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Google Maps Places Search API

Businesses and places from a Google Maps search, by query plus city ("dentists", "Austin, TX") or by exact coordinates and zoom: name, place ID, CID, categories, rating, review count, phone, website, full address with components, coordinates, opening hours, business status, attributes and thumbnail, up to 120 places per query. Collected exactly as a signed-out visitor sees Google Maps: we never log in or use accounts. Google's signed-out "limited view" hides some fields (price level, popular times, menus); those come back as null, never estimated, and every response includes a coverage report. Billed per place returned; blocked or failed requests are free.

GEThttps://api.gridlode.com/v1/places/google-maps
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Parameters

NameTypeDescription
qrequiredstringWhat to search for, e.g. 'dentists' or 'coffee'.
locationstringFree-text place to search in, e.g. 'Austin, TX'. Appended to the query.
Default: null
llstringExact map viewport as '@lat,lng,zoomz', e.g. '@30.2672,-97.7431,13z'.
Default: null
hlstringInterface language, e.g. en, de, es.
Default: "en"
glstringTwo-letter country code to search from.
Default: "us"
limitintegerMaximum places to return (1-120).
Default: 20
skip_closedbooleanLeave out temporarily and permanently closed places.
Default: false
max_ageintegerAccept a cached answer up to this many seconds old, billed at 50%. Default 0 (always fresh).

Response fields

    Code

    curl "https://api.gridlode.com/v1/places/google-maps?q=coffee&location=Austin%2C%20TX&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRIDLODE_KEY"
    2 credits per place
    One credit is $0.001 on the smallest pack, from $0.0003 on enterprise plans.
    Half price for cached data
    Cached for up to 720 h. Pass max_age to use it.
    Failed requests are free
    Blocks, timeouts and target errors never cost credits.

    Market reference: Outscraper $3.00 → $1.00 per 1k places.

    Questions

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    How much does the Google Maps Places Search API cost?

    2 credits per place. One credit costs $0.001 on the smallest pack and as little as $0.0003 on enterprise plans. Cached answers cost half and failed calls are free.

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