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Google Local Services Search

GET https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us

Search the Local Services block Google shows for a service query (for example "plumber near Chicago, IL") and get the advertised providers as structured local_ads. Each ad carries the business name, rating and review count, service type, years in business, location, opening hours, phone number and the Google place id. The response mirrors SerpApi google_local_services naming. Coverage is the Google Search Local Services block for US-market queries only: the badge (Google Guaranteed or Screened), the service area and the thumbnail are not present in that markup, and no pagination exists. Only the q, hl and gl parameters are supported. Requests that Google answers with a block page, a captcha, a consent page or a page without the block fail with a non-billable 503.

Google Local Services Search 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
q = plumber near Chicago, IL
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "q": "plumber near Chicago, IL",
        "hl": "en",
        "gl": "us"
    },
    "local_ads": [
        {
            "title": "Rescue Plumbing",
            "rating": 4.9,
            "review_count": 1600,
            "service_type": "Plumber",
            "years_in_business": 7,
            "location": "Chicago, IL",
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

2 optional filters available.

q string Required

Service and location, for example "plumber near Chicago, IL"

Example value plumber near Chicago, IL
hl string Optional

Interface language code (e.g., en, de)

Example value en
gl string Optional

Country code (e.g., us, de)

Example value us

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
PHP
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/google-local-services/search?q=plumber+near+Chicago%2C+IL&hl=en&gl=us")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

search_parameters local_ads response_time_ms

Common local_ads fields

title rating review_count service_type
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "q": "plumber near Chicago, IL",
        "hl": "en",
        "gl": "us"
    },
    "local_ads": [
        {
            "title": "Rescue Plumbing",
            "rating": 4.9,
            "review_count": 1600,
            "service_type": "Plumber",
            "years_in_business": 7,
            "location": "Chicago, IL",
            "hours": "Open 24 hours",
            "phone": "(773) 219-6071",
            "website": null,
            "place_id": "10140420633749198317",
            "sponsored": false
        },
        {
            "title": "Goode Plumbing",
            "rating": 4.8,
            "review_count": 2700,
            "service_type": "Plumber",
            "years_in_business": 20,
            "location": "Chicago, IL",
            "hours": "Open 24 hours",
            "phone": "(773) 280-8496",
            "website": null,
            "place_id": "10886154194927970993",
            "sponsored": false
        }
    ],
    "response_time_ms": 1160
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

422

Validation Error

One or more query parameters failed validation.

{
    "message": "The request validation failed",
    "errors": {
        "q": [
            "The q parameter is required (for example \"plumber near Chicago, IL\")."
        ]
    }
}
503

Local Services Unavailable

The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

{
    "error": "Google Local Services is temporarily unable to return a valid response."
}

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