Google Maps Reviews Report Link Extractor

Turn any Google review into a ready-to-use "Report Review" link — instantly. Paste your Google Maps review URLs, and this Actor returns the exact link that opens Google's review-reporting form for each one. Perfect for businesses fighting fake, spam, or abusive reviews who don't want to click through Google's menus one review at a time.

Built and maintained by Alkausari M.

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✦ Highlights

• ⏱ Skip the menu digging — no clicking three-dots → "Report review" on every single review by hand
• ⚡ Bulk processing — drop in dozens or hundreds of review URLs at once
• ✅ Clear status on every row — know instantly whether a link was found, not found, or failed
• 📊 Any format — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or live via the Apify API
• 🛡 Anti-blocking built-in — residential proxies and smart retries handle Google for you
• 🙌 No code needed — paste links, click Start, download results

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⚙ How it works

1. Copy your review links — open a review on Google Maps and copy its URL (it starts with https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/).
2. Paste and click Start — add one or many URLs. Proxies, retries, and clicking through Google's menus are handled for you.
3. Download your report links — get a clean table with a ready-to-open report link for each review.

Minimal input example

The only required field is startUrls. This is enough to run the Actor:

{
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sCi9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT21waFh6VmxPRzFyVjBWbFF6VnJTalZHUm5odk1VRRAB!2m1!1s0x0:0xe546a7dd1cd5899d!3m1!1s2@1:CAIQACodChtycF9oOmphXzVlOG1rV0VlQzVrSjVGRnhvMUE%7C%7C?hl=en" }
    ]
}

Full input example

Add more URLs and customize the proxy (residential proxies are recommended for Google Maps):

{
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8...!hl=en" },
        { "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8...!hl=en" }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

Behind the scenes, the Actor opens each review, finds the Report review action, follows the reporting flow, and pulls out the clean, direct report URL — the same link Google would take you to if you clicked "Report review" yourself.

[!TIP] Where do I get a review URL? On Google Maps, open a place → Reviews → click the ⋮ (three dots) on a review → Copy link. Paste that into Start URLs.

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📦 What you get back

Each review becomes one structured record:

{
    "reviewURL": "https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/@40.7128,-74.0060,17z/data=...",
    "reviewReportLink": "https://support.google.com/local-guides/contact/...",
    "status": "ok",
    "error": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-06T10:24:11.482Z"
}

Field	What it means
reviewURL	The review link you provided
reviewReportLink	The direct link that opens Google's report form for that review
status	ok = link found · no_link = no report link available · error = the page failed after retries
error	A short reason when status is error (otherwise null)
scrapedAt	When the row was collected (UTC)

[!NOTE] The status field makes failures easy to spot. An empty reviewReportLink paired with status: "no_link" means Google simply didn't offer a report link for that review — it is not the same as an error.

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📋 Input

Field	Description	Required	Default
Start URLs (startUrls)	One or more Google Maps review URLs (starting with https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/)	Yes	—
Proxy Configuration (proxyConfiguration)	Proxies used by the crawler. Residential proxies are recommended to avoid Google blocking	No	Apify residential proxy

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💡 Use cases

• Fight fake reviews — quickly generate report links for spam or fraudulent reviews and submit them.
• Reputation management — agencies handling many client locations can batch-prepare report links in one run.
• Review audits — flag policy-violating reviews across multiple business listings at once.
• Workflow automation — pipe report links into a sheet, ticketing system, or webhook via the Apify API and let your team act on them.

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❓ FAQ

What exactly is a "report link"? It's the direct URL that opens Google's "Report review" form for a specific review — the page you'd normally reach by clicking the three dots on a review and choosing Report review. This Actor finds that link for you automatically.

Does this Actor report the reviews for me? No. It collects the report links so you (or your team) can review and submit each one. The final report is always submitted by a person, through Google's own form.

Some rows have an empty report link — why? If status is no_link, Google didn't offer a report option for that review. If status is error, the page failed to load or parse even after retries (the error field explains why).

What review URLs are supported? Google Maps review URLs that start with https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/. Other URLs are skipped automatically.

It's running slowly — can I speed it up? The Actor processes reviews in parallel and handles retries automatically. Most of the time per review comes from loading Google Maps and clicking through the report flow, so very large batches naturally take longer. Using residential proxies (the default) keeps runs stable and avoids rate-limiting that would otherwise slow things down with retries.

Is it legal to do this? This Actor only collects publicly available report links from Google's own interface and submits nothing on its own. Use it responsibly and in accordance with Google's Terms of Service.

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📮 Support

Bugs, feature requests, or custom scraping work — open an issue on Apify or email alkausarimujahid@gmail.com.

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