# Google Maps Scraper Lite (`yaboiduke/maps-scraper`) Actor Fast, browserless Google Maps place scraper. Extracts business name, address, phone, website, rating, categories, price level, and more using pure HTTP requests. No headless browser needed — lower compute cost. - **URL**: https://apify.com/yaboiduke/maps-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Fitz](https://apify.com/yaboiduke) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Agents - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.50 / 1,000 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). 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 Places Scraper Extract business listings from Google Maps. Search by keyword across multiple locations, get clean place data including email addresses from business websites, and export to your preferred format. ### Data fields Name, address, phone, website, email, rating, review count, categories, primary type, coordinates, plus code, business status, price level, description, opening hours, photos, menu, social links, and Google Place ID. ### Features - **Email extraction** — optionally crawl each business website to find contact emails - **Multiple queries** — run as many search terms as you need in one go - **Resume support** — interrupted runs pick up where they left off - **Configurable speed** — adjust concurrent workers and request delay ### Pricing $1.30 / 1,000 places. Charged per unique place saved to the dataset. No per-run fee. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `queries` | string[] | required | Search terms, one per line | | `maxPlaces` | integer | 20 | Max per search term (empty = unlimited) | | `extractEmails` | boolean | false | Crawl websites for emails | | `lang` | string | `en` | Results language | | `gl` | string | `us` | Geolocation country | | `workers` | integer | 4 | Concurrent scrape workers | | `delay` | float | 2.5 | Seconds between requests | ### Usage ```json { "queries": ["plumbers in Chicago", "electricians in Chicago"], "maxPlaces": 50, "extractEmails": true } ```` ### Limits The actor uses structured API requests and does not render JavaScript. This keeps runs fast and cost-effective but means individual review text is not available. If you need reviews, pair this actor with a browser-based scraper. ### FAQ **Can I get email addresses?** Yes. Set `extractEmails` to `true`. The actor visits each business website and extracts contact emails from the page. **How many places can I scrape?** Set `maxPlaces` per query. There is no hard cap, but Google Maps typically returns around 120 places per search area. Use narrower queries to get more. **Can I run multiple searches?** Yes. Add one search term per line in the queries field. Each runs independently. **What if a run is interrupted?** The actor saves progress to a local database. Re-run with the same input and it resumes where it left off. # Actor input Schema ## `queries` (type: `array`): One search query per line, e.g. "restaurants in Paris" or "hotels in London" ## `maxPlaces` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of places to scrape per query (leave empty for unlimited) ## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`): Maximum reviews to scrape per place (0 = skip reviews, empty = unlimited). Note: review scraping via HTTP is experimental. ## `extractEmails` (type: `boolean`): Visit each business website to extract contact emails (slower, but enriches results) ## `lang` (type: `string`): Language code for results (e.g. en, de, fr, es) ## `gl` (type: `string`): Country/region code (e.g. us, uk, de, fr) ## `proxy` (type: `object`): Select proxies to be used by your actor. ## `workers` (type: `integer`): Number of concurrent scrape workers (higher = faster, but more likely to hit rate limits) ## `delay` (type: `number`): Minimum delay between requests. Increase if you hit rate limits. ## Actor input object example ```json { "queries": [ "restaurants in London" ], "maxPlaces": 20, "maxReviews": 0, "extractEmails": false, "lang": "en", "gl": "us", "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true }, "workers": 4, "delay": 2.5 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "queries": [ "restaurants in London" ], "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("yaboiduke/maps-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "queries": ["restaurants in London"], "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("yaboiduke/maps-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "queries": [ "restaurants in London" ], "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call yaboiduke/maps-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=yaboiduke/maps-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google Maps Scraper Lite", "description": "Fast, browserless Google Maps place scraper. Extracts business name, address, phone, website, rating, categories, price level, and more using pure HTTP requests. No headless browser needed — lower compute cost.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "fdrnNVXDsUqjUJW5u" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/yaboiduke~maps-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-yaboiduke-maps-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/yaboiduke~maps-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-yaboiduke-maps-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/yaboiduke~maps-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-yaboiduke-maps-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "queries": { "title": "Search Queries", "type": "array", "description": "One search query per line, e.g. \"restaurants in Paris\" or \"hotels in London\"", "default": [ "restaurants in London" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxPlaces": { "title": "Max Places per Query", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of places to scrape per query (leave empty for unlimited)", "default": 20 }, "maxReviews": { "title": "Max Reviews per Place", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum reviews to scrape per place (0 = skip reviews, empty = unlimited). Note: review scraping via HTTP is experimental.", "default": 0 }, "extractEmails": { "title": "Extract Emails from Websites", "type": "boolean", "description": "Visit each business website to extract contact emails (slower, but enriches results)", "default": false }, "lang": { "title": "Language", "type": "string", "description": "Language code for results (e.g. en, de, fr, es)", "default": "en" }, "gl": { "title": "Country Code", "type": "string", "description": "Country/region code (e.g. us, uk, de, fr)", "default": "us" }, "proxy": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Select proxies to be used by your actor.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } }, "workers": { "title": "Concurrent Workers", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 16, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of concurrent scrape workers (higher = faster, but more likely to hit rate limits)", "default": 4 }, "delay": { "title": "Request Delay (seconds)", "minimum": 0.5, "maximum": 10, "type": "number", "description": "Minimum delay between requests. Increase if you hit rate limits.", "default": 2.5 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```