# Google Maps Search API

The `Google Maps Search API` endpoint returns Google Maps Search result page and transform it into usable JSON.

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

```bash
curl --request GET \
--url "https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/google/mapssearch?api_key=API_KEY&\
query=QUERY&latitude=LATITUDE&longitude=LONGITUDE"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

payload = {
    "api_key": "API_KEY",
    "query": "QUERY",
    "latitude": "LATITUDE",
    "longitude": "LONGITUDE"
}

r = requests.get('https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/google/mapssearch', params=payload)

print(r.text)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
import fetch from 'node-fetch';

fetch(`https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/google/mapssearch?api_key=API_KEY&query=QUERY&latitude=LATITUDE&longitude=LONGITUDE`)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => {
    console.log(data);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
  });
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php
$url = "https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/google/mapssearch?api_key=API_KEY&query=QUERY&latitude=LATITUDE&longitude=LONGITUDE";

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, FALSE);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

print_r($response);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'json'

params = {
  :api_key => "API_KEY",
  :query => "QUERY",
  :latitude => "LATITUDE",
  :longitude => "LONGITUDE"
}

uri = URI('https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/google/mapssearch')
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

website_content = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
print(website_content)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            String apiKey   = "API_KEY";
            String query    = "QUERY";
            String latitude  = "LATITUDE";
            String longitude = "LONGITUDE";

            String urlStr = "https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/google/mapssearch?api_key="
                            + apiKey + "&query=" + query + "&latitude=" + latitude + "&longitude=" + longitude;

            URL url = new URL(urlStr);
            HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            conn.setRequestMethod("GET");

            int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
            if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
                StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
                String line;
                while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
                    response.append(line);
                }
                in.close();
                System.out.println(response.toString());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error in API Call. Response code: " + responseCode);
            }

        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="success" %}
You can easily get the `latitude` and `longitude` for any location directly from Google Maps by right-clicking on the desired point and copying the coordinates.
{% endhint %}

**Supported Parameters**

<table><thead><tr><th width="261">Parameter</th><th>Details</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>API_KEY</code>(required)</td><td>Your API Key.</td></tr><tr><td><code>QUERY</code>(required)</td><td>Query string for example: <code>vegan restaurant</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>LATITUDE</code>(required)</td><td>Latitude value, for example: <code>21.029738077531196</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>LONGITUDE</code>(required)</td><td>Longitude value, for example: <code>105.85222341863856</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Sample Response <a href="#sample-response" id="sample-response"></a>

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/vegan+restaurants/@21.028511,105.804817,12z",
  "scraper_name": "google-maps",
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "Katze Vegan & Vegetarian",
      "address": [
        "43 P. Hàng Bè",
        "Hàng Bạc",
        "Hoàn Kiếm",
        "Hà Nội 100000, Vietnam"
      ],
      "stars": 5,
      "ratings": 1817,
      "price_level": "₫100–200K",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068076010419",
