# Google Maps Places API

You have to send a GET request to **`http://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/places`** with the below-given parameters.

Google Maps API pricing is available [here](https://www.scrapingdog.com/google-maps-api/#pricing).

### Parameters

| Parameter                                                          | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| <p>api\_key<br></p><p><mark style="color:red;">required</mark></p> | <p>Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard <br><br>Type: <em><strong>String</strong></em></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| <p>type<br><br><mark style="color:red;">required</mark></p>        | <p>The parameter must be set to "place" (i.e., <code>type=place</code>).</p><p>It is not required when using <code>place\_id</code>.<br><br>Type: <em><strong>String</strong></em></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| <p>data\_id<br><br><mark style="color:red;">required</mark></p>    | <p>It is the Google Maps data ID. You can get this by entering the location name as the query in our <a href="https://docs.serpdog.io/google-maps-api">Google Maps API</a>. <br><br>Type: <code>String</code></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| place\_id                                                          | <p>The parameter uniquely identifies a place on Google Maps. Place IDs are available for most locations, including businesses, landmarks, parks, and intersections. <br>You can retrieve the <code>place\_id</code> using our <a href="">Google Maps API</a>.</p><p></p><p>The <code>place\_id</code> can be used independently without any other optional parameters.<br><br>Type: <em><strong>String</strong></em></p> |
| country                                                            | <p>This is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1">ISO code</a> of the country from which you are seeking the results.<br><br>Default Value - <strong><code>us</code></strong> <br><br>Type - <strong>String</strong></p>                                                                                                                                                                                 |

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

```json
cURL "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/places?api_key=APIKEY&place_id=ChIJT2h1HKZZwokR0kgzEtsa03k"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

api_key = "5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653"
url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/places"

params = {
    "api_key": api_key,
    "place_id": "ChIJT2h1HKZZwokR0kgzEtsa03k"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print(data)
else:
    print(f"Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}")

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node JS" %}

```javascript
const axios = require('axios');

const api_key = '5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653';
const url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/places';

const params = {
  api_key: api_key,
  place_id: "ChIJT2h1HKZZwokR0kgzEtsa03k"
};

axios
  .get(url, { params: params })
  .then(function (response) {
    if (response.status === 200) {
      const data = response.data;
      console.log(data)
    } else {
      console.log('Request failed with status code: ' + response.status);
    }
  })
  .catch(function (error) {
    console.error('Error making the request: ' + error.message);
  });

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

// Set the API key and request parameters
$api_key = '5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653';
$place_id = 'ChIJT2h1HKZZwokR0kgzEtsa03k';

// Set the API endpoint
$url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/places/?api_key=' . $api_key . '&place_id=' . $place_id;

// Initialize cURL session
$ch = curl_init($url);

// Set cURL options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

// Execute the cURL request
$response = curl_exec($ch);

// Check if the request was successful
if ($response === false) {
    echo 'cURL error: ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    // Process the response data as needed
    echo $response;
}

// Close the cURL session
curl_close($ch);

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

# Set the API key and request parameters
api_key = '5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653'
place_id = 'ChIJT2h1HKZZwokR0kgzEtsa03k'

# Construct the API endpoint URL
url = URI.parse("https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/posts/?api_key=#{api_key}&place_id=#{place_id}")

# Create an HTTP GET request
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

# Create an HTTP client
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true # Enable SSL (https)

# Send the request and get the response
response = http.request(request)

# Check if the request was successful
if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
  puts response.body # Process the response data as needed
else
  puts "HTTP request failed with code: #{response.code}, message: #{response.message}"
end

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

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

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            // Set the API key and request parameters
            String apiKey = "5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653";
            String place_id = "ChIJT2h1HKZZwokR0kgzEtsa03k";

            // Construct the API endpoint URL
            String apiUrl = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/posts/?api_key=" + apiKey
                    + "&data_id=" + place_id

            // Create a URL object from the API URL string
            URL url = new URL(apiUrl);

            // Open a connection to the URL
            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

            // Set the request method to GET
            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");

            // Get the response code
            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();

            if (responseCode == 200) {
                // Read the response from the connection
                BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
                String inputLine;
                StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();

                while ((inputLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                    response.append(inputLine);
                }
                reader.close();

