# Google Maps Photos API

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

If you only want to scrape the Google Maps Photos, you can do so by simply interacting with the Google Maps Photos API. This engine will return a JSON object of all the photos available, based on your query.

<figure><img src="/files/nqqcWOAuhz4LNLCPR5K2" alt=""><figcaption><p>Scrape Google Maps Photos</p></figcaption></figure>

### Google Maps Photos API Integration Examples

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

```
https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5
```

### Ready to Use Google Maps Photos Scraping Scripts:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl --request GET --url "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const http = require("https");

const options = {
  "method": "GET",
  "hostname": "serpapi.webscrapingapi.com",
  "port": null,
  "path": "/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5",
  "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();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import http.client

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

conn.request("GET", "/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5")

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

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

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5",
  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;
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5"

	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))

}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5")
  .asString();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title=".NET" %}

```csharp
var client = new RestClient("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5")

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
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Google Maps Photos 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>data_id</code><br><mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">Required</mark></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>Google Maps data ID that you are searching.</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### #2: Request Customisation 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>category_id</code></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>The ID of the category you want to filter your request by.</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### #3: 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>hl</code></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>The language you want to use for your Google search. <a href="https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results_appendices#interfaceLanguages">List of supported languages</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

#### #4: Pagination Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="202">Parameter</th><th width="106" align="center">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>next_page_token</code></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>Token of the next page, used to retrieve results from the next page.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<details>

<summary>Response Example</summary>

