Google Maps Photos API

The Google Maps Photos API retrieves high-quality photos from any Google Maps location. Filter by category and paginate through large photo sets using a data_id from the Google Maps Search API.

Endpoint: https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/photos

API Parameters

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Authentication

api_key Required
Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard.

Type: String

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Location

data_id Required
The Google Maps data ID. You can get this by entering the location name as the query in our Google Maps API.

Type: String

🌍

Localization

language Optional
Language of the results. Possible Values: en, es, fr, de, etc. Default: en. For a full list, see the Google Language Page.

Type: String

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️ Advanced Parameters

category_id Optional
This parameter specifies the category's unique identifier, which can be obtained from the categories array using our Google Maps Photos API.

Type: String
next_page_token Optional
The next_page_token is used to get the next page results.

Type: String

API Examples

Code to Integrate

curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/photos?api_key=APIKEY&data_id=0x88371272500ebf33:0x70a094fd98fb45c0"

import requests

params = {
    "api_key": "APIKEY",
    "data_id": "0x88371272500ebf33:0x70a094fd98fb45c0",
}

response = requests.get("https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/photos", params=params)
print(response.json())

const axios = require("axios");

axios.get("https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/photos", {
  params: { api_key: "APIKEY", data_id: "0x88371272500ebf33:0x70a094fd98fb45c0" }
}).then(res => console.log(res.data));

<?php
$params = http_build_query(["api_key" => "APIKEY", "data_id" => "0x88371272500ebf33:0x70a094fd98fb45c0"]);
$response = file_get_contents("https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/photos?" . $params);
print_r(json_decode($response, true));

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/photos")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(api_key: "APIKEY", data_id: "0x88371272500ebf33:0x70a094fd98fb45c0")
puts JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get_response(uri).body)

HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) new URL("https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/photos?api_key=APIKEY&data_id=0x88371272500ebf33:0x70a094fd98fb45c0").openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");

API Response

{
  "categories": [
    { "name": "All", "id": "CgIgAQ==" },
    { "name": "Latest", "id": "CgIgARICGAI=" },
    { "name": "Food & drink", "id": "CgIgARICCAE=" },
    { "name": "Interior", "id": "CgIgARICCAI=" }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "thumbnail": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/places/photo-thumb-1...",
      "image": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/places/photo-full-1..."
    },
    {
      "thumbnail": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/places/photo-thumb-2...",
      "image": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/places/photo-full-2..."
    }
  ],
  "scrapingdog_pagination": {
    "next": "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_maps/photos?api_key=APIKEY&data_id=0x88371272500ebf33:0x70a094fd98fb45c0&next_page_token=EvgDKYQi49...",
    "next_page_token": "EvgDKYQi49-NlUMIDw..."
  }
}