// google maps api

The world's cheapest Google Maps API

Places from Google Maps for a query and viewport, or one exact place by place_id or CID: 20 per page with rating, reviews, type, address, hours, website and coordinates. Live foot traffic, business posts and photo metadata have their own endpoints.

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OperationEach operation has its own endpoint and documented parameter contract.

Search or exact place

Use a query, or one exact-place identifier. The API validates combinations.

data sequence dataA Google Maps protobuf parameter sequence for search filters or an exact place. Maximum length: 8,192 characters. Exact-place data requires type=place.place_id place_idA Google place identifier used to resolve one exact place or request live foot traffic. Cannot be combined with data_cid or exact-place data on the primary Maps endpoint. It is the only required parameter on /api/google/maps/popular-times. Every response is fetched live; places without published data return popular_times: null.data_cid data_cidA decimal Google CID used to resolve one exact place. Cannot be combined with place_id or exact-place data.Result type typeChooses a result search or an exact place response. Required for query and filter searches. Use place when sending an exact-place data sequence.

Geography

Choose one viewport family: ll, location, or latitude and longitude.

Viewport llA complete viewport containing latitude, longitude, and either zoom or radius. Format: @lat,lon,14z or @lat,lon,5000mLocation locationA named geographic location resolved by the API. Cannot be combined with ll or lat/lon. Requires z or m.Latitude latLatitude for a coordinate-based viewport. Must be supplied with lon and either z or m.Longitude lonLongitude for a coordinate-based viewport. Must be supplied with lat and either z or m.Zoom zGoogle Maps zoom level for location or lat/lon geography. Accepted range: 3 through 30. Cannot be combined with m.Radius (meters) mSearch radius in meters for location or lat/lon geography. Accepted range: 1 through 15,028,132. Cannot be combined with z.Nearby wording nearbyUses the supplied geography as a nearby-search scope. Requires ll, location, or a lat/lon pair.

Filters

Filter places by price, rating and opening hours.

Minimum price min_priceMinimum price level for returned places. Must be non-negative and cannot exceed max_price.Maximum price max_priceMaximum price level for returned places. Must be non-negative and cannot be lower than min_price.Minimum rating min_ratingPreferred minimum Google rating. Google treats this as a relevance preference.Open state open_stateFilters by the current open state. Cannot be combined with open_on_day or open_at_hour.Open on day open_on_dayFilters for places open on a specific day.Open at hour open_at_hourFilters for places open at a specific hour using 24-hour time. Accepted range: 0 through 23. Requires open_on_day.

Localization & pagination

Control locale and the native Maps result offset.

Language hlLanguage used for Google Maps labels and returned text. Examples: en, es, fr, deCountry glTwo-letter country code used for regional result localization. Examples: us, gb, ca, auGoogle domain google_domainValidated Google domain used for the request. Examples: google.com, google.co.uk, google.caStart offset startNative Maps result offset: 0, 20, 40, and so on. Each request returns up to 20 places and each successful request costs one credit. Use pagination.next when it is present instead of constructing the next request manually.

# pip install litescrape-sdk
# GET https://ecll-litescrape-v3--site-api-web.modal.run/api/google/maps
from litescrape_sdk import scrape

[result] = scrape(
    [
        {
            "endpoint": "google_maps",
            "q": "coffee shops in Austin, TX",
            "type": "search",
            "ll": "@30.2672,-97.7431,14z",
            "hl": "en",
            "gl": "us",
            "google_domain": "google.com",
        }
    ],
    api_key="ls_live_your_key",
)
print(result.raise_for_error())

Ready

Run the request to draw its results here. This endpoint returns:

local_results
place_results
search_information
pagination

// what you get

What the Google Maps API returns

Twenty places per page

Each with title, rating, reviews, type, address, open state, hours, website, thumbnail and gps_coordinates.

Search a viewport or a radius

ll takes @lat,lon with a zoom level or a radius in meters; location, or lat and lon, with z or m work the same way.

Resolve one exact place

type=place with a place_id, data_cid or Google data sequence returns that listing alone.

Filters Google Maps offers

min_rating, min_price and max_price, open_state now or 24h, open_on_day and open_at_hour.

Links into reviews, posts and photos

Every place carries ready-made links for the Reviews, Posts and Photo Metadata endpoints, and live foot traffic takes its place_id.

Any country, language and domain

hl, gl and google_domain localize labels and results.

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What teams build with it

01
Lead generation
Every business of a type in a city, with website, hours and rating, for a fraction of a cent each.
02
Local rank tracking
Where a business ranks in the map results for a term at a coordinate, across a grid of points.
03
Location intelligence
Density, ratings and categories of competitors around a site before you open it.
04
Reputation monitoring
Resolve each of your locations by place_id, read its rating and review count, then pull the reviews.

// why it's the cheapest

Google Maps API pricing, per 1,000 requests

Public list prices for 100,000 requests a month, read on September 17, 2026. Litescrape's rate is flat at every volume.

Month-to-month list prices in USD. A provider that bills per record or per queued task shows how it bills instead of a per-request price.
Provider	Plan modeled	Per 1,000 requests	Monthly cost
Litescrape	Flat prepaid rate	$0.15	$15.00
DataForSEO	Standard queue, up to 45 minutes	$0.60	$60.00
Serper	Standard pack, 500,000 credits	$0.75	$75.00
Scrapingdog	Standard, 5 credits per request	$0.90	$90.00
HasData	Basic, 5 credits per search	$0.99	$99.00
Oxylabs	Starter, Google rate	$0.99	$99.00
Bright Data	Pay as you go	$1.50	$150.00
SearchApi	BigData, 100,000 searches	$2.50	$250.00
ScraperAPI	Business, 25 credits per request	$2.99	$299.00
Google Places API	Text Search Pro, first 100,000 calls	$32.00	$3,200.00
Outscraper	Pay per record	$3.00 per 1,000 places returned

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