```javascript
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "google_maps_reviews_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/preview/photo?hl=en&pb=!1e2!3m3!1s0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5!9e0!11s!5m58!2m2!1i203!2i100!3m2!2i20!5b1!7m50!1m3!1e1!2b0!3e3!1m3!1e2!2b1!3e2!1m3!1e2!2b0!3e3!1m3!1e3!2b0!3e3!1m3!1e8!2b0!3e3!1m3!1e3!2b1!3e2!1m3!1e10!2b0!3e3!1m3!1e10!2b1!3e2!1m3!1e9!2b1!3e2!1m3!1e10!2b0!3e3!1m3!1e10!2b1!3e2!1m3!1e10!2b0!3e4!2b1!4b1!9b0!6m3!1s!2z!7e81!16m4!1m1!1BCgIgAQ!2b1!4e1",
        "engine": "google_maps_photos",
        "google_domain": "google.com",
        "device": "desktop",
        "data_id": "0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5"
    },
    "categories": [
        {
            "id": "CgIgAQ==",
            "title": "All"
        },
        {
            "id": "CgIgARICGAI=",
            "title": "Latest"
        },
        {
            "id": "CgIYIQ==",
            "title": "Menu"
        },
        {
            "id": "CgIYIA==",
            "title": "Food & drink"
        },
        {
            "id": "CgIYIg==",
            "title": "Vibe"
        },
        {
            "id": "CgwqCC9tLzBobnl4MAs=",
            "title": "Pastry"
        },
        {
            "id": "Cg0qCS9tLzAxNXdnYzAL",
            "title": "Croissant"
        },
        {
            "id": "Cg0qCS9tLzAydnFmbTAL",
            "title": "Coffee"
        },
        {
            "id": "Cg0qCS9tLzAxbnI1NjAL",
            "title": "Latte"
        },
        {
            "id": "CgwqCC9tLzA2NjN2MAs=",
            "title": "Pizza"
        },
        {
            "id": "CgwqCC9tLzA3bDRnMAs=",
            "title": "Tiramisu"
        },
        {
            "id": "Cg0qCS9tLzA5dG1nNjAL",
            "title": "Coffee cake"
        },
        {
            "id": "CgIgARICEAE=",
            "title": "By owner"
        },
        {
            "id": "CgIgARICCAI=",
            "title": "Street View & 360°"
        },
        {
            "id": "CgIgARICCAQ=",
            "title": "Videos"
        }
    ],
    "photos": [
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNY6skUti7Ce8pDPW47XIDqUNr5Ago-5zXSZBnG=w203-h135-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNY6skUti7Ce8pDPW47XIDqUNr5Ago-5zXSZBnG=w6652-h4435-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMZjSS-JF8ewZTHohi4wHq73WvVC1dwMGXWJ8KU=w203-h270-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMZjSS-JF8ewZTHohi4wHq73WvVC1dwMGXWJ8KU=w3024-h4032-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMAQfs500GFwzfVBwqXjelfIQWYTCvqmz5XHqyI=w203-h135-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMAQfs500GFwzfVBwqXjelfIQWYTCvqmz5XHqyI=w1620-h1080-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipO3Ov4mCLppboCZCYafM1TL54rYMKG6NkxVMuB7=w203-h114-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipO3Ov4mCLppboCZCYafM1TL54rYMKG6NkxVMuB7=w4000-h2252-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNysV36qhkmDUeNaAcOubTr-_51OI8Ld8pfXGnj=w203-h152-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNysV36qhkmDUeNaAcOubTr-_51OI8Ld8pfXGnj=w4032-h3024-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPueNW7yq78UET0KDRp3eaARTT1ydvxai57BrO8=w203-h152-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPueNW7yq78UET0KDRp3eaARTT1ydvxai57BrO8=w12000-h9000-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipP4er13qYY4zoXYX1zIr5VRbCR9z6LYeSWA9wiM=w203-h270-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipP4er13qYY4zoXYX1zIr5VRbCR9z6LYeSWA9wiM=w9000-h12000-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOJj8dxC7HF4AhcQhJhs5d6jlEDTWQh6XtGrPQu=w203-h135-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOJj8dxC7HF4AhcQhJhs5d6jlEDTWQh6XtGrPQu=w1712-h1141-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMg-7iTXt-SILgvRHribgAIJu_bKIk6tWowpvBp=w203-h270-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMg-7iTXt-SILgvRHribgAIJu_bKIk6tWowpvBp=w1924-h2565-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMG128_SEX4KzhtN-jhRzSgus-pK5K713PNAxU6=w203-h152-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMG128_SEX4KzhtN-jhRzSgus-pK5K713PNAxU6=w9248-h6936-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipP6eA1U_d4J2lY30VdN4QW_Ve2iemhSuL5TOyKZ=w203-h114-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipP6eA1U_d4J2lY30VdN4QW_Ve2iemhSuL5TOyKZ=w800-h451-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipM9Wdh-Yw_aCAF1XxNMMn1Wz30otd1-knl1DppK=w203-h152-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipM9Wdh-Yw_aCAF1XxNMMn1Wz30otd1-knl1DppK=w4000-h3000-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPNsraTfbrQ36fxxltKk8BARi9KNRql9I4875fX=w203-h146-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPNsraTfbrQ36fxxltKk8BARi9KNRql9I4875fX=w1440-h1040-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipO0jQSu93NMYKNzI4vjqISFmjqhR_ZGEL9FvIqN=w203-h152-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipO0jQSu93NMYKNzI4vjqISFmjqhR_ZGEL9FvIqN=w4032-h3024-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPP0EOWqAqb_Fk2i6dr3b3Cbsea8cufqVlMtAYu=w203-h270-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPP0EOWqAqb_Fk2i6dr3b3Cbsea8cufqVlMtAYu=w3024-h4032-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPDkvCHpm7eTcMX1-0GGHKIl9CWF13mFkW85D7a=w203-h152-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPDkvCHpm7eTcMX1-0GGHKIl9CWF13mFkW85D7a=w3648-h2736-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOokeGvyX_ty9SLQ3kqZ3boDQgFXup76VMYQfcK=w203-h270-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOokeGvyX_ty9SLQ3kqZ3boDQgFXup76VMYQfcK=w3000-h4000-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOAXxSDtQrcrnQA3B1zyKZy2Me0Cwn_AXXBWw0H=w203-h283-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOAXxSDtQrcrnQA3B1zyKZy2Me0Cwn_AXXBWw0H=w1170-h1634-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMEPnBI4YklmM1Uwsi1l5AjSC3PxUlTYg7Ysmog=w203-h152-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMEPnBI4YklmM1Uwsi1l5AjSC3PxUlTYg7Ysmog=w4032-h3024-k-no"
        },
        {
            "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNGVwfmPut_VuQtYxfl3MaPvwT_nkVtJvv3IASG=w203-h270-k-no",
            "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNGVwfmPut_VuQtYxfl3MaPvwT_nkVtJvv3IASG=w3456-h4608-k-no"
        }
    ],
    "searchdata_pagination": {
        "next_page_token": "EvgDKYQi49-NlUMIDwAAAAEAAAMAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACQAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAIAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAABAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAgCAAAAAAAgAAAAgAAAAAAAIAAAAAACAABAAQAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACGAgIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAABAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAQAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgBAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAACAAAAAAABAAAAgCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAEAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAQAAgAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAGBRCVCmEIuPfjZVD6AEAACAAAAADAAAAgAEACoBCQSAIgAkAgBIIRAERAAACAAEUAAAEUACAoQDIAABIAgABAIAABDQACAAgAAACBAAAkAAEiBIgEAAAAA",
        "next": "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd%3A0x126d84580eedebe5&next_page_token=EvgDKYQi49-NlUMIDwAAAAEAAAMAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACQAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAIAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAABAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAgCAAAAAAAgAAAAgAAAAAAAIAAAAAACAABAAQAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACGAgIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAABAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAQAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgBAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAACAAAAAAABAAAAgCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAEAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAQAAgAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAGBRCVCmEIuPfjZVD6AEAACAAAAADAAAAgAEACoBCQSAIgAkAgBIIRAERAAACAAEUAAAEUACAoQDIAABIAgABAIAABDQACAAgAAACBAAAkAAEiBIgEAAAAA"
    }
}
```

</details>


---

# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

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-photos-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.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.