# The Locations API: Platform Saga Part IV

DevFeed: [The Locations API: Platform Saga Part IV](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-locations-api-platform-saga-part-iv-6000.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://turso.tech/blog/locations-api-platform-saga-part-4>)

Author: Jamie Barton

Published: 2024-03-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Turso Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/turso-blog.md>)

Topics: [Turso](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/turso.md>), [Platform API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-api.md>), [Replication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/replication.md>), [libSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/libsql.md>)

Tags: [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [libsql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/libsql.md>), [platform-api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-api.md>), [replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/replication.md>), [turso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/turso.md>)

## AI overview

This post explains how to use the Locations API to obtain locations for hosting and replicating databases. It references an older version of Turso, whose databases could be queried over the network or synchronized with users' devices and servers for offline support.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to fetch a list of locations to host and replicate databases to.