# Google Reviews Scraper (`crustapi/google-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Fast Google Reviews scraper. Every review, no duplicates, in one clean dataset. Look up any place by name, URL, Place ID, CID, or FID.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/crustapi/google-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Crust](https://apify.com/crustapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, E-commerce, Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.60 / 1,000 review scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use 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 Reviews Scraper

**Scrape every Google review for any business — rating, full text, exact date, reviewer, and photos, in one clean dataset.**

Point it at a business name, a Google Maps URL, a Place ID, a CID, or an FID. Get every review back, once — no duplicates, no missing pages.

Most Google reviews scrapers scroll a rendered page and lose or repeat reviews along the way. This one reads Google's own review feed with exact pagination. A place with 2,000 reviews returns 2,000 rows. 🎯

### ✨ Why this scraper

- ✅ **Every review, no duplicates** — exact pagination, not scrolling
- ⚡ **Fast** — about 0.3 seconds per page, no browser, no proxies to set up
- 🔎 **Look up a place any way** — business name, Maps URL, Place ID, CID, or FID
- ↕️ **Sort and filter** — most relevant, newest, highest, or lowest, plus a date range and keyword filter that work with any sort
- 🧾 **Clean output** — one flat row per review, so your CSV and Excel exports carry every field

### 🚀 How to use

1. Type a **business name** (add the city for a precise match) — or paste a Maps URL, Place ID, CID, or FID.
2. Set **how many reviews** you want per place (0 = all of them).
3. Pick a **sort order**, and optionally a **date range** or **keyword**.
4. Click **Start**. Reviews stream into the dataset. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

#### 📥 Example input

```json
{
  "query": "Blue Bottle Coffee, San Francisco",
  "maxReviews": 200,
  "sort": "newest",
  "reviewsNewerThan": "2026-01-01"
}
````

### 📤 What you get

One row per review:

| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| ⭐ `rating` | Star rating, 1 to 5 |
| 💬 `text` | Full review text |
| 📅 `isoDate` / `date` | Exact date, and the relative date Google shows |
| 🙋 `reviewerName` | Who wrote it, with profile and photo |
| 📸 `imageCount` / `imageUrls` | Photos attached to the review |
| 🔗 `reviewUrl` | Direct link to the review |
| 🏢 `placeTitle` / `placeId` / `cid` | The business the review is for |

#### 📦 Example output

```json
{
  "placeTitle": "Blue Bottle Coffee",
  "placeId": "ChIJ...",
  "rating": 5,
  "date": "2 weeks ago",
  "isoDate": "2026-06-29T14:03:00.000Z",
  "text": "Best pour-over in the city. Friendly staff, quick service.",
  "reviewerName": "Jane D.",
  "reviewUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/...",
  "imageCount": 2,
  "imageUrls": "https://... | https://..."
}
```

### 💡 What people use it for

- 🛡️ **Reputation monitoring** — pull new reviews for your locations on a schedule
- 🔬 **Competitor research** — read what customers say about nearby businesses
- 🧩 **Product & support** — mine review text for recurring complaints and requests
- 🎯 **Lead scoring** — rank businesses by rating and review volume

### 💳 Pricing

You pay **per review scraped**, and nothing else. No per-run start fee. No extra charges for filters or details. No proxy bills.

Need higher volume or lower pricing? The same data is available directly from the API at **[crustapi.com](https://crustapi.com)** — prepaid credits that never expire, plus 3,000 free credits every month.

### ❓ FAQ

**How do I find a place's reviews?** Just type the business name and city. If you have a Maps URL or Place ID, paste that instead — either works.

**Will I really get every review?** Yes. Pagination is exact, so you get every review a place has, with no duplicates. Set max reviews to 0 for all of them.

