Get the reviews 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_review 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_reviews on our MCP server, with the same parameters, answer and price. Without a key, the tool answers from the demo.

Fetch Google reviews for one place: rating, text, language, publish_time, the author (with their Local Guide badge and review count), photos and the owner_response where there is one. The first page has up to 8 reviews, and each page after it up to 20. Use this for review monitoring and sentiment work.

6 credits

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

Try itno key needed6 credits on a real call · 0 here

place_idone of the place idsurlone of the place ids

https://api.scrapefield.com/v1/google-maps/reviews?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/reviews?${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.
`sort` string	Order of the reviews. relevance · newest · highest · lowest, default relevance
`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_review. 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": [
    {
      "review_id": "ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUGNEw2YrTzvsaWn",
      "place_id": "ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4",
      "author": {
        "name": "Jonas Ibarra",
        "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/111478498097400184005",
        "profile_photo_url": "https://cdn.example/maps/a/peh_n197qa4Q.jpg",
        "is_local_guide": false,
        "review_count": 10,
        "photo_count": 4
      },
      "rating": 3,
      "text": null,
      "language": "en",
      "publish_time": "2025-10-27T17:50:54.000Z",
      "like_count": 6,
      "photos": [],
      "owner_response": {
        "text": "Sorry to hear this — we have spoken to the team about the wait.",
        "publish_time": "2026-09-08T14:57:01.000Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "review_id": "ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUF_qv6XTY4cltsa",
      "place_id": "ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4",
      "author": {
        "name": "Sofia Aydin",
        "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/173599325867380465475",
        "profile_photo_url": "https://cdn.example/maps/a/qoeJGybOfm0k.jpg",
        "is_local_guide": true,
        "review_count": 85,
        "photo_count": 313
      },
      "rating": 4,
      "text": null,
      "language": "en",
      "publish_time": "2026-06-14T01:08:19.000Z",
      "like_count": 6,
      "photos": [],
      "owner_response": null
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_7f3ac1e94b2d40f8a1c6e5d2",
    "credits_charged": 6,
    "credits_remaining": 74218,
    "cached": false,
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-20T09:12:03Z",
    "next_cursor": "eyJwIjoxLCJzIjoiYTNmOSJ9"
  }
}

Fields of `google_maps_review`

One Google review of a place. Named after Google's Places API.

Fields
Field	What it is
`review_id` string	Google's id for the review.
`place_id` string	The place it is about.
`author` object	Who wrote the review.
`author.name` string · or null	As shown on the review. `null` where the source gives none.
`author.url` URL · or null	Their Google Maps contributor page.
`author.profile_photo_url` URL · or null	Their profile photo.
`author.is_local_guide` boolean	Whether they carry the Local Guide badge.
`author.review_count` integer · or null	How many reviews they have written, as the review shows.
`author.photo_count` integer · or null	How many photos they have posted.
`rating` integer · or null	1 to 5. `null` when the source gives no rating.
`text` string · or null	`null` for a rating with no words.
`language` string · or null	Two-letter code of the language it was written in.
`publish_time` time, ISO 8601 UTC · or null	When it was posted. `null` when the source does not say.
`like_count` integer · or null	How many people marked it helpful.
`photos` array of objects	Photos attached to the review.
`photos[].url` URL	The image on Google's CDN. We do not rehost images.
`photos[].width` integer · or null	Pixels.
`photos[].height` integer · or null	Pixels.
`photos[].author_name` string · or null	Who uploaded it, as the listing credits them. `null` for the owner's own photos.
`photos[].author_url` URL · or null	Their Google Maps contributor page.
`owner_response` object · or null	The "Response from the owner", where there is one.
`owner_response.text` string	The owner's reply.
`owner_response.publish_time` time, ISO 8601 UTC · or null	When the owner replied. `null` when the source does not say.

What it costs

6 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 6 hours 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 $4.68 per 1,000 calls; on the largest, $2.64. The full table.

What people build with it

Hear about a bad review the day it landsA daily check of each location’s newest reviews that flags anything at two stars or below.

Questions

How much does the Google Maps reviews scraper API cost?

6 credits a call: $4.68 per 1,000 calls on the smallest pack and $2.64 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 6 hours, 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_review 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_reviews on our MCP server, with the same parameters, answer and price. Without a key, the tool answers from the demo.