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POST
Scrape a Google Maps place's details
Scrape a Google Maps place’s details. The place is identified by its URL or ID.

Request

Exactly one of placeUrl or placeId is required. A request that sets both, or none, fails with invalidRequest.

Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. data contains the place’s address, rating, hours and contact details. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.
For every field, see the response schema on this page.

Optional parameters

Billing

Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.

Pagination

This method is not paginated. A single request returns the complete result.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

maxTextLength
integer

Cut every text value in the response to this many characters. A value that was cut ends with …, and a page whose text was cut has isTruncated set to true. A screenshot is never cut. Leave it out to get the full text.

Required range: x >= 1

Body

application/json
placeUrl
string

Link to the Google Maps place, like https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xa3bN7cQ. Send this or placeId.

placeId
string

Google Maps place id, like ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4. Send this or placeUrl.

country
string
default:us

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, e.g. us. Any case is accepted.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2}$
language
string
default:en

BCP 47 language tag, e.g. en or pt-BR. Any case is accepted.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2,3}(?:[-_][A-Za-z0-9]{2,4})?$

Response

The data, and the credits this call used.

success
any
required
data
object
required
creditsUsed
integer
required
requestId
string
required