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Contributor Reviews

GET https://scrappa.co/api/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&hl=en&gl=us

Fetch all reviews written by a single Google Maps contributor (Local Guide): profile header with Local Guide level and points, contribution counts, and the review feed with place detail, rating, date, snippet, photos and owner replies. The numeric contributor ID is the author ID returned as author_id by the Google Maps reviews endpoints.

Contributor Reviews 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&hl=en&gl=us
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
contributor_id = 114427132849405397807
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "contributor": {
        "contributor_id": "114427132849405397807",
        "name": "Raafe Purnsley",
        "thumbnail": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-UjXNG_03CfdInQhDO-JDM3HIAhggw6HJTR2igs8WY0wZ8jhwAmk=s120-c-rp-mo-ba12-br100",
        "local_guide_level": 4,
        "points": 323,
        "level_goal": "177 points away from Level 5",
        "photo_count": 4
    },
    "contributions": {
        "reviews": 13,
        "ratings": 0,
        "photos": 4,
...

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.

contributor_id string Required

The numeric Google Maps contributor ID, taken from the author ID of any review.

Example value 114427132849405397807
hl string Optional

Interface language for the upstream payload.

Example value en
gl string Optional

Country/region code for the upstream payload.

Example value us

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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/maps/contributor-reviews?contributor_id=114427132849405397807&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.

contributor contributions reviews pagination

Common reviews fields

review_id place_info rating snippet
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "contributor": {
        "contributor_id": "114427132849405397807",
        "name": "Raafe Purnsley",
        "thumbnail": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-UjXNG_03CfdInQhDO-JDM3HIAhggw6HJTR2igs8WY0wZ8jhwAmk=s120-c-rp-mo-ba12-br100",
        "local_guide_level": 4,
        "points": 323,
        "level_goal": "177 points away from Level 5",
        "photo_count": 4
    },
    "contributions": {
        "reviews": 13,
        "ratings": 0,
        "photos": 4,
        "answers": 12,
        "places_added": 0,
        "edits": 0,
        "videos": 0,
        "qa": 0,
        "roads_added": 0,
        "captions": 0,
        "reported_incorrect": 0,
        "trip_feedback": 0,
        "incident_reports": 1
    },
    "reviews": [
        {
            "review_id": "Ci9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2t3eU9EUkJTRkE0WmpKWldFaDNRMmxxWkRJdE5rRRAB",
            "place_info": {
                "place_id": "ChIJESlKXfbprIkRj4IVDwHKW-U",
                "data_id": "0x89ace9f65d4a2911:0xe55bca010f15828f",
                "title": "Hyper Kidz Durham",
                "address": "105 W North Carolina 54 suite 237B, Durham, NC 27713",
                "gps": {
                    "latitude": 35.9100245,
                    "longitude": -78.9384918
                },
                "type": "Indoor playground",
                "type_id": "indoor_playground",
                "rating": 4.9,
                "review_count": 3594,
                "google_mid": "/g/11wv44v3zt"
            },
            "rating": 5,
            "snippet": "This place is an oasis for a world not designed for kids. When the heat index is too high and the parks hare far and few between (have lead in the soil) or don\u2019t have many amenities. Also JAYLA was amazing. Quick, knowledgeable, laughed at all my bad jokes.",
            "language": "en",
            "date": {
                "timestamp": 1782926184747,
                "relative": "3 months ago"
            },
            "images": [],
            "owner_response": {
                "text": "Dear Raafe,\\n\\nThank you so much for your thoughtful review! It means a lot to hear that HyperKidz has become a fun, comfortable place for families to enjoy, especially when outdoor options aren\u2019t ideal.",
                "language": "en",
                "url": "https://business.google.com/local/business/11760901612531927006/customers/reviews/reply?p=CkRDaTlEUVVsUlFVTnZaRU5vZEhsalJqbHZUMnQzZVU5RVVrSlRSa0UwV21wS1dsZEZhRE5STW14eFdrUkpkRTVyUlJBQhAA"
            }
        }
    ],
    "pagination": {
        "has_more": false,
        "next_page_token": null,
        "reviews_declared": 13,
        "reviews_returned": 13,
        "page_size": 100
    }
}

Errors

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

422

Validation Error

The contributor_id, hl or gl parameter failed validation before the upstream request ran.

{
    "errors": {
        "contributor_id": [
            "The contributor ID must be a numeric Google Maps contributor ID (10-25 digits), for example 114427132849405397807."
        ]
    },
    "message": "The request validation failed"
}
503

Contributor Reviews Temporarily Unavailable

The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

{
    "error": "Google Maps contributor reviews are temporarily unavailable. Please retry.",
    "reviews": null,
    "retryable": true,
    "error_code": "google_maps_contributor_reviews_upstream_unavailable",
    "pagination": null,
    "contributor": null,
    "retry_after": 5,
    "contributions": null
}

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