kto-tourapi-cli#

Command-line wrapper for 한국관광공사 TourAPI 4.0 (KorService2) — Korea's first-party tourism content API. Curated and maintained by 한국관광공사 (Korea Tourism Organization), it's the data behind VisitKorea, 대한민국 구석구석, and most travel apps in Korea.

Eight subcommands, each wraps one (or one composite) endpoint:

CommandEndpoint(s)Purposescripts/area-code.sh``areaCode217개 광역시도 → 시군구 코드 트리.scripts/category-code.sh``categoryCode23-level cat1/cat2/cat3 service-classification tree.scripts/area.sh``areaBasedList2Browse content by area / sigungu / contentType / category.scripts/nearby.sh``locationBasedList2Radius search (≤20 km) from a (lng, lat) point.scripts/search.sh``searchKeyword2Keyword search with optional area/category filters.scripts/festival.sh``searchFestival2Festivals/events overlapping a date window.scripts/stay.sh``searchStay2Lodging-only browse (hotels, motels, pensions, hanok stays).scripts/detail.sh``detailCommon2 + detailIntro2 + detailInfo2 + detailImage2One-shot full record for a contentId.

All output is JSONL — one row per item — so it pipes directly into jq, csvkit, pandas, or downstream skills.

When to use this skill#

• Trip planning agents — "build me a 3-day Gangneung itinerary" → area --area-code 32 --sigungu-code 1 + nearby --lng <h1> --lat <h1> + festival --start 20260601.
• Festival calendars — festival --start YYYYMMDD --end YYYYMMDD → JSONL → cal.json.
• K-content blogs / videos — search --keyword 강릉 then detail --content-id <id> --include-images for hero imagery + descriptions.
• Nearby-X discovery on maps — feed Kakao map taps into nearby --lng X --lat Y --content-type-id 39 to surface restaurants.
• Government/NGO grounded answers — TourAPI is curated by KTO; use it when you need authoritative tourism facts, not crowd-sourced.

Do not use this skill for#

• Real-time prices, availability, bookings — TourAPI is a content directory, not a reservation API. Pair with stay-platform APIs (야놀자, 여기어때, Booking.com) for live inventory.
• User reviews / ratings — TourAPI does not expose review counts. Use Naver Place / Kakao Map APIs.
• English / non-KR languages — this skill targets KorService2. KTO publishes parallel EngService2 / ChsService2 / JpnService2 / GerService2 / FreService2 / SpnService2 / RusService2 endpoints; not in this skill yet.
• High-throughput public-facing apps without quota — the dev-tier ceiling is 1,000 req/day. Apply for production tier on data.go.kr.

Prerequisites#

1. Register at https://www.data.go.kr/ (Korean OpenData portal, free, no business required).

2. Apply for "한국관광공사_국문 관광정보 서비스_GW" (TourAPI 4.0 / KorService2). Approval is automatic for the dev tier.

3. Copy your Decoding key (the raw, not URL-encoded form) and export: bash

   export TOURAPI_SERVICE_KEY='your_decoded_key_here'
   
   

4. Optional overrides: bash

   export TOURAPI_BASE='https://apis.data.go.kr/B551011/KorService2'
   export TOURAPI_MOBILE_OS='ETC'             # ETC|AND|IOS|WIN|WEB
   export TOURAPI_MOBILE_APP='your-app-name'  # any short identifier
   
   

5. Dependencies: bash, curl, jq (default on macOS / standard Linux).

Reference codes#

contentTypeId (used in --content-type-id):

IDTypeIDType12관광지28레포츠14문화시설32숙박15축제공연행사38쇼핑25여행코스39음식점

Top-level areaCode (run area-code.sh for fresh sigungu codes):

CodeRegionCodeRegionCodeRegion1서울32강원도6부산2인천33충청북도7대구31경기도34충청남도8광주35경상북도36경상남도9대전37전라북도38전라남도10울산39제주특별자치도11세종특별자치시

(Full canonical list always: bash scripts/area-code.sh.)

Top-level cat1: A01=자연 / A02=인문(문화/예술/역사) / A03=레포츠 / A04=쇼핑 / A05=음식 / B02=숙박 / C01=추천코스.

Examples#

Browse 관광지 in 강릉#

bash

bash scripts/area.sh --area-code 32 --sigungu-code 1 --content-type-id 12 --num 10

Find 음식점 within 500 m of 경복궁 (lng 126.9770, lat 37.5797)#

bash

bash scripts/nearby.sh --lng 126.9770 --lat 37.5797 --radius 500 --content-type-id 39

Festival list for May 2026 in Jeju#

bash

bash scripts/festival.sh --start 20260501 --end 20260531 --area-code 39

Keyword search for "한옥" stays#

bash

bash scripts/search.sh --keyword 한옥 --content-type-id 32 --num 30

Full record (with images) for 경복궁 (contentId 264432)#

bash

bash scripts/detail.sh --content-id 264432 --content-type-id 14 --include-images

Ten-day Korea festival calendar for content automation#

bash

START=$(date -u +%Y%m%d)
END=$(date -u -v+10d +%Y%m%d 2>/dev/null || date -u -d "+10 days" +%Y%m%d)
bash scripts/festival.sh --start "$START" --end "$END" --num 100 \
  | jq -r '[.title, .eventstartdate, .eventenddate, .addr1] | @tsv'

Field naming#

TourAPI returns lowercase field names without delimiters (e.g. mapx, mapy, addr1, addr2, firstimage, firstimage2, tel, eventstartdate, eventenddate, dist). The CLI passes these through verbatim so downstream pipelines keep schema parity with TourAPI's published spec.

Errors#

• exit 64 — bad CLI input (missing required flag, invalid date, unknown contentTypeId).
• exit 78 — TOURAPI_SERVICE_KEY env var missing.
• exit 22 — TourAPI returned non-2xx, an XML error envelope, or resultCode != "0000". The full body is echoed to stderr.
• exit 127 — required binary ( curl, jq) not on PATH.

Pairs with#

• juso-address-cli — resolve raw addr1 → 우편번호 + 행정동 코드.
• kakao-local-cli — drop mapx/ mapy directly onto Kakao Maps.
• kr-holiday-cli — overlay legal holidays onto the festival calendar.
• naver-papago-translate — localize titles/overviews for non-KR users.
• tistory-api-cli / velog-cli — publish the rendered itinerary.
• kosis-cli / bank-of-korea-ecos-cli — overlay tourism volume / FX context for travel-economics posts.

License#

MIT-0. Data is © 한국관광공사 / 공공데이터포털 — credit per data.go.kr terms when republishing.