                // Process the response data as needed
                System.out.println(response.toString());
            } else {
                System.out.println("HTTP request failed with response code: " + responseCode);
            }

            // Close the connection
            connection.disconnect();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Response

````json
{
    "place_results": {
        "title": "Stumptown Coffee Roasters",
        "data_id": "0x89c259a61c75684f:0x79d31adb123348d2",
        "place_id": "ChIJT2h1HKZZwokR0kgzEtsa03k",
        "rating": 4.5,
        "reviews": 1568,
        "gps_coordinates": {
            "latitude": 40.7457399,
            "longitude": -73.9882272
        },
        "provider_id": "/g/1hhw712x0",
        "thumbmail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNtnPBJ2Oi_C2YNamHTXyqU9I8mRBarCIvM5g5v=w129-h86-k-no",
        "rating_summary": [
            {
                "stars": 1,
                "amount": 53
            },
            {
                "stars": 2,
                "amount": 31
            },
            {
                "stars": 3,
                "amount": 93
            },
            {
                "stars": 4,
                "amount": 349
            },
            {
                "stars": 5,
                "amount": 1042
            }
        ],
        "type": [
            "Coffee shop",
            "Cafe",
            "Coffee store",
            "Tea store"
        ],
        "type_ids": [
            "Coffee_shop",
            "Cafe",
            "Coffee_store",
            "Tea_store"
        ],
        "order_online": [
            "https://www.google.com/viewer/chooseprovider?mid=/g/1hhw712x0&g2lbs=AAEPWCtTHjHhiSjRb7f1KoaxIJQ6ekpyQS9-GiOSd_ZlYkhmHRaXZLtOU7CMvo14oeNsvIPxcqGLarj0fHgVHtS--QEn-qCsLA%3D%3D&hl=en-US&gl=us&fo_m=MfohQo559jFvMUOzJVpjPL1YMfZ3bInYwBDuMfaXTPp5KXh-&utm_source=tactile&gei=kEamZ4nPEbnckPIPhrzhiAw&ei=kEamZ4nPEbnckPIPhrzhiAw&fo_s=OA,SOE&opi=79508299&orderType=2&ebb=1&cs=0&foub=mcpp"
        ],
        "service_options": {
            "onsite_services": false,
            "takeout": false,
            "dine-in": false,
            "delivery": true
        },
        "extensions": [
            {
                "service_options": [
                    "Onsite services",
                    "Takeout",
                    "Dine-in"
                ]
            },
            {
                "highlights": [
                    "Fireplace",
                    "Great coffee",
                    "Great tea selection"
                ]
            },
            {
                "popular_for": [
                    "Breakfast",
                    "Solo dining"
                ]
            },
            {
                "accessibility": [
                    "Wheelchair accessible entrance",
                    "Wheelchair accessible restroom"
                ]
            },
            {
                "offerings": [
                    "Coffee",
                    "Quick bite"
                ]
            },
            {
                "dining_options": [
                    "Breakfast",
                    "Brunch",
                    "Lunch",
                    "Dessert"
                ]
            },
            {
                "amenities": [
                    "Restroom",
                    "Wi-Fi"
                ]
            },
            {
                "atmosphere": [
                    "Casual",
                    "Cozy",
                    "Trendy"
                ]
            },
            {
                "crowd": [
                    "College students",
                    "Family-friendly",
                    "LGBTQ+ friendly",
                    "Tourists",
                    "Transgender safespace"
                ]
            },
            {
                "payments": [
                    "Credit cards",
                    "Debit cards",
                    "NFC mobile payments"
                ]
            },
            {
                "pets": [
                    "Dogs allowed"
                ]
            }
        ],
        "unsupported_extensions": [
            {
                "service_options": [
                    "Delivery"
                ]
            },
            {
                "accessibility": [
                    "Wheelchair accessible parking lot"
                ]
            },
            {
                "planning": [
                    "Accepts reservations"
                ]
            }
        ],
        "adderss": "18 W 29th St,New York, NY 10001",
        "phone": "+13474147816"
    }
}
```
````