# Google Places Place Photos Scraper (`data_direct/google-places-photos-scraper`) Actor Get photos and videos for a place by place\_id - **URL**: https://apify.com/data\_direct/google-places-photos-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Data Direct](https://apify.com/data_direct) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 1,000 pages This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 Places Place Photos Scraper Get photos and videos for a place by `place_id`. Returns photo URLs (standard and high-resolution), capture coordinates, and timestamps. Filter on the `type` field if you only want photos or only videos. Each page returns up to 10 items. ### Features - Real-time Google Places data — results are fetched live at run time, never cached or stale - No login, cookies, or proxy configuration needed — just provide the input and run - Each result is pushed as a separate dataset item, exportable as JSON, CSV, or Excel - Fast: a typical run finishes in seconds ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `place_id` | string | yes | Google `place_id`, as returned by the Places Search endpoint | | `pages` | integer | no | Number of pages to fetch and merge. Each page returns up to 10 items | | `country` | string | no | 2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 region code | | `language` | string | no | 2-letter ISO 639-1 language code | ### Pricing This Actor is billed **per page of results** — **$0.01 per page**. - Results come in pages. Use the `pages` input to choose how many pages to fetch (1–10); more pages means more results. - You pay $0.01 for each page you fetch, so `pages: 3` costs **$0.03** and `pages: 1` costs **$0.01**. - You’re only charged when a run succeeds. Failed runs are free. ### Example output ```json { "photos": [ { "photo_id": "CIABIhAViB6GuQB0Czq6u1UIyD60", "type": "photo", "photo_url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/APNQkAH...", "photo_url_large": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/APNQkAH...=w4280-h3407-k-no", "video_thumbnail_url": null, "latitude": 40.7546469, "longitude": -73.9868158, "photo_datetime_utc": "2026-05-30T00:00:00.000Z", "photo_timestamp": 1780099200 }, { "photo_id": "CIHM0ogKEICAgICGgNfJ4wE", "type": "video", "photo_url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/...", "photo_url_large": null, "video_thumbnail_url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/...=w640-h360-k-no", "latitude": 40.7546795, "longitude": -73.9870291, "photo_datetime_utc": "2021-11-16T00:00:00.000Z", "photo_timestamp": 1637020800 } ], "count": 20, "pages": 2 } ```` ### About Maintained by **Data Direct** — a small suite of fast, reliable Google Places and web-data scrapers. Each actor returns clean, structured results with no login, cookies, or proxy setup required. Have a question or a custom data need? Open an issue on this actor. # Actor input Schema ## `place_id` (type: `string`): Google `place_id`, as returned by the Places Search endpoint ## `pages` (type: `integer`): Number of pages to fetch and merge. Each page returns up to 10 items and is billed as one request ## `country` (type: `string`): 2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 region code ## `language` (type: `string`): 2-letter ISO 639-1 language code ## Actor input object example ```json { "place_id": "ChIJifIePKtZwokRVZ-UdRGkZzs", "pages": 1, "country": "us", "language": "en" } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "place_id": "ChIJifIePKtZwokRVZ-UdRGkZzs" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("data_direct/google-places-photos-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "place_id": "ChIJifIePKtZwokRVZ-UdRGkZzs" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("data_direct/google-places-photos-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 '{ "place_id": "ChIJifIePKtZwokRVZ-UdRGkZzs" }' | apify call data_direct/google-places-photos-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=data_direct/google-places-photos-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google Places Place Photos Scraper", "description": "Get photos and videos for a place by place_id", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "E2b8oy6dYdCXrVFpn" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/data_direct~google-places-photos-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-data_direct-google-places-photos-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/data_direct~google-places-photos-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-data_direct-google-places-photos-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/data_direct~google-places-photos-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-data_direct-google-places-photos-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "required": [ "place_id" ], "properties": { "place_id": { "title": "Place id", "type": "string", "description": "Google `place_id`, as returned by the Places Search endpoint" }, "pages": { "title": "Pages", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of pages to fetch and merge. Each page returns up to 10 items and is billed as one request", "default": 1 }, "country": { "title": "Country", "type": "string", "description": "2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 region code", "default": "us" }, "language": { "title": "Language", "type": "string", "description": "2-letter ISO 639-1 language code", "default": "en" } } }, "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 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "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 }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```