# Google Maps Photos Scraper (`seemuapps/google-maps-photos-scraper`) Actor

Extract every photo from any Google Maps business listing — high-resolution image URLs organized by category, as one row per photo.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/google-maps-photos-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Travel, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.50 / 1,000 photo results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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".

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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 Photos Scraper

Extract every photo from any Google Maps business listing — high-resolution image URLs organized by category, as one row per photo. Search a business type + city or paste place URLs and get a spreadsheet-ready dataset of photo links, no login required.

### What you get

- **One row per photo**: `photoUrl` (high-resolution, upgraded to 1920×1080 where possible), `photoCategory` (e.g. "All", "Menu", "Food & drink", "Vibe", "By owner", "Latest", or `null` when Google doesn't label it), `photoIndex`, `totalPhotos`
- **Place context on every row**: `placeName`, `placeAddress`, `placeCategory`, `placeRating`, `placeReviewCount`, `placeUrl`
- **Identifiers**: `placeId`, `googlePlaceId`, `searchQuery`
- Export to CSV, Excel, JSON, or Google Sheets

### Use cases

- **Property photography sourcing** — pull every existing photo of a location before a shoot to avoid duplicates
- **Real estate & vacation rental research** — review a property's full photo history and guest-submitted images
- **Competitor visual audits** — see exactly how competitors present their storefronts, menus, and interiors
- **Restaurant & hospitality marketing** — build mood boards and social content from existing venue photos
- **Travel blogging & content research** — gather reference images for destinations and venues at scale

### How to use

1. Enter **Search queries** such as `coffee shops in Portland Oregon` or `hotels in Soho London` — or paste business **Place URLs or IDs**.
2. Set **Max places per query** (default 20) and **Max photos per place** (default 50, 0 = as many as Google returns, hard-capped at 300/place).
3. Run — photo rows stream into the **Dataset** tab; export as CSV.

### Output format

```json
{
  "placeId": "0x54950a7b65d4b37f:0xe87831d90e1624d4",
  "googlePlaceId": "ChIJf7PUZXsKlVQR1CQWDtkxeOg",
  "placeName": "Rose City Coffee Co.",
  "placeAddress": "3370 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202",
  "placeCategory": "Coffee shop",
  "placeRating": 4.7,
  "placeReviewCount": 1117,
  "placeUrl": "https://maps.google.com/?cid=16751193622318556372",
  "photoUrl": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/AHRPTWkt5aAepG2n5t5UNf-GPX7ecbT8xx5QBkO1c0GhBGV64RxWMA1oKYkh-AKof31XpsejM-KxZJd3S1DImjhGPM3yqN15SPSexDxRmVN8HH3rKuqDt-UpCiCOd730pICNcDPhW_lz=w1920-h1080-k-no",
  "photoCategory": "All",
  "photoIndex": 0,
  "totalPhotos": 11,
  "searchQuery": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-18T02:54:52.360Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per photo saved to the dataset. Places with no photos on Google Maps cost nothing.

### FAQ

**How many photos can I get per place?** As many as Google Maps has indexed for that listing, up to the per-run limit you set (0 = uncapped, subject to a 300-photo-per-place safety cap).

**What do the categories mean?** Google Maps groups photos into labels like "All", "Menu", "Food & drink", "Vibe", "By owner", and "Latest" — these are Google's own labels, passed through as-is. Some photos have no category label.

**Do I need a Google API key?** No.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Businesses to search on Google Maps, one query per line — e.g. "coffee shops in Portland Oregon", "hotels in Soho London".

## `placeUrls` (type: `array`):

Alternatively (or additionally) scrape photos for specific businesses — Google Maps place URLs, maps.app.goo.gl short links, ?cid= links, Place IDs (ChIJ…) or hex IDs (0x…:0x…).

## `maxPlacesPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of businesses to process per search query (Google Maps returns at most ~120 per query). 0 = everything Google returns.

## `maxPhotosPerPlace` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of photos to save per business. 0 = as many as Google Maps returns for that place (the actor still hard-caps fetching at 300 photos per place to avoid runaway runs).

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language code for results, e.g. en, de, fr, es, pt-BR.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code that biases search results, e.g. us, gb, de, au.

## `latitude` (type: `number`):

Optional. Bias search results toward this latitude (used with Longitude and Zoom).

## `longitude` (type: `number`):

Optional. Bias search results toward this longitude (used with Latitude and Zoom).

## `zoom` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Map zoom level (3-21) used with Latitude/Longitude to bias search results — higher is more local.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. By default the actor connects directly and automatically falls back to Apify datacenter → residential proxies only if Google starts blocking. Set a specific proxy here to force it for all requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "coffee shops in Portland Oregon"
  ],
  "placeUrls": [],
  "maxPlacesPerQuery": 20,
  "maxPhotosPerPlace": 50,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "zoom": 13,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One photo per record: placeId, googlePlaceId, placeName, placeAddress, placeCategory, placeRating, placeReviewCount, placeUrl, photoUrl, photoCategory, photoIndex, totalPhotos, searchQuery, scrapedAt.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "coffee shops in Portland Oregon"
    ],
    "placeUrls": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/google-maps-photos-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQueries": ["coffee shops in Portland Oregon"],
    "placeUrls": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/google-maps-photos-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "coffee shops in Portland Oregon"
  ],
  "placeUrls": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call seemuapps/google-maps-photos-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,seemuapps/google-maps-photos-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/CahdR5G7avo13g76i/builds/uZyesjbTmLww1k0zC/openapi.json