# Google Maps Business Scraper – Reviews & Listings Data (`oneary/google-maps-reviews-and-business-scraper`) Actor test - **URL**: https://apify.com/oneary/google-maps-reviews-and-business-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Luan M.](https://apify.com/oneary) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 1 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 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 Reviews & Business Scraper Apify actor that extracts business data and reviews from Google Maps. ### Features - **Business Data**: name, address, phone, website, category, rating, total reviews, hours, coordinates - **Reviews**: reviewer name, rating, text, date - **Search**: by query + location or full Google Maps URL - **Proxy**: uses Apify residential proxies for reliable access - **Scalable**: configurable max results and max reviews per business ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Default | Description | | ---------------------- | ------- | -------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | | `searchQuery` | string | Yes | — | Business search query (e.g. "coffee shops") | | `location` | string | No | — | Location to scope the search (e.g. "New York, NY") | | `maxResults` | integer | No | 50 | Maximum number of businesses to scrape | | `maxReviewsPerBusiness`| integer | No | 20 | Maximum number of reviews per business | | `startUrl` | string | No | — | Full Google Maps URL (overrides searchQuery + location) | ### Output Each pushed dataset item contains: | Field | Type | Description | | --------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------ | | `businessName` | string | Business name | | `address` | string | Street address | | `phone` | string | Phone number | | `website` | string | Website URL | | `category` | string | Business category | | `rating` | number | Average star rating (1-5) | | `totalReviews` | integer | Total count of reviews | | `latitude` | number | Latitude coordinate | | `longitude` | number | Longitude coordinate | | `hours` | string | Operating hours | | `reviews` | array | Array of review objects | | `url` | string | Google Maps URL of the business | | `scrapedAt` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of scrape | #### Review object | Field | Type | Description | | -------------- | ------ | ------------------------ | | `reviewerName` | string | Reviewer's display name | | `reviewRating` | number | Star rating (1-5) | | `reviewText` | string | Review text content | | `reviewDate` | string | Relative date string | ### Usage ```bash ## Install dependencies npm install ## Run locally (requires Apify credentials) node src/main.js ```` ### Tech Stack - **Crawlee** (`PlaywrightCrawler`) — headless browser automation - **Playwright** — Chromium browser engine - **Apify SDK** — proxy, dataset, input/output, platform integration - **ES Modules** (`"type": "module"`) ### Limitations - Google Maps DOM structure changes frequently — selectors may need updates - Concurrency limited to 1 to avoid rate-limiting / CAPTCHAs - Reviews are loaded via infinite scroll; very long review lists may not be fully captured # Actor input Schema ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Business category or name (defaults to 'restaurants near me') ## `location` (type: `string`): Optional location ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Max businesses to scrape (default: 3 for test) ## `maxReviewsPerBusiness` (type: `integer`): Max reviews per business ## `startUrl` (type: `string`): Full Google Maps URL to start from ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Select proxies to use ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQuery": "restaurants near me", "maxResults": 3, "maxReviewsPerBusiness": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # 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 = { "searchQuery": "restaurants near me", "location": "", "startUrl": "", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("oneary/google-maps-reviews-and-business-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 = { "searchQuery": "restaurants near me", "location": "", "startUrl": "", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("oneary/google-maps-reviews-and-business-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 '{ "searchQuery": "restaurants near me", "location": "", "startUrl": "", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call oneary/google-maps-reviews-and-business-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=oneary/google-maps-reviews-and-business-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google Maps Business Scraper – Reviews & Listings Data", "description": "test", "version": "0.3", "x-build-id": "S8e1Si20FOEFSDhhT" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/oneary~google-maps-reviews-and-business-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-oneary-google-maps-reviews-and-business-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/oneary~google-maps-reviews-and-business-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-oneary-google-maps-reviews-and-business-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/oneary~google-maps-reviews-and-business-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-oneary-google-maps-reviews-and-business-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": { "searchQuery": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Business category or name (defaults to 'restaurants near me')" }, "location": { "title": "Location", "type": "string", "description": "Optional location" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Max businesses to scrape (default: 3 for test)", "default": 3 }, "maxReviewsPerBusiness": { "title": "Max Reviews Per Business", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "Max reviews per business", "default": 5 }, "startUrl": { "title": "Start URL (override)", "type": "string", "description": "Full Google Maps URL to start from" }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Select proxies to use" } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```