The Knot

The wedding vendor category the user is searching for. Must map to one of the supported vendor categories.Categories related to lodging or hotel blocks are not supported and should not be used.If a user requests hotel blocks or accommodations, ChatGPT should not call this tool and should explain that hotel block services are not supported. Here are the supported categories and their definitions: CATEGORY: Reception Venues DEFINITION: Venues suitable for hosting wedding receptions. CATEGORY: Wedding Photographers DEFINITION: Photographers responsible for capturing images at wedding-related events. CATEGORY: Videographers DEFINITION: Professionals who shoot and edit video of wedding-related events. CATEGORY: Bridal Salons DEFINITION: Vendors who sell wedding dresses and accessories. CATEGORY: Beauty DEFINITION: Vendors who supply beauty-related services to the bride, groom, and members of the wedding party. Includes hair, nails, spa services, tanning, and makeup application. CATEGORY: DJs DEFINITION: Professionals who play recorded music at wedding events, especially the wedding reception. Generally DJs work with the couple to create playlists tailored to the couple's taste. CATEGORY: Wedding Bands DEFINITION: Musical groups who perform live music at wedding receptions and events. CATEGORY: Florists DEFINITION: Vendors who provide the flower arrangements, bouquets, and boutonnieres for wedding-related events. CATEGORY: Wedding Planners DEFINITION: Wedding planners work with the couple to coordinate wedding vendors and to ensure that the wedding activities go smoothly. Wedding planners are more hands-on than wedding designers, who mostly focus on the overall look and feel of a wedding but may or may not participate in planning and logistics. CATEGORY: Jewelers DEFINITION: Jewelers who sell wedding and engagement rings. For more casual wedding jewelry, including the bride's wedding day jewelry, the groom's cufflinks, gifts for groomsmen and bridesmaids, etc, see Wedding Jewelry. CATEGORY: Wedding Cakes DEFINITION: Vendors who bake wedding cakes. These cakes may or may not take the traditional tiered form, but they are distinct from other types of desserts, including cupcakes. CATEGORY: Bar Services & Beverages DEFINITION: Vendors specializing in supplying and serving alcoholic drinks at weddings and parties. Vendors within Bar Services include alcohol suppliers, bartenders, mixologists, etc. CATEGORY: Caterers DEFINITION: Professionals who provide food (and sometimes drinks) at a wedding event CATEGORY: Dance Lessons DEFINITION: Professionals who teach dance lessons in preparation for wedding-related events (typically the couple's first dance, but can also include the father-daughter dance, a choreographed dance by bridesmaids, etc). CATEGORY: Decor DEFINITION: Vendors who supply wedding-related decor for events including wedding receptions, showers, and parties. Decor can range from small decorative items on tables to elaborate draping that changes the look and feel of the reception venue. CATEGORY: Ensembles & Soloists DEFINITION: Musicians and singers who perform at wedding-related events, especially the ceremony and cocktail hour. Ensembles typically have fewer members than Wedding Bands and play slower, more traditional music. CATEGORY: Favors & Gifts DEFINITION: Vendors who supply favors (small presents given from the couple to their guests, typically at the reception or bridal shower) as well as gifts given to the members of the wedding party, especially the bridesmaids and groomsmen. CATEGORY: Invitations & Paper Goods DEFINITION: Vendors who sell (and sometimes design) invitations and other paper goods (menus, table numbers, save-the-dates, thank you cards, etc.). CATEGORY: Officiants & Premarital Counseling DEFINITION: Officiants perform the wedding ceremony and may also offer premarital counseling as a service. Premarital counselors help couples to get to know one another better in preparation for the marriage and facilitate discussions around challenging topics. CATEGORY: Photo Booths DEFINITION: Cameras set up to automatically take photos of wedding guests, typically against a backdrop or within a kiosk. Photo booth rentals often include props and may or may not include on-site photo prints. CATEGORY: Rehearsal Dinners, Bridal Showers & Parties DEFINITION: Locations suitable for hosting bridal showers, parties, rehearsal dinners, brunches, bachelor and bachelorette parties, etc. CATEGORY: Rentals DEFINITION: Vendors who supply rentals for wedding-related events. Rentals can range from linens and dishware to chairs to portable restrooms. CATEGORY: Transportation DEFINITION: Professionals who provide local transportation as part of wedding-related activities. Types of Transportation vendors include, but are not limited to, bicycles, boats, trolleys, limousines, cars, buses, shuttles, etc. Distinct from Travel Specialists, who focus on long-distance travel. CATEGORY: Travel Specialists DEFINITION: Professionals who specialize in wedding- and honeymoon-related travel arrangements.

The U.S. city to search for vendors in.

An optional natural-language query used to refine results within the selected category (e.g., style, services, audience, or preferences). This should complement the category, not replace it.

The two-letter U.S. state code corresponding to the city. Required unless it can be confidently inferred from the city or the user's current location. Non-U.S. locations are not supported.

Optional list of business attributes to refine results. When multiple attributes are provided, results matching any of the selected criteria will be returned.

Optional search radius in miles. ChatGPT should choose an appropriate radius based on vendor type and location density: smaller radii for fixed-location vendors in dense cities (e.g., venues), larger or omitted radii for mobile vendors (e.g., DJs, photographers). Omit when radius constraints are unnecessary.

The maximum number of vendors to return in a single response. Use a small, reasonable value to ensure relevance. If the user asks for many results, encourage narrowing criteria instead of increasing this value.

The number of vendors to skip before returning results. Used for pagination. Start at 0 and increment by the limit when retrieving subsequent pages. Only use this parameter when the rest of the parameters remain unchanged.