Simple Search

Streamlined service for basic searches of locations, places, and points of interest on Google Maps.

Endpoint

GET /api/google-maps-api.simple-search

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Parameters

query string Required

The search term that the API will use.

hl string Optional

Language code for results. Default: en

gl string Optional

Country/region code for geo-filtering results.

Request Examples

<?php

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scrappa.co/api/google-maps-api.simple-search?query=restaurants+in+new+york');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::withHeaders([
    'x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
])->get('https://scrappa.co/api/google-maps-api.simple-search?query=restaurants+in+new+york');

return $response->json();
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/google-maps-api.simple-search?query=restaurants+in+new+york', {
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  }
})
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');

axios.get('https://scrappa.co/api/google-maps-api.simple-search?query=restaurants+in+new+york', {
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  }
})
  .then(response => console.log(response.data))
  .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
import requests

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

response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/google-maps-api.simple-search?query=restaurants+in+new+york', headers=headers)
print(response.json())
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

uri = URI.parse('https://scrappa.co/api/google-maps-api.simple-search?query=restaurants+in+new+york')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts JSON.parse(response.body)
package main

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

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/google-maps-api.simple-search?query=restaurants+in+new+york", nil)
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
curl -X GET 'https://scrappa.co/api/google-maps-api.simple-search?query=restaurants+in+new+york' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

Response Schema

JSON Response 200 OK
{
    "items": [
        {
            "city": "Houston",
            "name": "El Bolillo Bakery",
            "type": "Bakery",
            "rating": 4.6,
            "business_id": "0x8640b88f75b395a3:0x8771a1c312c0bd48"
        }
    ]
}

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