---
title: "Search published travel guides the community can see (words like a city, a theme, @author)"
method: POST
path: "/actions/find_guides"
tags: ["guides"]
---

# Search published travel guides the community can see (words like a city, a theme, @author)

`POST /actions/find_guides`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://findinghorizons.ca/api/v1`
- URL: `https://findinghorizons.ca/api/v1/actions/find_guides`
- Auth: OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://findinghorizons.ca/api/mcp/authorize`, token URL `https://findinghorizons.ca/api/mcp/oauth/token`, scopes: `guides:read`)

Search published travel guides the community can see (words like a city, a theme, @author). Each comes with its author for attribution. Private and friends-only guides are never returned.

## Request body

- object
  - `q` string
  - `limit` number
  - `today` string: The traveller's own date, YYYY-MM-DD, where the action needs one

## Response `200`

Done — { ok, api, action, result, card, operation? }

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad body / missing Idempotency-Key
- `401`: No or invalid token
- `403`: Scope not granted
- `422`: The action said no
- `429`: Rate limited

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/findinghorizons/apis/finding-horizons-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/findinghorizons/apis/finding-horizons-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/findinghorizons/apis/finding-horizons-api/revisions/e347f6070173?raw)