DuckDuckGo Maps Scraper

Scrapes local business and place results from DuckDuckGo Maps. Extracts name, address, phone, website, rating, reviews, category, hours, and coordinates.

What this Actor collects

The Actor converts DuckDuckGo Maps place responses into one clean JSON record per business or place, including address and coordinates, contact details, categories, ratings and reviews, hours, images, provider provenance, and search context when available.

• Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
• Stores source-backed fields defined by the 63-field dataset schema.
• Omits optional fields when the source does not expose a value instead of writing nulls or fabricated placeholders.

Use cases

• Local lead research
• Location and category monitoring
• Business-directory enrichment

Input

Provide input in JSON. Fields marked required must be supplied. The Default / example column shows a schema default when one exists; otherwise it shows a documented prefill or fixture value.

Field	Type	Required	Default / example	Description
query	string	Yes	"coffee shops"	What to search for (e.g. 'coffee shops', 'pizza restaurants', 'dentist').
location	string	No	"New York"	City, neighborhood or address to search near (e.g. 'New York', 'London', 'Tokyo').
maxItems	integer	No	20	Maximum number of local results to scrape.
category	string	No	—	Filter results to a specific business category (e.g. 'restaurant', 'hotel').
minRating	number	No	—	Only include businesses with a rating at or above this value (0–5).
openNow	boolean	No	false	If true, only include businesses that are currently open.
region	string	No	"us-en"	DuckDuckGo region code (e.g. us-en, uk-en).
proxyConfiguration	object	No	{"useApifyProxy":true}	Proxy settings for the scraper.
maxRequestRetries	integer	No	2	Number of retries after navigation, response, or blocking failures.
requestTimeoutSecs	integer	No	45	Maximum seconds to wait for the page and DuckDuckGo local.js response.
headless	boolean	No	true	Run Firefox without a visible window.

Example input

{
  "query": "coffee shops",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "location": "New York",
  "openNow": false,
  "region": "us-en",
  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 45
}

Output

The default dataset contains one item per place or local-business result. The following are the most useful fields; contact, review, opening-hours, and provider fields appear only when exposed by the underlying map providers.

Field	Type	Description
position	integer	Position
name	string	Business Name
address	string	Address
phone	string	Phone
website	string	Website
rating	number	Rating
reviewCount	integer	Review Count
category	string	Category
isOpenNow	boolean	Is Open Now
provider	string	Data Provider
searchQuery	string	Search Query
scrapedAt	string	Scraped At
type	string	Type
link	string	Source Link
resultType	string	Result Type
page	integer	Page

Example dataset item

This compact example is taken from local Actor storage. Long text and nested collections are shortened for documentation only.

{
  "position": 1,
  "name": "Ten Thousand Coffee",
  "address": "1410 Broadway, Unit 105, New York, NY 10018",
  "phone": "+1 646 589 6771",
  "website": "https://10000coffee.com/locationusa/?q=YToxOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjt9&bmode=view&idx=9502912&t=board",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewCount": 440,
  "category": "Coffee & tea",
  "isOpenNow": true,
  "provider": "Yelp",
  "searchQuery": "coffee shops near New York",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-23T17:07:36.657Z"
}

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