# Google Maps

Best for: Local business data. Category: Search, news and maps.

Google Maps place search (name, address, coordinates, rating, phone, website, category) and the detail record for one place with its review count.

- Look up by: Whatever the Maps search box takes: a name, a category in a place, a landmark
- Coverage: Worldwide
- Cost: 3 credits a call; failed and empty calls are free
- Answers: Search, Details

## Endpoints

- `POST /v1/maps/search`: Maps places search, 3 credits. https://scrapercompany.com/docs/reference/maps-search
- `POST /v1/maps/detail`: Maps place detail, 3 credits. https://scrapercompany.com/docs/reference/maps-detail

## Example

Maps places search (`POST /v1/maps/search`):

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/maps/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "q": "Hilton Chicago"
  }'
```

## Guides

- [Google Maps](https://scrapercompany.com/docs/guides/vertical-engines#maps)

- [All data sources](https://scrapercompany.com/docs/data-sources)