Google Maps

Local businesses with place_id, rating, review count, coordinates, hours, phone and website.


      POST
      https://api.serpkite.com/v1/maps

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Google Maps search: businesses and points of interest with coordinates, rating, review count, hours, phone, website and the IDs you need for /v1/reviews.

Pass location for a city-level search, or ll for an exact viewport.

Request body

Send a JSON object with Content-Type: application/json. The same parameters also work as a query string on GET /v1/maps. JSON arrays are rejected: to run many queries at once, use POST /v1/batches at half price. Unknown parameters return 400 invalid_request with a message that names the replacement; see strict validation.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`q` required	string		The search query. Required. Up to 2,048 characters.
`country`	string	`us`	Country to search from, as a two-letter ISO code (us, gb, de, in…).
`language`	string	`en`	Interface language, as a language code (en, de, fr, pt-BR…).
`location`	string		Canonical location for local results, e.g. "Austin, Texas, United States". Overrides country for geo.
`uule`	string		Google-encoded location string. Use instead of location if you already have it.
`ll`	string		Maps only: viewport as "@lat,lng,zoom", e.g. "@52.52,13.40,14z".
`page`	integer	`1`	Results page, 1–10. Each page is billed separately.
`format`	string	`json`	Response format. markdown is LLM-ready prose; compact is JSON with only the fields agents need. One of: `json`, `compact`, `markdown`.
`fields`	string		Comma-separated projection, e.g. results.title,results.link,knowledge_graph. Cuts tokens.
`max_age`	integer		Accept a cached result up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 50% of the credits.

Example request

Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer $SERPKITE_API_KEY (GET requests may pass ?api_key= instead). The official SDKs read SERPKITE_API_KEY for you. See Authentication.

POST /v1/maps

cURL

TypeScript

Python

curl https://api.serpkite.com/v1/maps \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SERPKITE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q":"coffee roasters","location":"Berlin, Germany"}'

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`request`	object	The normalised request, with defaults filled in: `endpoint`, `engine`, `q`, `country`, `language`, `location`, `num`, `page`, `device`, `autocorrect`…
`results[]`	array	`position`, `title`, `address`, `latitude`, `longitude`, `rating`, `rating_count`, `price_level`, `type`, `types[]`, `website`, `phone_number`, `opening_hours`, `thumbnail_url`, `place_id`, `cid`, `fid`.
`meta`	object	`request_id`, `credits_used`, `cached`, `cached_at`, `engine` (the provider that answered), `route` (provider attempts, see Search providers), `latency_ms`, `parse_quality` (`ok`, `partial`, `empty`), `resolved_urls`.

Every billed response also carries credit and latency headers (X-Credits-Used, X-Credits-Remaining, X-Request-Id…).

Example response

200 OK · illustrative

{
  "request": {
    "endpoint": "maps",
    "engine": "google",
    "q": "coffee roasters",
    "location": "Berlin, Germany",
    "language": "en"
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Example Coffee Roasters",
      "address": "Beispielstraße 1, 10115 Berlin",
      "latitude": 52.5321,
      "longitude": 13.3849,
      "rating": 4.7,
      "rating_count": 812,
      "price_level": "€€",
      "type": "Coffee roasters",
      "types": [
        "Coffee roasters",
        "Cafe"
      ],
      "website": "https://coffee.example.de",
      "phone_number": "+49 30 0000000",
      "opening_hours": {
        "Monday": "8 AM–6 PM",
        "Sunday": "10 AM–5 PM"
      },
      "place_id": "ChIJexample0000000000000",
      "cid": "1234567890123456789"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_01J8ZK4M6Q2V7",
    "credits_used": 1,
    "cached": false,
    "engine": "google",
    "latency_ms": 1034,
    "parse_quality": "ok",
    "resolved_urls": true
  }
}

Errors

Errors use one shape: {"error":{"code","message","request_id"}}. Errors are never billed. Full list in Errors.

Status	Code	Meaning
400	`invalid_request`	A parameter is missing or invalid.
401	`unauthorized`	The API key is missing, invalid or revoked.
402	`insufficient_credits`	Your balance is too low. Buy a pack or wait for the monthly free grant.
429	`rate_limited`	Too many requests per second for your plan. Retry after the Retry-After header.
503	`upstream_error`	Google could not be fetched or parsed. Not billed; retry after Retry-After.

Notes

Use place_id, cid or fid from a result to fetch its reviews.