Google Maps Search API: Async Structured Data in Java

Scrape Google Maps search results into structured JSON/CSV with ScraperAPI async in Java. Retrieve local business data by query and geolocation for analytics.

This endpoint will retrieve maps data from a Google Maps search and transform it into usable JSON.

Single Query Request:

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
public class ApiCall {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            String apiKey = "API_KEY";
            String jsonInputString = "{"
                + "\"apiKey\": \"" + apiKey + "\", "
                + "\"query\": \"QUERY\", "
                + "\"latitude\": LATITUDE, "
                + "\"longitude\": LONGITUDE, "
                + "\"callback\": {"
                + "    \"type\": \"webhook\", "
                + "    \"url\": \"YYYY\""
                + "}}";

            URL url = new URL("https://async.scraperapi.com/structured/google/mapssearch");
            HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
            connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
            connection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "*/*");
            connection.setDoOutput(true);
            try (OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream()) {
                byte[] input = jsonInputString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                os.write(input, 0, input.length);
            }
            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
            StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
            String readLine;
            while ((readLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
                response.append(readLine);
            }
            in.close();
            if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                System.out.println("Response: " + response.toString());
            } else {
                throw new Exception("Error in API Call: Response code " + responseCode + "\nbody: " + response.toString());
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Multiple Query Request:

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
public class ApiCall {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            String apiKey = "API_KEY";
            String jsonInputString = "{"
                + "\"apiKey\": \"" + apiKey + "\", "
                + "\"jobs\": ["
                + "    {"
                + "        \"query\": \"QUERY\", "
                + "        \"latitude\": LATITUDE, "
                + "        \"longitude\": LONGITUDE, "
                + "        \"callback\": {"
                + "            \"type\": \"webhook\", "
                + "            \"url\": \"YYYY\""
                + "        }"
                + "    },"
                + "    {"
                + "        \"query\": \"QUERY\", "
                + "        \"latitude\": LATITUDE, "
                + "        \"longitude\": LONGITUDE, "
                + "        \"callback\": {"
                + "            \"type\": \"webhook\", "
                + "            \"url\": \"YYYY\""
                + "        }"
                + "    }"
                + "]"
                + "}";

            URL url = new URL("https://async.scraperapi.com/structured/google/mapssearch");
            HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
            connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
            connection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "*/*");
            connection.setDoOutput(true);
            try (OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream()) {
                byte[] input = jsonInputString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                os.write(input, 0, input.length);
            }
            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
            StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
            String readLine;
            while ((readLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
                response.append(readLine);
            }
            in.close();
            if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                System.out.println("Response: " + response.toString());
            } else {
                throw new Exception("Error in API Call: Response code " + responseCode + "\nbody: " + response.toString());
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Parameter	Details
API_KEY(required)	User's normal API Key
QUERY(required)	Query string for example: vegan restaurant
LATITUDE(required)	Latitude value, for example: 21.029738077531196
LONGITUDE(required)	Longitude value, for example: 105.85222341863856

Sample Response

Single Query Request:

{
    "id": "024559fd-4d71-419c-bda6-2915dda7667d",
    "attempts": 0,
    "status": "running",
    "statusUrl": "https://async.scraperapi.com/jobs/024559fd-4d71-419c-bda6-2915dda7667d",
    "query": "new york restaurants",
    "latitude": 40.74229676764451,
    "longitude": -73.98832638564608,
    "supposedToRunAt": "2024-10-31T09:56:44.748Z"
}

Multiple Query Request:

{
    "id": "0869fa1c-3a0d-4b06-891d-f2e58f5f05cf",
    "attempts": 0,
    "status": "running",
    "statusUrl": "https://async.scraperapi.com/jobs/0869fa1c-3a0d-4b06-891d-f2e58f5f05cf",
    "query": "new york restaurants",
    "latitude": 40.74229676764451,
    "longitude": -73.98832638564608
},

{
    "id": "0f0ed634-e3a0-4b5e-991d-dc10a251c6d7",
    "attempts": 0,
    "status": "running",
    "statusUrl": "https://async.scraperapi.com/jobs/0f0ed634-e3a0-4b5e-991d-dc10a251c6d7",
    "query": "hanoi laundries",
    "latitude": 21.028511,
    "longitude": 105.804817
}

After the job(s) finish, you will find the result under the response key in the response JSON object. The structure is the same as in the corresponding SYNC data endpoint.