Google Local API

The Google Local API retrieves local business listings from Google search including ratings, reviews, addresses, GPS coordinates, and business type. Costs 5 API credits per request.

Endpoint: https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_local

API Parameters

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Authentication

api_key Required
Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard

Type: String

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Search Query

query Required
This is a Google Search Query. Example: query=coffee+in+manhattan

Type: String

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Geographic Location and Localization

location Optional
The location from where you want to scrape the local results. Example: Manhattan, New York

Note: Cannot be used together with the uule parameter.

Type: String
uule Optional
It is a parameter that specifies the geographic location or locale for which the search results should be tailored. Possible Value could be w+CAIQIFJlbWF5IFN0YXRlcw==

Note: Cannot be used together with the location parameter.

Type: String
country Optional
ISO code of the country from which you are seeking Google search results.

Default: us

Type: String
language Optional
Language of the results. Possible Values - en, es, fr, de, etc.

Default: en

Type: String
domain Optional
To obtain local results from a specific country, for example, for India, it will be "google.co.in," and for the UK, it will be "google.co.uk".

Default: google.com

Type: String

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️ Advanced Filters

ludocid Optional
Google My Business listing ID (CID) you want to scrape, also known as the Google Place ID.

Type: String
tbs Optional
to be searched - An advanced parameter to filter search results.

Type: String

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Pagination

page Optional
This is the page number of Google searches. Its value can be 0 for the first page, 1 for the second page, and so on.

Default: 0

Type: String

API Examples

Code to Integrate

curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_local?api_key=APIKEY&query=coffee+in+manhattan"

import requests

url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_local"
params = {"api_key": "APIKEY", "query": "coffee in manhattan"}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
if response.status_code == 200:
    print(response.json())

const axios = require('axios');

axios.get('https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_local', {
  params: { api_key: 'APIKEY', query: 'coffee in manhattan' }
}).then(response => console.log(response.data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error.message));

<?php
$url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_local/?' . http_build_query([
    'api_key' => 'APIKEY',
    'query'   => 'coffee in manhattan',
]);
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
echo curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

url = URI.parse("https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_local/")
url.query = URI.encode_www_form('api_key' => 'APIKEY', 'query' => 'coffee in manhattan')

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
puts http.request(Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)).body

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String apiUrl = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_local/?api_key=APIKEY&query=coffee+in+manhattan";
        URL url = new URL(apiUrl);
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
        String line;
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) System.out.println(line);
        conn.disconnect();
    }
}

API Response

{
  "local_results": [
    {
      "title": "Bird & Branch Coffee Roasters",
      "rating": "4.7",
      "reviews": "762",
      "price": "$1–10",
      "description": "Family-run specialty coffee shop",
      "address": "359 W 45th St",
      "type": "Coffee shop",
      "place_id": "197653116721562462",
      "gps_coordinates": {
        "lat": "40.7602998",
        "lng": "-73.9907758"
      }
    }
  ]
}