      "type": [
        "Vegan restaurant"
      ],
      "district": "Hàng Bạc, Hoàn Kiếm",
      "latitude": 21.0328302,
      "longitude": 105.8538444,
      "address_line": "Katze Vegan & Vegetarian, 43 P. Hàng Bè, Hàng Bạc, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội 100000, Vietnam",
      "open": {
        "wednesday": [
          "11 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "thursday": [
          "11 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "friday": [
          "11 a.m.–11 p.m."
        ],
        "saturday": [
          "11 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "sunday": [
          "11 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "monday": [
          "11 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "tuesday": [
          "11 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ]
      },
      "images": [
        "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNImj-MzSXn2QiNLh-Yvhwm3wqOjqgj89dukv-v=w114-h86-k-no",
        "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNImj-MzSXn2QiNLh-Yvhwm3wqOjqgj89dukv-v=w408-h306-k-no"
      ]
    },
    ...
    {
      "name": "V-Cuisine",
      "address": [
        "29 P. Hàng Giầy",
        "Hàng Buồm",
        "Hoàn Kiếm",
        "Hà Nội, Vietnam"
      ],
      "stars": 4.5,
      "ratings": 272,
      "price_level": "₫1–100,000",
      "type": [
        "Vietnamese restaurant",
        "Restaurant",
        "Vegetarian restaurant"
      ],
      "district": "Hàng Buồm, Hoàn Kiếm",
      "latitude": 21.0349632,
      "longitude": 105.85127999999999,
      "address_line": "V-Cuisine, 29 P. Hàng Giầy, Hàng Buồm, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam",
      "open": {
        "wednesday": [
          "10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "thursday": [
          "10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "friday": [
          "10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "saturday": [
          "10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "sunday": [
          "10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "monday": [
          "10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ],
        "tuesday": [
          "10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m."
        ]
      },
      "images": [
        "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNMnc-iWu1jsVcazq3sx2vKg0p0gVSdQAewo20J=w114-h86-k-no",
        "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNMnc-iWu1jsVcazq3sx2vKg0p0gVSdQAewo20J=w408-h306-k-no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "next_page_url": "https://api.scraperapi.com?autoparse=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.com%2Fsearch%3Ftbm%3Dmap%26authuser%3D0%26pb%3D!1svegan%2520restaurants!4m8!1m3!1d119171.33864363436!2d105.804817!3d21.028511!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!7i20!8i20!10b1!12m35!1m2!18b1!30b1!2m3!5m1!6e2!20e3!6m12!4b1!49b1!63m0!66b1!74i150000!75b1!85b1!89b1!91b1!114b1!149b1!196b1!10b1!12b1!13b1!14b1!16b1!17m2!3m1!1i1!20m3!5e2!6b1!14b1!46m1!1i0!94i1!19m4!2m3!1i360!2i120!4i8!20m57!2m2!1i203!2i100!3m2!2i4!5b1!6m6!1m2!1i86!2i86!1m2!1i408!2i240!7m42!1m3!1e1!2b0!3e3!1m3!1e2!2b1!3e2!1m3!1e2!2b0!3e3!1m3!1e8!2b0!3e3!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!22m5!1sLTYGZ42wG7eF9u8P4rnVoAU!7e81!14m1!3sLTYGZ42wG7eF9u8P4rnVoAU!15i9937!24m111!1m28!13m9!2b1!3b1!4b1!6i1!8b1!9b1!14b1!20b1!25b1!18m17!3b1!4b1!5b1!6b1!13b1!14b1!17b1!21b1!22b1!25b1!27m1!1b0!28b0!31b0!32b0!33m1!1b0!5m5!2b1!5b1!6b1!7b1!10b1!10m1!8e3!11m2!3m1!1i1!14m1!3b1!17b1!20m2!1e3!1e6!24b1!25b1!26b1!29b1!30m1!2b1!36b1!39m3!2m2!2i1!3i1!43b1!52b1!54m1!1b1!55b1!56m1!1b1!65m6!3m5!1m4!1m3!1m2!1i224!2i298!71b1!72m21!1m5!1b1!2b1!3b1!5b1!7b1!4b1!8m12!1m11!1m7!4m6!1m1!1i1!2m1!1i3!3m1!1i4!3sother_user_reviews!6m1!1i1!9b1!89b1!98m3!1i1!2i1!3i1!103b1!113b1!114m3!1i1!2m1!1i1!117b1!122m1!1b1!125b0!126b1!127i1!26m4!2m3!1i80!2i92!4i8!30m28!1m6!1m2!1i0!2i0!2m2!1i530!2i768!1m6!1m2!1i974!2i0!2m2!1i1024!2i768!1m6!1m2!1i0!2i0!2m2!1i1024!2i20!1m6!1m2!1i0!2i748!2m2!1i1024!2i768!34m19!2b1!3b1!4b1!6b1!7b1!8m6!1b1!3b1!4b1!5b1!6b1!7b1!9b1!12b1!14b1!20b1!23b1!25b1!26b1!37m1!1e81!42b1!49m9!3b1!6m2!1b1!2b1!7m2!1e3!2b1!8b1!9b1!50m3!2e2!3m1!3b1!61b1!67m3!7b1!10b1!14b0!69i708%26q%3Dvegan%2520restaurants%26tch%3D0%26ech%3D1"
}
```


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