# Google Maps Business Finder (`karan_sharma_23/google-maps-business-finder`) Actor

Discover businesses from Google Maps, enrich websites with contact and social data, and run SEO diagnostics with structured JSON output. Built for lead generation, research, and automation workflows.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/karan\_sharma\_23/google-maps-business-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Karan Sharma](https://apify.com/karan_sharma_23) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, SEO tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.00025 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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 Maps Business Finder

Google Maps Business Finder is a Python service that helps you discover local businesses and quickly analyze their websites.

It supports three practical workflows:

- Google Maps discovery: find businesses by query + location.
- Website analysis: extract contact, social, and technology signals from a URL.
- SEO analysis: compute on-page SEO score with actionable issues.

You can run it as:

- A local API (FastAPI)
- A local CLI (Typer)
- An Apify Actor

### What This Is Used For

Use this project when you need a repeatable lead research workflow for:

- Local business prospecting
- Agency outreach list building
- Website quality checks before outreach
- SEO quick-audits at scale
- Automation pipelines that need structured JSON output

### Core Capabilities

- Async Google Maps scraping pipeline (query/location/max results)
- Website extraction (emails, phones, social links, analytics IDs, schema types)
- SEO extraction (score, issues, title/meta/headings, sitemap, canonical, broken links)
- API routes with optional API key auth and per-IP rate limiting
- CLI commands for day-to-day local usage
- Data persistence and history tracking
- JSON exports for each workflow
- Apify actor input/output/dataset schemas

### Project Entry Points

- API app: [run.py](run.py)
- CLI app: [app/cli/main.py](app/cli/main.py)
- Actor runtime: [scripts/apify_actor.py](scripts/apify_actor.py)
- API router composition: [app/api/router.py](app/api/router.py)
- Runtime settings: [app/config/settings.py](app/config/settings.py)

### Quick Start (Windows PowerShell)

#### 1. Create environment and install dependencies

```powershell
py -3.12 -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
````

#### 2. Create a minimal `.env`

This repository currently has no `.env.example`, so create `.env` manually:

```env
APP_ENV=development
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_HOST=127.0.0.1
APP_PORT=8000

## Optional: if set, non-system API endpoints require x-api-key header
API_KEY=

DATABASE_URL=sqlite+aiosqlite:///./data/business_intelligence.db
```

#### 3. Start the API

```powershell
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe run.py
```

Docs are available at:

- <http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs>

### API Usage

System endpoints (no API key required):

- GET `/system/health`
- GET `/system/ready`

Protected endpoints (require `x-api-key` only when `API_KEY` is configured):

- POST `/discovery/google-maps`
- POST `/analysis/website`
- POST `/analysis/seo`
- GET `/statistics/summary`

#### Example: Google Maps discovery

```bash
curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8000/discovery/google-maps" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY_IF_CONFIGURED" \
  -d '{
    "query": "coffee shop",
    "location": "New York",
    "max_results": 20,
    "save_json": true
  }'
```

#### Example: Website analysis

```bash
curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8000/analysis/website" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY_IF_CONFIGURED" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "save_json": true
  }'
```

#### Example: SEO analysis

```bash
curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8000/analysis/seo" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY_IF_CONFIGURED" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "save_json": true
  }'
```

### CLI Usage

Run with:

```powershell
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m app.cli.main <command>
```

Available commands:

- `version`
- `show-config`
- `init-dirs`
- `google-maps-discover --query ... --location ... --max-results ...`
- `website-analyze --url ...`
- `seo-analyze --url ...`

Examples:

```powershell
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m app.cli.main google-maps-discover --query "coffee shop" --location "new york" --max-results 10
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m app.cli.main website-analyze --url "https://example.com"
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m app.cli.main seo-analyze --url "https://example.com"
```

### Apify Actor Usage

Actor metadata and schemas live in the `.actor` folder:

