Search Google Maps for businesses and places
search_placesFind businesses and places on Google Maps by a text query, optionally around a point. Each result is the full listing: place_id, name, categories, formatted_address, location, rating and user_ratings_total, phone, website, opening_hours and business_status — named as in Google's Places API. Use this to build a list of businesses in an area; use google-maps/place when you already have a place_id. Costs 3 credits, cached or not; a failed call is refunded.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| lat | No | Latitude of the point to search around. | |
| lng | No | Longitude of the point to search around. | |
| fresh | No | Skip the cache and fetch now. Charged normally. Not available on trial credits — buy any pack to unlock it. | |
| limit | No | At most this many results, 1–20. A page can hold fewer while `next_cursor` is set: read until it is null. | |
| query | Yes | What to search for, e.g. "coffee shops in Brooklyn" or "dentist". | |
| cursor | No | The `meta.next_cursor` from the previous page. Omit for the first page. | |
| country | No | Two-letter country code to bias results, e.g. `us`. | |
| language | No | Two-letter language code for localised text, e.g. `en`, `de`. | en |
| radius_m | No | Search radius in metres around lat/lng. |