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# Crawler Google Places
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Get data from Google Places, which official [Google Maps Places API](https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search) does not provide.
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## Why?
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You can use official [Google Maps Places API](https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search), it is better way for the most use cases.
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But API doesn't provide:
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- Popular place times histogram
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- Place reviews (you can get up to 5 reviews from official API)
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- Place photos (you can can up to 10 photos from official API)
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## INPUT
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Follow guide on [actor detail page](https://www.apify.com/drobnikj/crawler-google-places) to see how it works.
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Example input:
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```json
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{
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"searchString": "pubs near prague",
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"lat": "50.0860729",
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"lng": "14.4135326",
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"zoom": 10
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}
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```
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On this input actor searches places on this start url: https://www.google.com/maps/search/pubs+near+prague/@50.0860729,14.4135326,10z
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- `searchString` - String will be search on Google maps
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- `proxyConfig` - Apify proxy configuration
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- `lat` - Viewport latitude
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- `lng` - Viewport longitude
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- `zoom` - Viewport zoom, e.g zoom: 10 -> https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0860729,14.4135326,10z vs zoom: 1 -> https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0860729,14.4135326,10z
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- `maxCrawledPlaces` - Limit places you want to get from crawler
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## OUTPUT
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Once the actor finishes, it outputs results to actor default dataset.
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