You can access the Google Maps Directions Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "routes": [
10        {
11            "origin": "New York, NY",
12            "destination": "Boston, MA",
13            "mode": "driving",
14        },
15        {
16            "origin": "San Francisco, CA",
17            "destination": "San Jose, CA",
18            "mode": "driving",
19        },
20    ],
21    "mode": "driving",
22    "locale": "en",
23    "country": "us",
24    "maxRouteOptionsPerPair": 3,
25    "requestDelayMs": 750,
26}
27
28# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
29run = client.actor("automation-lab/google-maps-directions-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
30
31# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
32print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
33for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
34    print(item)
35
36# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Google Maps Directions Scraper for Route Estimates API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Google Maps Directions Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Google Maps Directions Scraper API in JavaScript

Google Maps Directions Scraper API through CLI

Google Maps Directions Scraper OpenAPI definition

Google Maps Directions Scraper API

Google Maps Directions Scraper

crawlerbros/google-maps-directions

Extract driving, walking, bicycling, and transit directions between any two locations from Google Maps - distance, duration, traffic, route alternatives, and turn-by-turn steps.

Crawler Bros

Google Maps Leads Scraper

crawlerbros/google-maps-leads

Scrape business leads from Google Maps. Search by query and extract business name, category, address, phone, website, rating, review count, place ID, and coordinates. Optionally enrich with emails, phone numbers, and social links crawled from each business's website.

Crawler Bros

Google Maps Directions & Routes API | Multi-Stop Navigation

zen-studio/google-maps-directions-api

Extract driving, walking, cycling, and transit directions from Google Maps as structured data. Get multi-stop routes (2-10 stops), turn-by-turn instructions, distance, duration, traffic estimates, and Street View thumbnails. No API key needed. Supports departure/arrival times and route preferences.

Zen Studio

5.0

(1)

Google Maps Email Extractor

crawlerbros/google-maps-email-extractor

Extract business emails, phone numbers, and social media links from Google Maps. Search for businesses by query, get contact details, addresses, ratings, and websites enriched with email addresses.

Crawler Bros

Google Maps Reviews Scraper

crawlerbros/google-maps-reviews-scraper

Extract detailed reviews from any Google Maps business page. This scraper retrieves reviewer information, ratings, review text, dates, likes, and owner responses.

Crawler Bros

5.0

(3)

Google Maps Popular Times Scraper

crawlerbros/google-maps-popular-times

Extract popular times busy-hours histograms and live busyness data from Google Maps places - all 7 days with hourly percentages, current busyness, and typical time spent.

Crawler Bros

Google Maps Area Scanner

crawlerbros/google-maps-area-scanner

Comprehensive geographic area scanner that bypasses Google Maps' 120-place limit using grid-based systematic coverage. Supports polygon, circle, and bounding box inputs for complete market mapping and saturation analysis.

Crawler Bros

5.0

(1)

Google Maps Timezone & Local Time Lookup

crawlerbros/google-maps-timezone

Resolve the IANA timezone, current local time, UTC offset, and daylight-saving information for any coordinate. Accepts single or batch lat/lng inputs.

Crawler Bros

Google Maps Photos Scraper

crawlerbros/google-maps-photos

Extract photos from any Google Maps place - carousel scraping with max-resolution URLs, contributor info, and category metadata.

Crawler Bros

Google Maps Nearby Places

crawlerbros/google-maps-nearby

Find places near a coordinate. Lightweight alternative to area scanning - give a lat/lng + category + radius and get up to 120 matching places with details (name, rating, reviews, address, phone, website, coordinates, distance from center).

Crawler Bros