# Google Reviews Scraper — Maps Reviews + Place Profiles (`buff_pineapple/google-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Maps reviews for any place by Maps URL, feature ID (0x:0x), ChIJ ID, CID or business name. Returns every review the public panel exposes — reviewer, star rating, text, date, owner reply, photos, like count — plus the place profile (rating, total, address, phone, website, category).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/buff_pineapple/google-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [yossef Nagy](https://apify.com/buff_pineapple) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Automation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 12 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $8.00 / 1,000 review scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google Reviews Scraper

Scrape Google Maps reviews for any place — by Maps URL, place ID, CID, or business name. No login, no API key.

### What it does

Give it one or more places and it returns, for each:

- **Reviews** the Maps reviews panel exposes (Google currently shows ~8–20 reviews per place in the unauthenticated panel, sorted by newest / most-relevant / highest / lowest): reviewer name, profile URL, local-guide flag and review-count, star rating (1–5), full review text, relative date ("2 months ago"), owner response (text + date), attached review photos, like/helpful count.
- **The place profile** (optional): overall rating, total review count, address, phone, website, category — one extra item per place.

Behind the scenes the actor drives a real browser to the Maps page with the "all reviews" panel open, scrolls the panel with mouse-wheel events to load every review the panel will surface, and extracts each review from stable DOM anchors (`[data-review-id]`, the `aria-label` star span). Images / media / fonts / stylesheets are blocked so each page is lean.

> **Note on volume.** In February 2026 Google rolled out a "limited view" for unauthenticated review pages: many places now surface only a handful of recent / most-relevant reviews via the public panel. The actor returns every review the public panel exposes for each place. For chains/lead-gen use cases this is usually all you need; for an audit of 1,000+ reviews on a single landmark you'll see fewer than the place's total.

### Use cases

- **Reputation monitoring** — bulk-pull recent reviews for your own locations.
- **Competitor sentiment** — feed it competitor place IDs and analyze tone.
- **Multi-location chains** — pass 100s of place IDs from the [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/) → every visible review for every store in one run.
- **Owner-response audits** — see which reviews lack a reply.
- **AI training data** — clean, structured review corpus.
- **Lead qualification / CRM enrichment** — score a prospect's customer experience before outreach.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `places` | array | Maps URLs, `0xHEX:0xHEX` feature IDs, `ChIJ…` place IDs, numeric CIDs, or business names. **Required.** |
| `maxReviewsPerPlace` | integer | Maximum reviews per place. The actor returns up to this many or however many the public panel exposes — whichever is fewer. Default `100`. |
| `reviewsSort` | string | `newest`, `most_relevant`, `highest_rating`, `lowest_rating`. Default `newest`. |
| `language` | string | Two-letter language code (`hl`). Default `en`. |
| `country` | string | Two-letter country code (`gl`). Default `us`. |
| `includePlaceProfile` | boolean | Push one extra item per place with rating, total reviews, address, phone, website, category. Default `true`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxy. Defaults to Apify **RESIDENTIAL** (Google rate-limits datacenter IPs). |
| `maxConcurrency` | integer | Places processed in parallel. Default `2`. |

Identifiers accepted:

- Full Maps URL: `https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sydney+Opera+House/@-33.85,151.21,17z/data=...`
- Feature ID: `0x6b12ae665e892fdd:0x3133f8d75a1ac251` (what the Google Maps Scraper outputs)
- ChIJ place ID: `ChIJ3S-JXmauEmsRUcIaWtf4MzE`
- Numeric CID: `1656234906611026312`
- Free-text business name: `Sydney Opera House`

### Output

Each **review** item:

```json
{
  "_kind": "review",
  "review_id": "Ci9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT210d2N6aDNaemxwZGtOWFMweDBjbm8wWDJsUFNsRRAB",
  "place_name": "Sydney Opera House",
  "author_name": "Christopher lowe",
  "author_url": "/maps/contrib/110000…",
  "author_review_count": 236,
  "is_local_guide": true,
  "rating": 5,
  "text": "The Sydney Opera House is one of those places that genuinely lives up to the hype...",
  "relative_date": "2 months ago",
  "owner_response": null,
  "owner_response_date": null,
  "photos": ["https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/..."],
  "likes": 0,
  "place_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sydney+Opera+House/...",
  "review_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/@?placeid=&review=Ci9DQUlRQU…",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-15T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

Each **place** item (`_kind: "place"`): `place_name`, `rating`, `total_reviews`, `address`, `phone`, `website`, `category`.

Fields are `null` only when the data genuinely isn't present on the review (e.g. no owner response, no photos, place has no listed phone).

### Pricing

Pay per result:

- **$0.003** per review scraped
- **$0.01** per place profile (only when "Include place profile" is enabled)

Platform cost on residential proxy is a small fraction of revenue per result.

### Notes

- A residential proxy is strongly recommended (it's the default) — Google rate-limits datacenter IPs on Maps review pages.
- The actor handles Apify host migrations transparently (state is persisted to the key-value store) and rotates the proxy session if blocked.

# Actor input Schema

## `places` (type: `array`):

Places to scrape reviews for. Each entry can be a Google Maps place URL (e.g. "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."), a feature-id place ID in 0xHEX:0xHEX format (the format the Google Maps Scraper outputs), a ChIJ… place ID from Google Places API, or a numeric CID. One run can cover many places.

## `maxReviewsPerPlace` (type: `integer`):

How many reviews to return per place. The actor scrolls the reviews panel automatically. Set 0 to scrape every available review.

## `reviewsSort` (type: `string`):

Order in which reviews are returned.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code (hl) for review metadata and owner replies, e.g. en, es, de, fr.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code (gl) used for biasing Google Maps results, e.g. us, gb, de.

## `includePlaceProfile` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, push one extra item per place with its name, rating, total review count, address, phone, website and category.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Required. Defaults to Apify RESIDENTIAL — Google's review pages aggressively rate-limit datacenter IPs.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Number of places processed in parallel.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "places": [
    "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sydney+Opera+House/@-33.8567844,151.2127218,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b12ae665e892fdd:0x3133f8d75a1ac251!8m2!3d-33.8567844!4d151.2152967!16zL20vMDZfbm0"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerPlace": 100,
  "reviewsSort": "newest",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "includePlaceProfile": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 2
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "places": [
        "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sydney+Opera+House/@-33.8567844,151.2127218,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b12ae665e892fdd:0x3133f8d75a1ac251!8m2!3d-33.8567844!4d151.2152967!16zL20vMDZfbm0"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("buff_pineapple/google-reviews-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "places": ["https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sydney+Opera+House/@-33.8567844,151.2127218,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b12ae665e892fdd:0x3133f8d75a1ac251!8m2!3d-33.8567844!4d151.2152967!16zL20vMDZfbm0"],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("buff_pineapple/google-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "places": [
    "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sydney+Opera+House/@-33.8567844,151.2127218,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b12ae665e892fdd:0x3133f8d75a1ac251!8m2!3d-33.8567844!4d151.2152967!16zL20vMDZfbm0"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call buff_pineapple/google-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,buff_pineapple/google-reviews-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ByQdoH3Cw805ktfQx/builds/jfXg0NBVB4iGYre1d/openapi.json