- Actor definition: [.actor/actor.json](.actor/actor.json)
- Input schema: [.actor/INPUT\_SCHEMA.json](.actor/INPUT_SCHEMA.json)
- Output schema: [.actor/OUTPUT\_SCHEMA.json](.actor/OUTPUT_SCHEMA.json)
- Dataset schema: [.actor/DATASET\_SCHEMA.json](.actor/DATASET_SCHEMA.json)

Actor runtime entrypoint:

- [scripts/apify\_actor.py](scripts/apify_actor.py)

Input modes:

- `google_maps` requires `query` (optional `location`, `max_results`)
- `website` requires `url`
- `seo` requires `url`

Example actor input (google maps mode):

```json
{
  "mode": "google_maps",
  "query": "coffee shops",
  "location": "New York",
  "max_results": 20,
  "save_json": true
}
```

Output envelope format (dataset item and OUTPUT record):

```json
{
  "mode": "google_maps",
  "status": "ok",
  "timestamp": "2026-07-09T06:00:03.000000+00:00",
  "summary": {
    "requested_count": 20,
    "discovered_count": 14,
    "duration_seconds": 4.231
  },
  "data": {}
}
```

### Docker

Start full local stack:

```powershell
docker compose up --build
```

Services from [docker-compose.yml](docker-compose.yml):

- app (FastAPI)
- redis
- rabbitmq
- postgres

### Testing

```powershell
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pytest tests
```

### Frontend

A simple local dashboard starter is available at:

- [frontend/index.html](frontend/index.html)

### Notes

- Exports are written under the configured `EXPORT_DIR` (default: `exports`).
- If `API_KEY` is empty, protected API routes are effectively open in local development.
- For production, set strong secrets, enforce API key usage, and run behind TLS.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Select workflow: business discovery on Google Maps, website analysis, or SEO analysis.

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

Required when mode is google\_maps. Example: coffee shops or plumbers.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Optional location hint for Google Maps mode, for example: New York.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of businesses to return in Google Maps mode.

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

Required when mode is website or seo. Enter a full URL including https://

## `save_json` (type: `boolean`):

Compatibility flag from API/CLI payloads. The Actor output is always written to Dataset and OUTPUT record.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "google_maps",
  "max_results": 20,
  "save_json": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All run results as JSON items.

## `outputRecord` (type: `string`):

Final output envelope stored under OUTPUT key in the default key-value store.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("karan_sharma_23/google-maps-business-finder").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("karan_sharma_23/google-maps-business-finder").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 '{}' |
apify call karan_sharma_23/google-maps-business-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=karan_sharma_23/google-maps-business-finder",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Google Maps Business Finder",
        "description": "Discover businesses from Google Maps, enrich websites with contact and social data, and run SEO diagnostics with structured JSON output. Built for lead generation, research, and automation workflows.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "HGyJErQKvXY4EtCJV"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/karan_sharma_23~google-maps-business-finder/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-karan_sharma_23-google-maps-business-finder",
                "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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/karan_sharma_23~google-maps-business-finder/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-karan_sharma_23-google-maps-business-finder",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/karan_sharma_23~google-maps-business-finder/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-karan_sharma_23-google-maps-business-finder",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": [
                    "mode"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "mode": {
                        "title": "Run Mode",
                        "enum": [
                            "google_maps",
                            "website",
                            "seo"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Select workflow: business discovery on Google Maps, website analysis, or SEO analysis.",
                        "default": "google_maps"
                    },
                    "query": {
                        "title": "Business Search Query",
                        "minLength": 2,
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Required when mode is google_maps. Example: coffee shops or plumbers."
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "title": "Location",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional location hint for Google Maps mode, for example: New York."
                    },
                    "max_results": {
                        "title": "Maximum Results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 200,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of businesses to return in Google Maps mode.",
                        "default": 20
                    },
                    "url": {
                        "title": "Website URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Required when mode is website or seo. Enter a full URL including https://"
                    },
                    "save_json": {
                        "title": "Save JSON (Compatibility)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Compatibility flag from API/CLI payloads. The Actor output is always written to Dataset and OUTPUT record.",
                        "default": true
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```