BubbleLife
BubbleLife runs a hyperlocal business directory alongside its community news network, letting people search for local businesses city by city next to neighborhood news and events.
A BubbleLife business entry sits inside a hyperlocal directory that runs alongside the platform's community news and events content, and keeping it current means editing it by hand each time the name, address, phone, or hours are different. Listings API removes that manual editing step, handling creation, updates, and sync for the BubbleLife listing through one unified API.
With just a few API calls, you can publish a business to the BubbleLife directory using details like business name, category, address, phone, website, and hours. Listings API lets you:
- Create a location and publish it to BubbleLife alongside every other citation on your plan.
- Update the business name, category, address, phone, website, or hours in a single call.
- Track publishing status and read the live listing URL once it goes live on BubbleLife.
What the API does on BubbleLife
Listing sync
Name, address, phone, hours, description, categories, website, and photos publish to BubbleLife from one canonical record. The same write updates the rest of your plan's network.
Publish status you can query
Per site publish state and live listing links are readable back through the API, so you can verify the BubbleLife listing from response instead of checking it manually.
Typed SDKs + MCP
Node.js and Python SDKs with full types, plus a hosted MCP server so agents and LLM tools can drive the same API.
Publish and sync your BubbleLife listing
curl -X POST https://listingsapi.com/api/v4/locations \
-H "Authorization: API $LISTINGSAPI_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"input":{"name":"Acme Dental","description":"Acme Dental is a family-owned dental practice in downtown New York offering preventive care, cosmetic dentistry, orthodontics, and emergency appointments. The team pairs modern equipment with a gentle, patient-first approach, and same-week visits are available.","subCategoryId":1432,"street":"123 Jump Street","city":"New York","stateIso":"NY","postalCode":"10013","countryIso":"US","phone":"6443859313"}}'curl -X POST https://listingsapi.com/api/v4/locations/update \
-H "Authorization: API $LISTINGSAPI_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"input":{"id":"TG9jYXRpb246MTgwMDI4OQ==","phone":"8073326999","street":"19 Trinity Enclave Main Rd"}}'curl https://listingsapi.com/api/v4/locations/TG9jYXRpb246MTgwMDI4OQ==/listings/premium \
-H "Authorization: API $LISTINGSAPI_KEY"Which plans include BubbleLife
BubbleLife is available on the Growth and Enterprise plans.
BubbleLife + Listings API
How do I add a business to the BubbleLife directory with the API?
createLocation takes the business name, category, address, phone, website, and hours and publishes that record into the BubbleLife directory along with every other citation on the plan, without touching the community news or events side of the site, separate from any newsletter signup.
How long does publishing to BubbleLife take, and how do I confirm it worked?
A new BubbleLife listing typically shows up within a few hours to a few days of publishing. Instead of refreshing the directory page to look, call GET /api/v4/locations/{id}/listings/premium and read the publish status and live listing URL from the response.
Do I need a BubbleLife account to publish a listing?
No BubbleLife account, community membership, or login is required. The request runs on one Listings API key, and the listing is created from that data instead of a form submitted through the platform. Listings API is an independent service and is not affiliated with BubbleLife.
How do I update a business's hours or address on BubbleLife?
Send whichever fields changed, hours, phone, or address, into updateLocation, and the same call rewrites the entry on BubbleLife plus every other citation on the plan, so the community directory doesn't drift out of date the way a manually edited profile eventually does.
Is the BubbleLife business directory the same as its community news and events site?
Not entirely. The directory entry lives on the same BubbleLife platform as its community news, events, and neighbor discussion sections, but Listings API only touches the business directory record: name, category, address, phone, website, and hours. It doesn't post news, events, or articles to BubbleLife.
Can I publish posts or manage review replies on BubbleLife?
BubbleLife's directory entry only carries the sync fields: name, category, address, phone, website, and hours. Everything else, posting updates and replying to reviews, runs through Listings API on just two properties, Google and Facebook, and the same pair plus Bing is where the analytics reads come from. None of that extends to BubbleLife.
Which plan includes BubbleLife?
BubbleLife sits on the Growth and Enterprise plans. Create a location under either plan and Listings API adds it to BubbleLife automatically, alongside the rest of the citation network those tiers include, with nothing extra to configure for this one directory.
