Get the photos of a Google Maps place

Q: Can I try it without signing up?

Yes. Add demo=true and leave the key out, or press Send request in the playground on this page. The demo answers with a real answer about Ferrari, captured once a week, in exactly the shape a live call returns, whatever you ask, and charges nothing.

Q: What does it return?

A list of google_maps_photo objects. Its fields are named after Google's Places API. A field is null when Google Maps does not show it, never missing. Every field is described on this page.

Q: How do I get more than one page?

Pass meta.next_cursor back as cursor, and stop when it is null. Each page is a call, priced the same. A cursor lasts as long as the answer it belongs to is cached.

Q: Can an AI agent call it?

Yes: it is the MCP tool get_place_photos on our MCP server, with the same parameters, answer and price. Without a key, the tool answers from the demo.

Fetch the photos on one place's listing, as URLs on Google's CDN; we do not rehost images. Dimensions and uploader are in the object, and null where the source does not give them.

4 credits

GEThttps://api.scrapefield.com/v1/google-maps/photos

Try itno key needed4 credits on a real call · 0 here

place_idone of the place idsurlone of the place ids

https://api.scrapefield.com/v1/google-maps/photos?place_id=ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4

In your code

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "place_id": "ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4"
});

const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapefield.com/v1/google-maps/photos?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SCRAPEFIELD_KEY}` },
});

const { data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	What it does
`place_id` string · one of the place ids	Google's place ID.
`url` string · one of the place ids	The full URL of the place on Google Maps, which carries its id. A short maps.app.goo.gl link does not, so open it and copy the address it leads to.
`limit` integer	At most this many results, 1–20. A page can hold fewer while `next_cursor` is set: read until it is null. 1–20, default 20
`cursor` string	The `meta.next_cursor` from the previous page. Omit for the first page.
`fresh` boolean	Skip the cache and fetch now. Charged normally. Not available on trial credits — buy any pack to unlock it. default false

Response

Returns an array of google_maps_photo. This is the demo’s answer, the one the playground above returns, in full rather than abbreviated — including the fields that come back null, because a field is null when the platform does not show it and you should know which ones those are before you build on them. A call with your key returns the account you ask for.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "url": "https://cdn.example/maps/QmYwizIHfDPnGRM2.jpg",
      "width": 4032,
      "height": 3024,
      "author_name": null,
      "author_url": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://cdn.example/maps/kiM-ByNwR92Qnhq2.jpg",
      "width": 4032,
      "height": 3024,
      "author_name": null,
      "author_url": null
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_7f3ac1e94b2d40f8a1c6e5d2",
    "credits_charged": 4,
    "credits_remaining": 74218,
    "cached": false,
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-20T09:12:03Z",
    "next_cursor": "eyJwIjoxLCJzIjoiYTNmOSJ9"
  }
}

Fields of `google_maps_photo`

One photo on a place's listing. Named after Google's Places API.

Fields
Field	What it is
`url` URL	The image on Google's CDN. We do not rehost images.
`width` integer · or null	Pixels.
`height` integer · or null	Pixels.
`author_name` string · or null	Who uploaded it, as the listing credits them. `null` for the owner's own photos.
`author_url` URL · or null	Their Google Maps contributor page.

What it costs

4 credits per successful call, whether we fetch it or serve it from cache — you pay for the answer, not for how we produced it. Responses are cached for 1 day and a cached one tells you when the data was actually fetched. A call we fail costs 0 and is refunded automatically.

On the smallest pack that is $3.12 per 1,000 calls; on the largest, $1.76. The full table.

Questions

How much does the Google Maps photos API cost?

4 credits a call: $3.12 per 1,000 calls on the smallest pack and $1.76 on the largest. A call that fails costs nothing, and the refund is automatic. A cached answer costs the same as a fresh one. Credits are bought in packs and never expire; there is no plan.

Do I need a Google Maps account, a login or cookies?

No. You need a key from us and nothing from Google Maps. We never take a customer's login, cookies or session, at any price, and no account of yours is ever at risk.

Can I try it without signing up?

Yes. Add demo=true and leave the key out, or press Send request in the playground on this page. The demo answers with a real answer about Ferrari, captured once a week, in exactly the shape a live call returns, whatever you ask, and charges nothing.

How fresh is the data?

An answer is kept for up to 1 day, and a cached one says when it was fetched, in meta.fetched_at. Add fresh=true to fetch it again now, at the same price; it needs any purchase, not the trial.

What does it return?

A list of google_maps_photo objects. Its fields are named after Google's Places API. A field is null when Google Maps does not show it, never missing. Every field is described on this page.

How do I get more than one page?

Pass meta.next_cursor back as cursor, and stop when it is null. Each page is a call, priced the same. A cursor lasts as long as the answer it belongs to is cached.

Can an AI agent call it?

Yes: it is the MCP tool get_place_photos on our MCP server, with the same parameters, answer and price. Without a key, the tool answers from the demo.