google_maps_business_search
Local businesses from a Maps search — name, address, phone, website, rating, hours, place id. Flat 2 credits. No emails. Costs 2 credits. Empty results and failures are never charged. Pass cache=true for a free 24h cache hit (default always fresh).
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| q | Yes | Keyword, for example plumber or coffee. Min 2 characters. | |
| cache | No | Set true to serve from the 24h response cache (0 credits on hit). Default false — always fetch fresh. | |
| limit | No | Max businesses to return (default 20, max 100). Not a page cursor — there is no next page. Flat 2 credits on every successful call, including zero businesses. | |
| language | No | Language code, for example en. Default en. | |
| location | No | Place name as City,Region,Country, for example Austin,Texas,United States. When set, locationCode is not used and is left out of the response. A free-text city alone (austin) is not a place name. | |
| locationCode | No | Numeric place code, used only when location is omitted. Default 2840 (United States). |