# Crawler Google Places Get data from Google Places, which official [Google Maps Places API](https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search) does not provide. ## Why? 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. Unlike Google Maps Places API you can get from crawler: - Popular place times histogram (There is no data for that in official API) - Place reviews (you can get up to 5 reviews from official API) - Place photos (you can can up to 10 photos from official API) ## INPUT Follow guide on [actor detail page](https://www.apify.com/drobnikj/crawler-google-places) to see how it works. Example input: ```json { "searchString": "pubs near prague", "lat": "50.0860729", "lng": "14.4135326", "zoom": 10 } ``` On this input actor searches places on this start url: https://www.google.com/maps/search/pubs+near+prague/@50.0860729,14.4135326,10z - `searchString` - String will be search on Google maps - `proxyConfig` - Apify proxy configuration - `lat` - Use it with combination with longitude and zoom to set up viewport to search on. - `lng` - Use it with combination with latitude and zoom to set up viewport to search on. - `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 - `maxCrawledPlaces` - Limit places you want to get from crawler ## OUTPUT Once the actor finishes, it outputs results to actor default dataset. Example results item: ```text { "title": "Scotiabank", "totalScore": 3.7, "categoryName": "Bank", "address": "201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3NS, UK", "plusCode": "GWCC+75 City of London, London, UK", "popularTimesHistogram": { "Su": [], "Mo": [ { "hour": 6, "occupancyPercent": 0 }, { "hour": 7, "occupancyPercent": 0 }, { "hour": 8, "occupancyPercent": 0 }, { "hour": 9, "occupancyPercent": 75 }, { "hour": 10, "occupancyPercent": 73 }, { "hour": 11, "occupancyPercent": 60 }, { "hour": 12, "occupancyPercent": 57 }, { "hour": 13, "occupancyPercent": 56 }, { "hour": 14, "occupancyPercent": 56 }, { "hour": 15, "occupancyPercent": 57 }, { "hour": 16, "occupancyPercent": 50 }, { "hour": 17, "occupancyPercent": 33 }, { "hour": 18, "occupancyPercent": 14 }, { "hour": 19, "occupancyPercent": 4 }, { "hour": 20, "occupancyPercent": 1 }, { "hour": 21, "occupancyPercent": 0 }, { "hour": 22, "occupancyPercent": 0 }, { "hour": 23, "occupancyPercent": 0 } ], ... }, "reviews": [ { "name": "NELLORE BALA NAVEEN REDDY", "text": "nice bank in london", "stars": "5 stars", "publishAt": "2 months ago", "likesCount": "", "responseFromOwnerText": "" }, ... ], "reviewsCount": 6, "imageUrls": [ "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPvm-rzo7_mlLRmctQwDJV6agVGHZMUJYLinU_t=s508-k-no", ... ], "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Scotiabank/@51.5258542,-0.335595,11z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sbanks+london!3m4!1s0x48761cb181573665:0x5fce6a25f2e99723!8m2!3d51.5206306!4d-0.0795672" } ```