Google Maps Reviews Scraper

A powerful web scraper built with Apify SDK that extracts business details and reviews from Google Maps listings.

Features

• 🏪 Extracts detailed business information (name, address, phone, website, rating)
• ⭐ Scrapes customer reviews with sorting options
• 📊 Configurable number of reviews to extract
• 🔄 Automatic retry mechanism for reliability
• 🌐 Built-in proxy support
• 🚀 Parallel processing capabilities

Input Parameters

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

{ "urls": [ "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..." // Array of Google Maps URLs to scrape ], "maxReviews": 20, // Maximum number of reviews to scrape per place "sortBy": "newest", // How to sort reviews: "newest", "most_relevant", "highest_rating", "lowest_rating" "proxyConfiguration": { // Proxy settings "useApifyProxy": true } }

Output Format

The actor outputs data in the following structure: json

{ "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/...", "name": "Business Name", "rating": 4.5, "totalReviews": 100, "address": "123 Main St, City, State ZIP", "phone": "(123) 456-7890", "website": "https://www.business-website.com", "reviews": [ { "text": "Review text...", "date": "a month ago", "rating": 5, "reviewer": { "name": "Reviewer Name", "profileUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/..." } } ], "scrapedAt": "2024-11-09T10:08:28.632Z" }

Dataset Schema

The actor stores data in the following schema: { "actorSpecification": 1, "name": "google-maps-reviews-scraper", "title": "Google Maps Reviews Scraper", "version": "1.0.0", "storages": { "dataset": { "actorSpecification": 1, "views": { "overview": { "title": "Overview", "transformation": { "fields": [ "url", "name", "rating", "totalReviews", "address", "phone", "website", "reviews", "scrapedAt" ] }, "display": { "component": "table", "properties": { "url": { "label": "URL", "format": "link" }, "name": { "label": "Business Name", "format": "text" }, "rating": { "label": "Rating", "format": "number" }, "totalReviews": { "label": "Total Reviews", "format": "number" }, "address": { "label": "Address", "format": "text" }, "phone": { "label": "Phone", "format": "text" }, "website": { "label": "Website", "format": "link" }, "reviews": { "label": "Reviews", "format": "array" }, "scrapedAt": { "label": "Scraped At", "format": "date" } } } } } } } }

Usage

1. Create a new task in Apify Console
2. Set input parameters according to your needs
3. Run the actor

Example Input

{ "urls": [ "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Boucherie+Union+Square/@40.7398495,-74.0166897,15z" ], "maxReviews": 2, "sortBy": "newest", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }

Limitations

• The scraper respects Google Maps' rate limiting and robots.txt
• Some businesses might have limited information available
• Review dates are relative (e.g., "a month ago") rather than absolute dates
• Maximum reviews that can be scraped may be limited by Google Maps' lazy loading

Dependencies

• Node.js 20+
• Playwright
• Apify SDK
• Crawlee