# GMB Posts Scraper: Nail Salon Posting Frequency in Austin

**Use case:** 

GMB posts scraper for checking how often nail salons in Austin post on Google Maps. One run pulls recent posts from each salon in the market and also builds a posting activity leaderboard that ranks businesses by recency and frequency. Salon owners and local SEO consultants use it to find which competitors stay active and which have gone quiet.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchTerms": "nail salon",
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "placeUrls": [],
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "maxPlacesPerSearch": 8,
  "maxPostsPerPlace": 5,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "stateName": "default",
  "resetState": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "businessName": {
    "label": "Business",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Post Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "publishedAt": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "relativeDate": {
    "label": "When",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ctaLabel": {
    "label": "Call to Action",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "postUrl": {
    "label": "Link",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "changeType": {
    "label": "Monitor Status",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Maps Posts Scraper: Track Posts & Rank Local Competitors](https://apify.com/getascraper/google-maps-business-posts-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/getascraper/google-maps-business-posts-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/getascraper/google-maps-business-posts-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).