company_id or get_restaurant_info data.company_id.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `company_id` | string | Yes | The restaurant company/brand ID (from search_restaurants results[*].restaurant_company_id or get_restaurant_info data.company_id) |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/chownow/get-restaurant-locations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"company_id":"<string>"}'
```

### Get restaurant menu

Retrieve the full menu for a specific restaurant location, including categories, items with prices and sizes, and all available modifiers (add-ons). Not all locations have a menu available; a 404 indicates the menu is not published for that location.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `location_id` | string | Yes | The restaurant location ID (from search_restaurants results[*].id) |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/chownow/get-restaurant-menu \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location_id":"<string>"}'
```

### Search restaurants

Search for restaurants near a given location. Returns a paginated list of restaurant summaries with address, cuisine, availability, and distance from the search coordinates. Pagination is offset-based; advance by incrementing offset by limit. The aggregations object contains cuisine facet counts scoped to the current query.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `lat` | string | No | Latitude of the search location |
| `limit` | integer | No | Maximum number of results to return per page |
| `lon` | string | No | Longitude of the search location |
| `offset` | integer | No | Offset for pagination (advance by limit to get next page) |
| `query` | string | No | Search query to filter restaurants by name or cuisine |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/chownow/search-restaurants \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"lat":"<string>","limit":"<integer>","lon":"<string>","offset":"<integer>","query":"<string>"}'
```

## Next steps

- [All wrapped API providers](https://paywithlocus.com/wapi/index.md): pick another provider.
- [Find and call tools](https://paywithlocus.com/agent/tools.md): price ceilings, async results, and errors.
- [Credits and billing](https://paywithlocus.com/agent/billing.md): what a call costs and how to add credits.
- [Agent docs index](https://paywithlocus.com/agent/index.md): every Locus agent page.