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Google Maps API 1 credit/request

Photo Meta

GET https://scrappa.co/api/maps/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&hl=en&gl=us

Metadata of one Google Maps photo: the place the photo belongs to, the contributor who uploaded it, the upload date and the image URLs in several sizes. One request costs 1 credit; failed requests are never charged. Send the Google Maps photo reference token as data_id. The location block describes the place of the photo itself, not the business_id you pass in. photo.type is photo or video. photo.source is review for photos from reviews, owner for uploads by the business, user_upload for photos posted by visitors, street_view and other. user.local_guide_level is always null because Google does not include it in the photo payload.

Photo Meta 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/maps/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&hl=en&gl=us
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
data_id = AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "data_id": "AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1",
    "photo": {
        "id": "AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1",
        "type": "photo",
        "width": 2268,
        "height": 4032,
        "image": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1=w2268-h4032-k-no",
        "sizes": [
            {
                "width": 56,
                "height": 100,
                "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1=w56-h100-k-no"
            },
...

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.

3 optional filters available.

data_id string Required

Google Maps photo identifier, the reference token of one photo, for example the CIHM0og... or AF1Qip... token that Google Maps uses for the photo. Example: AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1

Example value AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1
business_id string Optional

Optional Google Maps business in google_id (0x...:0x...) or place_id (ChIJ...) format. The answer always describes the photo's own place, so you can leave it out.

Example value 1234567890
hl string Optional

Language of place names and types. Lowercased before it is sent. Default: en

Example value en
gl string Optional

Country/region code for the upstream payload. Default: us

Example value us

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/maps/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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/photo-meta?data_id=AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1&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.

data_id photo user location
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "data_id": "AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1",
    "photo": {
        "id": "AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1",
        "type": "photo",
        "width": 2268,
        "height": 4032,
        "image": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1=w2268-h4032-k-no",
        "sizes": [
            {
                "width": 56,
                "height": 100,
                "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1=w56-h100-k-no"
            },
            {
                "width": 225,
                "height": 400,
                "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1=w225-h400-k-no"
            }
        ],
        "source": "review",
        "uploaded_at": "2024-02-17",
        "date": "Feb 17, 2024"
    },
    "user": {
        "name": "Test Reviewer One",
        "link": "https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/100000000000000000001",
        "image": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/TESTAVATAR=s48-p-k-no-mo",
        "user_id": "100000000000000000001",
        "local_guide_level": null
    },
    "location": {
        "name": "The Rameshwaram Cafe @ Indiranagar",
        "type": "South Indian restaurant",
        "latitude": 12.98167963657049,
        "longitude": 77.64091802480735,
        "google_id": "0x3bae179ad3b6da99:0xd823b05add6a7fae"
    }
}

Errors

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

422

Validation Error

The data_id, business_id, hl or gl parameter failed validation, or Google rejected the ids. This response is not billed.

{
    "message": "The request validation failed",
    "errors": {
        "data_id": [
            "The data_id must be a Google Maps photo reference token, for example AF1QipM6vCx1fWKoyaAEmCprTigHENoJXKYA8Zja1Ti1."
        ]
    }
}
404

Photo Not Found

Google Maps has no photo for this data_id. This response is not billed.

{
    "error": "No Google Maps photo exists for this data_id.",
    "error_code": "google_maps_photo_not_found"
}
503

Photo Meta Temporarily Unavailable

Google Maps did not return a usable payload. Retry after the Retry-After interval; this response is not billed.

{
    "error": "Google Maps photo metadata is temporarily unavailable. Please retry.",
    "error_code": "google_maps_photo_meta_unavailable",
    "retryable": true,
    "retry_after": 5
}

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