Google Maps Business Search

PythonMaps

POST api.upapi.io/google-maps-search.post

Search Google Maps for businesses by text query, optionally centred on coordinates. Returns each place with its name, address, coordinates, category, rating, review count, opening hours, website and phone where Google publishes them, plus the place id you can pass to Google Maps Place Details.

googlemapsplaceslocalbusinessleadsgeoscraping

AuthAPI key

Cost6 units

Timeout25s

Cache1800s

Request schema

Field	Type	Description
`zoom`		Map zoom for the coordinate search, controlling the radius: 13 is roughly a city (the default), 16 a neighbourhood, 10 a metro area.· default: `null`
`query`req	string	What to search for, exactly as you would type it into Google Maps (e.g. "coffee shops in Ottawa" or "dentist near Shoreditch London").
`region`	string	Two-letter country code biasing the results (e.g. "ca", "gb").· default: `"us"`
`language`	string	Language for names and hours, as an ISO code (e.g. "en", "fr").· default: `"en"`
`latitude`		Centre the search on this latitude (e.g. 45.4215). Pass with `longitude`. Omit to let Google infer the area from the query text.· default: `null`
`proxyUrl`		Route the request through your own proxy (e.g. http://user:pass@host:port). Omit to use upAPI's pool.· default: `null`
`longitude`		Centre the search on this longitude (e.g. -75.6972). Pass with `latitude`.· default: `null`
`maxResults`	integer	How many places to return, up to 100 (e.g. 40). Google serves 20 per page, so higher values cost proportionally more time.· default: `20`

Response schema

Field	Type	Description
`count`req	integer
`query`req	string
`places`req	array
`truncated`req	boolean	True when Google still had more results than `maxResults` allowed

Try it

queryrequired

What to search for, exactly as you would type it into Google Maps (e.g. "coffee shops in Ottawa" or "dentist near Shoreditch London").

zoomoptional· default: null

Map zoom for the coordinate search, controlling the radius: 13 is roughly a city (the default), 16 a neighbourhood, 10 a metro area.

regionoptional· default: us

Two-letter country code biasing the results (e.g. "ca", "gb").

languageoptional· default: en

Language for names and hours, as an ISO code (e.g. "en", "fr").

latitudeoptional· default: null

Centre the search on this latitude (e.g. 45.4215). Pass with longitude. Omit to let Google infer the area from the query text.

proxyUrloptional· default: null

Route the request through your own proxy (e.g. http://user:pass@host:port). Omit to use upAPI's pool.

longitudeoptional· default: null

Centre the search on this longitude (e.g. -75.6972). Pass with latitude.

maxResultsoptional· default: 20

How many places to return, up to 100 (e.g. 40). Google serves 20 per page, so higher values cost proportionally more time.

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Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/google-maps-search.post \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{ "query": "coffee shops in Ottawa", "region": "us", "language": "en", "maxResults": 20 }'

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