# Google Maps API

{% hint style="success" %}
To enable this engine, set the **`engine=google_maps`** parameter.
{% endhint %}

Interacting with the Google Maps scraper is quite straightforward. As opposed to the [Google Search API](https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/google-search-api/google-search-engines/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.

<figure><img src="https://1192456954-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F9wbsYOleiAqS785aMtPp%2Fuploads%2FMlCheDoBrAW4MeHmfE36%2Fgoogle-maps-api.png?alt=media&#x26;token=7de3eece-d763-43f0-974c-8d7d20eb947e" alt=""><figcaption><p>Scrape Google Maps Results</p></figcaption></figure>

### 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:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

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

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```javascript
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();
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```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"))
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```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;
}
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```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))

}
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

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

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title=".NET" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```csharp
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);
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```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
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Google Maps Specific Parameters

#### #1: Query Parameter

<table><thead><tr><th width="187">Parameter</th><th width="107" align="center">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>q</code><br><mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">Required</mark></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>The keywords that you are searching for on Google (the query).</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### #2: Request Customization Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="184">Parameter</th><th width="106" align="center">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>type</code></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>The type of search. It can be <code>hotels</code> or <code>vacation_rentals</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>data</code></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>This parameter is required only if <code>q</code> is not provided.<br><br>It has to be constructed in the next sequence: <code>!4m5!3m4!1s</code> + <code>data_id</code> + <code>!8m2!3d</code> + <code>latitude</code> + <code>!4d</code> + <code>longitude</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

#### #3: Device and Geolocation Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="184">Parameter</th><th width="106" align="center">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>device</code></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>The device used for your Google Maps search. Can be set to <code>desktop</code>, <code>mobile</code> or <code>tablet</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>hl</code></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>The language you want to use for your Google Maps search. <a href="https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results_appendices#interfaceLanguages">List of supported languages</a></td></tr><tr><td><code>gl</code></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>The country you want to use for your Google Maps search. <a href="https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results_appendices#countryCodes">List of supported countries</a></td></tr><tr><td><code>ll</code></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>Parameter defines GPS coordinates of location where you want your <code>q</code> (query) to be applied. It has to be constructed in the next sequence: <code>@</code> + <code>latitude</code> + <code>,</code> + <code>longitude</code> + <code>,</code> + <code>zoom</code>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### #4: Pagination Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="185">Parameter</th><th width="106" align="center">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>start</code></td><td align="center"><code>int</code></td><td>The offset of the Google Maps results. Represents the number of results that you want to skip.</td></tr><tr><td><code>num</code></td><td align="center"><code>int</code></td><td>The number of results returned on each page.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<details>

<summary>Response Example</summary>

```json
{
    "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": "+16263142081",
            "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"
                },
...
```

</details>


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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/google-search-api/google-search-engines/google-maps-api.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

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