Google Maps Photos Scraper — Batch places

What does Google Maps Photos Scraper do?

Scrape photos from Google Maps for many places in one Apify run. Photos-only micro-actor — accepts batch place_ids / data_ids.

Why use Google Maps Photos Scraper?

• Batch input. Paste many place_ids once — no separate task per place.
• Dedicated photos actor. Every other Apify Maps actor bundles photos with the full place crawl; this one is purpose-built.
• Cheapest photos-only actor on Apify. $0.30 / 1k photos.
• Per-place pagination budget. max_pages_per_place (1-50) caps spend.
• Single-purpose UI. No mode dropdown, no fields you'd never use.

What data can Google Maps Photos Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
place_id	string	Source place ID
url	string	Full-resolution image URL
thumbnail	string	Small thumbnail URL
width / height	number	Image dimensions
author	string	Uploader display name
author_url	string	Uploader Google profile
uploaded_at	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

How to scrape Google Maps

1. Click Try for free.
2. Paste one or many Google Place IDs into Place IDs.
3. Optional: set gl, hl.
4. Set max_pages_per_place — each page ≈ 10 photos.
5. Click Start — photos stream into the dataset, tagged with source place_id.

How much will it cost?

$0.003 per photo page (≈ $0.30 per 1,000 photos). Batching 100 places at max_pages_per_place: 3 = 300 calls = $0.90.

Competitor benchmark

Actor	Author	Price	Notes
compass/crawler-google-places	Compass	~$7 / 1k places (photos bundled)	No dedicated photos actor
apify/google-maps-scraper	Apify	~$9 / 1k places	Photos not a dedicated output
lukas_krivka/google-maps-with-contact-details	Lukas Krivka	~$5 / 1k places	Photos not the use case
scrape-badger/google-maps-photos-scraper	ScrapeBadger	$0.30 / 1k photos	Only dedicated photos-only actor on Apify

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab above, or pass a JSON object matching the fields below when calling the Actor via the Apify API.

Field	Required	Description
place_ids	✅ (or data_ids)	One place ID per line, or comma-separated.
data_ids	✅ (or place_ids)	Alternative.
gl / hl	—	Country + language.
max_pages_per_place	—	1-50, default 5.

Output

Every successful run streams records into the run's dataset. Download as JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, or HTML from the Dataset tab; consume programmatically via the Apify API or webhooks.

Example record:

{
  "place_id": "ChIJ_3Su08fj5UYRkFfNoiuWQUk",
  "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/\u2026=w4032-h3024",
  "thumbnail": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/\u2026=s100",
  "width": 4032,
  "height": 3024,
  "author": "Jane Doe",
  "uploaded_at": "2026-03-10T15:00:00Z"
}

Tips / Advanced options

• Use with ML pipelines. Photo URLs stay fresh for weeks — download once, cache the binary.
• Dedupe on url. Google sometimes returns the same image at different resolutions; dedupe by stripping the =w…-h… query string.
• Pipe from google-maps-scraper. Search Places → pipe the place_id column here for bulk photo extraction.
• Thumbnail vs. full image. thumbnail is a 100-px square. Use for UI; use url for full resolution.

FAQ, Disclaimers, Support

Do these URLs expire?

They're served by Google's CDN and stay valid for months. For production, download + rehost.

Why no reviews / posts fields?

Those are separate endpoints. Use google-maps-reviews-scraper and google-maps-scraper (List Posts mode).

Can I filter by upload date?

Not at the Google level — paginate newestFirst equivalent isn't exposed. Post-filter on uploaded_at.

What's the max batch size?

≈ 500-1000 places at 256 MB; chunk larger batches across runs.

Disclaimer

This Actor scrapes public Google data only. You're responsible for compliance with Google's Terms of Service and any applicable data-protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) in your jurisdiction. ScrapeBadger does not store the scraped results — they are delivered directly to your Apify dataset.

Support

Something not working? Open a ticket in the Issues tab above — we triage within one business day. Full API reference: docs.scrapebadger.com.

Related Actors

• google-maps-scraper — Full multi-mode
• google-maps-reviews-scraper — Reviews-only twin

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