Google Maps API: Pull Reviews, Photos & Business Data Instantly
Extract Google Maps data — ratings, reviews, photos, busyness data, and business posts — using ScrapeBadger's Google Maps API.
In this tutorial, we walk through all 5 ScrapeBadger Google Maps endpoints using a single New York pizza place as our real-world example — so you can see exactly what each call returns and how they chain together.
What we cover:
🔍 Search Places — query businesses by keyword, location, and category (restaurant, hotel, bar, gym, and more)
📍 Place Details — ratings, reviews count, service options, accessibility info, payment methods, and hourly busyness scores for every day of the week
⭐ Place Reviews — full review text, star ratings, reviewer profiles, and paginated access to thousands of reviews
📸 Place Photos — thumbnail and full-resolution URLs for hundreds of photos, filterable by category
📢 Business Posts — the promotional updates and announcements businesses publish directly on their Google Maps profile
Who this is for:
This workflow is useful for lead generation tools, competitor analysis dashboards, reputation monitoring systems, local SEO research, and any app that needs structured, real-time business data from Google Maps.
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Timestamps
0:00 — Introduction
0:46 — Getting your free API key
0:57 — Endpoint overview
1:16 — Search Places
3:14 — Place Details
4:27 — Place Reviews
5:55 — Place Photos
6:30 — Business Posts
8:00 — Full workflow recap & SDKs