# Google Maps Reviews Scraper (`bendevapps/google-maps-review-scraper`) Actor

Get public Google Maps reviews from place links or simple searches. Export names, ratings, dates, review text, replies, and place details.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bendevapps/google-maps-review-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [benscrapingweb](https://apify.com/bendevapps) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Google Maps Reviews Scraper

Export public Google Maps reviews from a place link or a simple place search.

### What you get

- Reviewer name and public profile link
- Star rating and review date
- Full review text and public owner response, when shown
- Place name, address, category, and Google Maps URL

### Quick start

1. Paste a Google Maps place link, or type a search like `coffee shops in Central Hong Kong`.
2. Choose how many reviews you need.
3. Click **Start**.

### Good for

- Local business research
- Review monitoring
- Competitor research
- Customer-feedback analysis

### Public-data boundary

This Actor collects only reviews that Google Maps shows publicly. It does not use a Google login or access private information. Google may change its page layout or rate-limit requests, so availability can vary by place and region.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Paste one or more public Google Maps place links.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Use simple searches such as 'coffee shops in Central Hong Kong'.

## `maxReviewsPerPlace` (type: `integer`):

How many public reviews to collect from each place.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Google Maps language code used while collecting reviews.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/coffee+shops+in+Central+Hong+Kong"
    }
  ],
  "searchQueries": [
    "coffee shops in Central Hong Kong"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerPlace": 50,
  "language": "en"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `reviews` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/coffee+shops+in+Central+Hong+Kong"
        }
    ],
    "searchQueries": [
        "coffee shops in Central Hong Kong"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bendevapps/google-maps-review-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/coffee+shops+in+Central+Hong+Kong" }],
    "searchQueries": ["coffee shops in Central Hong Kong"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bendevapps/google-maps-review-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/coffee+shops+in+Central+Hong+Kong"
    }
  ],
  "searchQueries": [
    "coffee shops in Central Hong Kong"
  ]
}' |
apify call bendevapps/google-maps-review-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bendevapps/google-maps-review-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/exSaPdsgzyIO2VhBs/builds/RAxyHOgdobmRIUyP5/openapi.json