**Can I scrape many businesses at once?** Yes — use the "Multiple places" field with a list of names, URLs, or IDs.

**Which reviews can't it get?** Private or removed reviews are not public, so they are not available. Everything on the place's public reviews feed is.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

The business to get reviews for, e.g. "Blue Bottle Coffee, San Francisco". Add the city for a precise match. Leave blank if you use a URL below.

## `url` (type: `string`):

A Google Maps place or reviews URL. The place is read from the URL automatically.

## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`):

How many reviews to get for each place. Set 0 to get every review. This is a hard stop — you are never charged past it.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

The order reviews come back in.

## `reviewsNewerThan` (type: `string`):

Keep only reviews on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Works with any sort order.

## `reviewsOlderThan` (type: `string`):

Keep only reviews before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Combine with the field above for a date range.

## `searchKeyword` (type: `string`):

Keep only reviews whose text contains this word or phrase (case-insensitive).

## `placeId` (type: `string`):

A Google Place ID (starts with ChIJ). Use this instead of a business name if you have it.

## `cid` (type: `string`):

A Google CID (the numeric customer id).

## `fid` (type: `string`):

A Google feature id, format 0x...:0x....

## `places` (type: `array`):

Scrape many places in one run. Each item can have a query, url, placeId, cid, or fid. When set, this overrides the single-place fields above.

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

Two-letter language code for review dates and place data (hl). Default en.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code (gl). Default us.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "Terrible Love, Austin TX",
  "maxReviews": 100,
  "sort": "newest",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "query": "Terrible Love, Austin TX"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crustapi/google-reviews-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 = { "query": "Terrible Love, Austin TX" }

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "Terrible Love, Austin TX"
}' |
apify call crustapi/google-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crustapi/google-reviews-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Google Reviews Scraper",
        "description": "Fast Google Reviews scraper. Every review, no duplicates, in one clean dataset. Look up any place by name, URL, Place ID, CID, or FID.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "qZdRSzZ5OSaEUdRIj"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/crustapi~google-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crustapi-google-reviews-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/crustapi~google-reviews-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-crustapi-google-reviews-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/crustapi~google-reviews-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-crustapi-google-reviews-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "query": {
                        "title": "Business name",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "The business to get reviews for, e.g. \"Blue Bottle Coffee, San Francisco\". Add the city for a precise match. Leave blank if you use a URL below."
                    },
                    "url": {
                        "title": "Google Maps URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "A Google Maps place or reviews URL. The place is read from the URL automatically."
                    },
                    "maxReviews": {
                        "title": "Max reviews per place",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "How many reviews to get for each place. Set 0 to get every review. This is a hard stop — you are never charged past it.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "sort": {
                        "title": "Sort by",
                        "enum": [
                            "mostRelevant",
                            "newest",
                            "highest",
                            "lowest"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "The order reviews come back in.",
                        "default": "newest"
                    },
                    "reviewsNewerThan": {
                        "title": "Only reviews newer than",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Keep only reviews on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Works with any sort order."
                    },
                    "reviewsOlderThan": {
                        "title": "Only reviews older than",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Keep only reviews before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Combine with the field above for a date range."
                    },
                    "searchKeyword": {
                        "title": "Keyword filter",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Keep only reviews whose text contains this word or phrase (case-insensitive)."
                    },
                    "placeId": {
                        "title": "Place ID",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "A Google Place ID (starts with ChIJ). Use this instead of a business name if you have it."
                    },
                    "cid": {
                        "title": "CID",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "A Google CID (the numeric customer id)."
                    },
                    "fid": {
                        "title": "Feature ID (FID)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "A Google feature id, format 0x...:0x...."
                    },
                    "places": {
                        "title": "Multiple places",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Scrape many places in one run. Each item can have a query, url, placeId, cid, or fid. When set, this overrides the single-place fields above."
                    },
                    "language": {
                        "title": "Language",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Two-letter language code for review dates and place data (hl). Default en.",
                        "default": "en"
                    },
                    "country": {
                        "title": "Country",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Two-letter country code (gl). Default us.",
                        "default": "us"
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```