Google Maps API Capability

Search Places

Search Google Maps for businesses by keyword and optional location — returns name, address, phone, website, rating, coordinates, categories, and place IDs. Supports geo-bias via lat/lng/zoom and country filtering.

Capability ID googlemaps.search

Cost 1 credit per request

Maximum runtime 120 seconds

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# Search Places

Search Google Maps for businesses by keyword and optional location — returns name, address, phone, website, rating, coordinates, categories, and place IDs. Supports geo-bias via lat/lng/zoom and country filtering.

- Platform: [Google Maps](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/googlemaps)
- Capability ID: `googlemaps.search`
- Cost: 1 credit per request
- Maximum runtime: 120 seconds
- Execute endpoint: `POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute`

## Request

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

```bash
curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":20,"location":"San Francisco, CA","query":"coffee shops"},"capability":"googlemaps.search"}'
```

## Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `country` | `string` | No | Country code for gl param (default 'us'). |
| `lang` | `string` | No | Language code (default 'en'). |
| `lat` | `number` | No | Latitude for geo-bias (use with lng). |
| `limit` | `integer` | No | Max records to return (default 60, max 120). |
| `lng` | `number` | No | Longitude for geo-bias. |
| `location` | `string` | No | Location bias appended to query, e.g. 'New York, NY'. |
| `query` | `string` | Yes | Search query, e.g. 'pizza restaurants'. |
| `zoom` | `integer` | No | Map zoom level (default 14; higher = tighter area, lower = wider). |

### Example input

```json
{
  "limit": 20,
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "query": "coffee shops"
}
```

## Response

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

No committed sample output is available for this capability.


## 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.

See [jobs and results](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/jobs), [errors and retries](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/errors), and [idempotency](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/idempotency).

## Machine-readable contract

- [Capability OpenAPI 3.1](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/googlemaps/googlemaps.search/openapi.json)
- [Platform OpenAPI 3.1](https://upscrape.com/scrapers/googlemaps/openapi.json)
- [Focused coding-agent prompt](https://upscrape.com/scrapers/googlemaps/capabilities/googlemaps.search/llm.md)

POST /execute Shared execution endpoint

Input parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
`country`	`string`	Optional	Country code for gl param (default 'us').
`lang`	`string`	Optional	Language code (default 'en').
`lat`	`number`	Optional	Latitude for geo-bias (use with lng).
`limit`	`integer`	Optional	Max records to return (default 60, max 120).
`lng`	`number`	Optional	Longitude for geo-bias.
`location`	`string`	Optional	Location bias appended to query, e.g. 'New York, NY'.
`query`	`string`	Required	Search query, e.g. 'pizza restaurants'.
`zoom`	`integer`	Optional	Map zoom level (default 14; higher = tighter area, lower = wider).

Response

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

No committed sample output is available for this capability yet.

Execution behavior

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

Resources

OpenAPI 3.1 Markdown Platform OpenAPI

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"input":{"limit":20,"location":"San Francisco, CA","query":"coffee shops"},"capability":"googlemaps.search"}'

const response = await fetch("https://data.upscrape.com/execute", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({"input":{"limit":20,"location":"San Francisco, CA","query":"coffee shops"},"capability":"googlemaps.search"}), }); console.log(await response.json());

import requests response = requests.post( "https://data.upscrape.com/execute", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", }, json={"input":{"limit":20,"location":"San Francisco, CA","query":"coffee shops"},"capability":"googlemaps.search"}, ) print(response.json())