Google Maps API Capability

Get Place

Fetch the best matching place with available identity, contact, rating, category, coordinate, and Google Maps URL fields. Provide exactly one search query or Maps URL.

Capability ID googlemaps.place

Cost 1 credit per request

Maximum runtime 30 seconds

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# Get Place

Fetch the best matching place with available identity, contact, rating, category, coordinate, and Google Maps URL fields. Provide exactly one search query or Maps URL.

- Platform: [Google Maps](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/googlemaps)
- Capability ID: `googlemaps.place`
- Cost: 1 credit per request
- Maximum runtime: 30 seconds
- Execute endpoint: `POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute`

## Request

Use the exact public capability ID in the shared execute envelope.

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Prefer: wait=30" \
  --data '{
  "input": {
    "query": "Empire State Building New York"
  },
  "capability": "googlemaps.place"
}'
```

## Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `country` | `string` | No | Two-letter country code (default 'us'). |
| `lang` | `string` | No | Language code such as 'en' or 'en-US' (default 'en'). |
| `query` | `string` | No | Place name or address, e.g. 'Shake Shack Madison Square Park'. |
| `url` | `string` | No | Full Google Maps place URL whose path contains /maps/place/. |

### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "Empire State Building New York"
}
```

## Response

Successful output is returned in `results[0].data`. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

### Illustrative sample output

This redacted fixture is an example, not a fixed response schema.

```json
{
  "address": "Empire State Building, 20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001",
  "cid": "15074921902713971043",
  "feature_id": "0x89c259a9b3117469:0xd134e199a405a163",
  "lat": 40.7484405,
  "lng": -73.98566439999999,
  "maps_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJaXQRs6lZwokRY6EFpJnhNNE",
  "name": "Empire State Building",
  "place_id": "ChIJaXQRs6lZwokRY6EFpJnhNNE",
  "rating": 4.7,
  "types": [
    "Observation deck",
    "Historical landmark",
    "Historical place museum"
  ],
  "website": "https://www.esbnyc.com/"
}
```
### Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These fields are not a fixed response schema.

| Path | Observed type | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `address` | `string` | Empire State Building, 20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001 |
| `cid` | `string` | 15074921902713971043 |
| `feature_id` | `string` | 0x89c259a9b3117469:0xd134e199a405a163 |
| `lat` | `number` | 40.7484405 |
| `lng` | `number` | -73.98566439999999 |
| `maps_url` | `string` | https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJaXQRs6lZwokRY6EFpJnhN… |
| `name` | `string` | Empire State Building |
| `place_id` | `string` | ChIJaXQRs6lZwokRY6EFpJnhNNE |
| `rating` | `number` | 4.7 |
| `types` | `array` | 3 items |
| `types` | `array` | 3 items |
| `website` | `string` | https://www.esbnyc.com/ |

## Execution behavior

A `200` response completed inline. A `202` response was queued; poll `GET /jobs/{id}` until the job reaches `completed` or `failed`. Use an `Idempotency-Key` when retrying must not create a duplicate logical job.

## Related documentation

- [Authentication](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/authentication)
- [Jobs and results](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/jobs)
- [Errors and retries](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/errors)
- [Idempotency](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/idempotency)

POST /execute Shared execution endpoint

Input parameters

country string optional

Two-letter country code (default 'us').

lang string optional

Language code such as 'en' or 'en-US' (default 'en').

query string optional

Place name or address, e.g. 'Shake Shack Madison Square Park'.

Example Empire State Building New York

url string optional

Full Google Maps place URL whose path contains /maps/place/.

Response

Successful output is returned in results[0].data. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

Illustrative sample The full redacted fixture is shown in the response panel.

Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These observed fields are not a fixed response schema.

Path	Observed type	Example
`address`	`string`	Empire State Building, 20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001
`cid`	`string`	15074921902713971043
`feature_id`	`string`	0x89c259a9b3117469:0xd134e199a405a163
`lat`	`number`	40.7484405
`lng`	`number`	-73.98566439999999
`maps_url`	`string`	https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJaXQRs6lZwokRY6EFpJnhN…
`name`	`string`	Empire State Building
`place_id`	`string`	ChIJaXQRs6lZwokRY6EFpJnhNNE
`rating`	`number`	4.7
`types`	`array`	3 items
`types`	`array`	3 items
`website`	`string`	https://www.esbnyc.com/

Execution behavior

A 200 response completed inline. A 202 response was queued; poll GET /jobs/:id until the job reaches completed or failed.

curl --request POST \ --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \ --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --header "Prefer: wait=30" \ --data '{ "input": { "query": "Empire State Building New York" }, "capability": "googlemaps.place" }'

import json import requests payload = json.loads(r'''{ "input": { "query": "Empire State Building New York" }, "capability": "googlemaps.place" }''') response = requests.post( "https://data.upscrape.com/execute", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", "Prefer": "wait=30", }, json=payload, ) response.raise_for_status() print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))

{ "address": "Empire State Building, 20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001", "cid": "15074921902713971043", "feature_id": "0x89c259a9b3117469:0xd134e199a405a163", "lat": 40.7484405, "lng": -73.98566439999999, "maps_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJaXQRs6lZwokRY6EFpJnhNNE", "name": "Empire State Building", "place_id": "ChIJaXQRs6lZwokRY6EFpJnhNNE", "rating": 4.7, "types": [ "Observation deck", "Historical landmark", "Historical place museum" ], "website": "https://www.esbnyc.com/" }