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Google API

Google Maps places and reviews, Google News, search suggestions, and the ads in Google's Ads Transparency Center.

Overview

Search Google Maps for businesses and read a place's contacts, hours, rating and latest reviews. Pull Google News for any topic, and the suggestions Google offers as you type. Find any advertiser in the Ads Transparency Center, list every ad they run on Google and YouTube, and read one ad in full. Useful for lead lists, local SEO, news monitoring, keyword research and competitor research.

Source: google.com.

Endpoints

Search Google advertisersGET /v1/google/adLibrary/advertisers/search · 1 creditFind an advertiser's Google Ads id by brand name, with how many ads they run, plus matching websites.

Google ads by companyGET /v1/google/company/ads · 1 creditEvery ad an advertiser or website runs on Google Search, YouTube, Maps, Play and Shopping, from the Ads Transparency Center.

Google ad detailsGET /v1/google/ad · 1 creditOne ad from Google's Ads Transparency Center: every version of the creative, where it ran and, for political ads, spend and targeting.

Search Google MapsGET /v1/google/maps/search · 1 creditBusinesses and places matching a Google Maps search, with address, phone, website, rating, hours and coordinates.

Google Maps place detailsGET /v1/google/maps/place · 1 creditOne place on Google Maps by place id, cid or link: contacts (phone, website, address), hours, rating, categories and coordinates.

Google Maps reviewsGET /v1/google/maps/reviews · 1 creditUp to 5 of a place's Google reviews in the order you pick (most relevant, newest, highest or lowest), with its rating breakdown.

Search Google NewsGET /v1/google/news · 1 creditNews articles for any search from Google News: headline, publisher and publish time, up to about 100 per call.

Google autocompleteGET /v1/google/autocomplete · 1 creditWhat Google suggests as someone types: about 15 completions of a partial search, best first.

Call it

Each endpoint is a web address. Request it with GET, put your API key in the x-api-key header, and you get JSON back. For example, Search Google advertisers:

curl

curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/adLibrary/advertisers/search?query=nike" \-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

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Use it in Claude

Connect LurkAPI to Claude and ask in plain English. Each endpoint is a tool Claude can call:

Tool	Endpoint
`google_search_advertisers`	Search Google advertisers
`google_company_ads`	Google ads by company
`google_ad`	Google ad details
`google_maps_search`	Search Google Maps
`google_maps_place`	Google Maps place details
`google_maps_reviews`	Google Maps reviews
`google_news`	Search Google News
`google_autocomplete`	Google autocomplete

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