Google Map API endpoint
Use Crawlora's Google Maps place photos API to extract supported public Google Map data as structured JSON. This page includes request parameters, cURL examples, response schema, error behavior, credit cost, and a Playground link for testing before integration.
/google/map/place/{place_id}/photosReturns the photos Google publishes for a specified place_id — the imagery shown on the place's Google Maps page, typically dozens of images for a well-covered business. Each entry carries the image URL as served plus its pixel dimensions when reported; swap the trailing size suffix on the URL (e.g. `=w203-h100-k-no`) to request other dimensions. Contributor avatars and review-attached photos are excluded. This is the place page's image set, not a paginated archive feed. Rate limit is enforced at 1 request per second. Developers commonly use this endpoint for data enrichment, monitoring, research dashboards, internal automation, and agent-native workflows that need repeatable structured public web data. Authentication uses the documented Crawlora headers, and usage is metered with the credit cost shown on this page.
Request parameters are generated from the active endpoint catalog. Required values must be sent before Crawlora can call the upstream public web data source.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| place_id (path) | string | Yes | Google Place ID | ||
| limit | integer | No | Maximum number of photos to return. Omit or 0 for all captured. | ||
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/google/map/place/ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4/photos?limit=10" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Send your scraping API key in the x-api-key header. Use the console API Keys page to rotate or select the active key.
Endpoint usage is metered in credits. The plan prices, included credits, limits, and overage rates below match the active backend billing configuration.
| Plan | Price | Included credits | Daily cap | Rate limit | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 2,000 | 500 daily credits | 5/min | No overage |
| Starter | $9/mo | 20,000 | 5,000 daily credits | 15/min | $0.75/1,000 overage credits when enabled |
| Growth | $29/mo | 100,000 | 25,000 daily credits | 45/min | $0.45/1,000 overage credits when enabled |
| Pro | $79/mo | 400,000 | No daily cap | 120/min | $0.30/1,000 overage credits |
| Business | $199/mo | 1,200,000 | No daily cap | 300/min | $0.20/1,000 overage credits |
| Enterprise | $499/mo | 5,000,000 | No daily cap | 1,000/min | $0.12/1,000 overage credits |
This endpoint is executed through Crawlora's managed scraping infrastructure.
Some targets require real browser execution because the data is loaded through JavaScript, dynamic rendering, or interaction-like browser behavior.
For supported endpoints, Crawlora can route requests through a managed browser cluster. This allows Crawlora to execute JavaScript, load dynamic content, apply browser-level request behavior, and normalize the rendered result into JSON.
You do not need to operate your own Playwright, Puppeteer, Chrome, proxy, queue, or retry infrastructure.
- `url` is Google's image URL exactly as served, including its trailing size suffix (for example `=w203-h100-k-no`). Swap that suffix to request other dimensions. - `width` and `height` are the pixel dimensions of that URL when Google reports them. `0` means the dimension was not captured, not that the image is empty. - Contributor avatars and review-attached photos are excluded; this endpoint returns place imagery only. Photos attached to individual reviews belong to the review that carries them. - Each distinct image appears exactly once, at the largest size Google offers for it. Google's payload carries the same photo at several sizes; those variants are collapsed rather than returned as separate entries. - This is the place page's image set, **not** a paginated archive feed. There is no cursor to walk, so the response is the full set this endpoint can return for the place. - A place with no published photos returns an empty `data` array, not an error. Example response: ```json { "code": 200, "msg": "ok", "data": [ { "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/AHRPTWlbepbs69mWZVN7SNi4FYseIr1JvRCpGHgpFfN5wOf02mKO=w203-h100-k-no", "width": 203, "height": 100 }, { "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/AHRPTWntpDTSCFVQdK1TmGSIhUaUWhoH45c1klBfg6se1L-m4xSO=w408-h306-k-no", "width": 408, "height": 306 } ] } ```
Crawlora does not silently return bad data when the upstream page cannot be used.
| Status | Common failure case |
|---|---|
| 400 | Invalid input or missing required parameter |
| 429 | Plan or endpoint rate limit exceeded |
| 500 | Internal execution error |
| 502 | Upstream platform failed, returned unusable HTML, or served a challenge page that could not be resolved |
When possible, Crawlora returns structured error context so your integration can retry, back off, or inspect the request.
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Invalid input | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Rate limit exceeded | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 500 | Internal server error | #/definitions/app.Response |
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "ok",
"data": [
{
"url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/AHRPTWlbepbs69mWZVN7SNi4FYseIr1JvRCpGHgpFfN5wOf02mKO=w203-h100-k-no",
"width": 203,
"height": 100
},
{
"url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/AHRPTWntpDTSCFVQdK1TmGSIhUaUWhoH45c1klBfg6se1L-m4xSO=w408-h306-k-no",
"width": 408,
"height": 306
}
]
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/google.mapPlacePhotosResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | array | No | ||||
| data[].height | integer | No | 100 | |||
| data[].url | string | No | https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/AHRPTWlbepbs69mWZVN7SNi4FYseIr1JvRCpGHgpFfN5wOf02mKOVdfv2REVb896InfULrDb_yQmqdxmQcSnmwHp2VncbLzYxzWtsUFFbKH3buF34st-Nhlg1fEIH0_tkmvNKJmWKEHKv45RBu4=w203-h100-k-no | URL is Google's image URL exactly as served, including its size suffix (e.g. `=w203-h100-k-no`). Swap that suffix to request other dimensions. | ||
| data[].width | integer | No | 203 | Width and Height are the pixel dimensions of the URL as served, when Google reports them. 0 means not captured. | ||
| msg | string | No | ok |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/google/map/place/ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4/photos?limit=10" \
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