Google Maps API

The Google Maps Scraper API allows you to easily scrape Google Maps by simply sending an HTTP request.

To enable this engine, set the engine=google_maps parameter.

Interacting with the Google Maps scraper is quite straightforward. As opposed to the Google Search API, which can take a lot of parameters and allows more flexibility in customizing the response, the Google Maps API has fewer options, but the data it returns is still as rich and accurate.

Scrape Google Maps Results

Google Maps API Integration Examples

We will use following URL as an example for this request:

https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v2?engine=google_maps&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&q=pizza

Ready to Use Google Maps Scraping Scripts:

cURL

curl --request GET --url "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v2?engine=google_maps&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&q=pizza"

NodeJS

const http = require("https");

const options = {
  "method": "GET",
  "hostname": "serpapi.webscrapingapi.com",
  "port": null,
  "path": "/v2?engine=google_maps&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=pizza",
  "headers": {}
};

const req = http.request(options, function (res) {
  const chunks = [];

  res.on("data", function (chunk) {
    chunks.push(chunk);
  });

  res.on("end", function () {
    const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
    console.log(body.toString());
  });
});

req.end();

Python

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("serpapi.webscrapingapi.com")

conn.request("GET", "/v2?engine=google_maps&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=pizza")

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

PHP

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v2?engine=google_maps&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=pizza",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

Go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v2?engine=google_maps&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=pizza"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

Java

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v2?engine=google_maps&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=pizza")
  .asString();

.NET

var client = new RestClient("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v2?engine=google_maps&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=pizza");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Ruby

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v2?engine=google_maps&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=pizza")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Google Maps Specific Parameters

#1: Query Parameter

Parameter	Type	Description
q Required	string	The keywords that you are searching for on Google (the query).

#2: Request Customization Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
type	string	The type of search. It can be hotels or vacation_rentals.
data	string	This parameter is required only if q is not provided. It has to be constructed in the next sequence: !4m5!3m4!1s + data_id + !8m2!3d + latitude + !4d + longitude

#3: Device and Geolocation Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
device	string	The device used for your Google Maps search. Can be set to desktop, mobile or tablet.
hl	string	The language you want to use for your Google Maps search. List of supported languages
gl	string	The country you want to use for your Google Maps search. List of supported countries
ll	string	Parameter defines GPS coordinates of location where you want your q (query) to be applied. It has to be constructed in the next sequence: @ + latitude + , + longitude + , + zoom.

#4: Pagination Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
start	int	The offset of the Google Maps results. Represents the number of results that you want to skip.
num	int	The number of results returned on each page.

Response Example

{
    "general": {
        "query": "coffee",
        "language": "en",
        "country": "United States",
        "country_code": "US",
        "gl": "US"
    },
    "organic": [
        {
            "title": "Fika Fika",
            "display_link": "fikafikacoffee.com",
            "link": "http://fikafikacoffee.com/",
            "address": "1731 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91106",
            "phone": "[phone]",
            "open_hours": {
                "Monday": "7 AM–6 PM",
                "Tuesday": "7 AM–6 PM",
                "Wednesday": "7 AM–6 PM",
                "Thursday": "7 AM–6 PM",
                "Friday": "7 AM–6 PM",
                "Saturday": "7 AM–6 PM",
                "Sunday": "7 AM–6 PM"
            },
            "category": [
                {
                    "id": "coffee_shop",
                    "title": "Coffee shop"
                },
                {
                    "id": "cafe",
                    "title": "Cafe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "dessert_shop",
                    "title": "Dessert shop"
                }
            ],
            "tags": [
                {
                    "group_id": "service_options",
                    "group_title": "Service options",
                    "key_id": "/geo/type/establishment_poi/has_seating_outdoors",
                    "key_title": "Outdoor seating",
                    "value": 1,
                    "value_title": "Has outdoor seating",
                    "value_title_short": "Outdoor seating"
                },
                {
                    "group_id": "service_options",
                    "group_title": "Service options",
                    "key_id": "/geo/type/establishment_poi/has_delivery",
                    "key_title": "Delivery",
                    "value": 1,
                    "value_title": "Offers delivery",
                    "value_title_short": "Delivery"
                },
                {
                    "group_id": "service_options",
                    "group_title": "Service options",
                    "key_id": "/geo/type/establishment_poi/has_takeout",
                    "key_title": "Takeout",
                    "value": 1,
                    "value_title": "Offers takeout",
                    "value_title_short": "Takeout"
                },
...