The Powered by HERE API

The Powered by HERE API lets an approved platform ask for reviewed wellbeing activities that fit a moment, and show them inside its own product. A request carries a few non-identifying details (age, feelings, setting, time and language); the response is a short list of activities from HERE's library, each with a stable id and a plain reason it fits. Access is by agreement, and the demonstration on this site is open to anyone.

At a glance

Status: Version 1
Access: Credentials issued once we have agreed how you will use it
Format: JSON over HTTPS
What goes in: Non-identifying context only
What comes out: Reviewed activities, with stable ids and content versions
Try it: The open demonstration, no key needed

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Endpoints

Method	Path	What it does
`POST`	`/api/partner/v1/recommendations`	Activities that fit a described moment
`GET`	`/api/partner/v1/activities`	Search licensed activities by age, feeling, setting, time, language, pillar or format
`GET`	`/api/partner/v1/activities/{activity_id}`	One licensed activity, with the fields your licence includes
`POST`	`/api/partner/v1/share-links`	A revocable, attributed link to an activity, for email, messages or a QR code

Server to server calls carry the key in an Authorization header. A secret key never goes in browser code; browser embeds use a signed, restricted configuration instead.

An example request and response

Request

POST /api/partner/v1/recommendations
Authorization: Bearer <partner-key>

{
  "age": "8-12",
  "feelings": ["worried"],
  "setting": "classroom",
  "time_available_minutes": 10,
  "language": "en",
  "mode": "group",
  "result_limit": 3
}

Response

{
  "request_id": "req_example",
  "results": [
    {
      "activity_id": "here_282",
      "title": "Worry Balloon",
      "reason": "A short, creative activity for putting worries outside yourself without needing to say them aloud.",
      "duration_minutes": 10,
      "age": "5-14",
      "pillars": ["Creativity", "Trauma-Informed Care"],
      "formats": ["digital", "printable"],
      "language": "en",
      "reviewed_by_here": true,
      "content_version": 1
    }
  ]
}

The open demonstration accepts the same request body at /api/powered-by-here/demo, with no key, and answers from a small set of sample activities.

What a request may carry

Translate what you know into the smallest abstract description of the moment. For example: a worried child aged 8 to 12, in a classroom, with ten minutes available.

Never names or contact details
Never medical records, diagnoses or student records
Never journal entries or safeguarding disclosures
Never precise addresses or emergency information

Crisis or unsafe language is stopped before it reaches any model, under the same rules as the rest of HERE. The API is never a crisis, safeguarding or reporting channel.

What every response promises

Every activity resolves to a real, reviewed HERE activity, with a stable id and a content version.
An empty list when no safe, licensed match exists, never a near miss.
No title or link is ever made up.
Only the fields your licence includes, and never unpublished content or internal notes.

Errors

Errors come back as JSON with a code, a plain message and the request id. The codes are invalid_request, unauthorised, scope_not_allowed, rate_limited, activity_not_found, content_unavailable and internal_error. No error ever contains a secret, a database message or personal request data.

Not in the first release

Public sign-up and instant production keys
Automated billing and SDKs
Open-ended chat access to Noa
Bulk export or arbitrary queries of the library
Writing to HERE content
Any personal health, student or journal data

Questions people ask

Can I get an API key today?

Not instantly. Credentials are issued by hand once we have agreed how you will use HERE, scoped to your organisation, your licensed collections and your allowed domains. Tell us about your platform to start.

Is there a way to try it first?

Yes. The demonstration at /api/powered-by-here/demo takes the same request as the recommendations endpoint, needs no key, and answers from a small set of real HERE activities.

Does the API generate content?

No. It only returns activities written and reviewed by the HERE team. It matches; it never writes.

What does it cost?

It is scoped and priced in conversation, around the size of your audience and what you want to build.

Is there a simpler option than the API?

Yes. The HERE website embed puts HERE on any page with one copy and paste, and is included in every HERE team plan.

Updated 1 October 2026

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