Google Maps Reviews Extractor

This Apify actor extracts business information, contact details, and reviews from Google Maps based on search terms or Google Maps URLs.

Features

• Business Information: Extract business name, address, rating, phone number, website
• Contact Details: Phone numbers, websites, email extraction from business websites
• Reviews: Extract customer reviews with author details, ratings, and text
• Flexible Search: Support for search terms or direct Google Maps URLs
• Location Filtering: Focus searches on specific geographical locations
• Rating Filtering: Filter businesses by minimum rating
• Pagination Support: Handle large result sets with automatic pagination

Input Parameters

• searchTerms (array): List of search terms or keywords
• googleMapsUrls (array, optional): Direct Google Maps URLs to process
• location (string, optional): Geographical location to focus the search
• maxCrawledPlaces (integer): Maximum number of places to extract (default: 200)
• minRating (number): Minimum rating filter (0-5, default: 0)
• includeClosed (boolean): Include closed places (default: false)
• language (string): Google Maps UI language (default: "en")
• maxReviewsPerPlace (integer): Maximum reviews per business (1-5, default: 5)
• googleApiKey (string, optional): Google Places API key

Output

Each result includes:

• businessName: Business name
• address: Full address
• phone: Contact phone number
• website: Business website
• rating: Average rating
• userRatingsTotal: Total number of ratings
• reviews: Array of customer reviews with author details
• emails: Extracted email addresses from business website
• openingHours: Business hours information
• types: Business categories
• geometry: Location coordinates

Usage

1. Set your Google Places API key in the environment variable GOOGLE_API_KEY or pass it in the input
2. Provide either searchTerms or googleMapsUrls in the input
3. Run the actor to extract business information and reviews

Example Input

{
  "searchTerms": ["restaurants", "coffee shops"],
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "maxCrawledPlaces": 50,
  "minRating": 3.5,
  "maxReviewsPerPlace": 5
}

Requirements

• Google Places API key
• Node.js 18+
• Apify platform access