# Google Maps place details

> One place on Google Maps by place id, cid or link: contacts (phone, website, address), hours, rating, categories and coordinates.

- **Request:** `GET https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/maps/place`
- **Auth:** `x-api-key` header ([get a free key](https://lurkapi.com/login?next=/dashboard))
- **Cost:** 1 credit per call. Validation errors, `401`/`402`/`429` rejections and `5xx` failures are free; `not_found` is charged ([how charging works](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#credits)).
- **MCP tool:** `google_maps_place` on `https://api.lurkapi.com/mcp`
- **Freshness:** responses are cached for up to 1 day
- **Try it live:** https://lurkapi.com/docs/google/maps-place#try (no signup)
- **Platform:** [Google](https://lurkapi.com/docs/google.md) (google.com)
- **Web page:** https://lurkapi.com/docs/google/maps-place

## When to use this

Use it to refresh or enrich a place you already know: a `placeId` or `cid` from search, an id from Google's Places API, or a Maps link.

It returns the same fields as a search result, read fresh for that one place. We don't crawl the business's website for emails or social links.

Returns 404 `not_found` when Google has no such place.

## Parameters

All parameters go in the query string.

| Name | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `place_id` | string | no |  |  | The place's Google place id, e.g. `ChIJ1S_Bov20RIYRe7MiR8tYawY` (`placeId` in search results). Pass this, `cid` or `url`. | `ChIJCar0f49ZwokR6ozLV-dHNTE` |
| `cid` | string | no |  |  | The place's cid, the number in `maps.google.com/?cid=…` (`cid` in search results). |  |
| `url` | string | no |  |  | A Google Maps link to the place: `…/maps/place/…/data=…!1s0x…:0x…`, `…?cid=…` or `…?q=place_id:ChIJ…`. Short `maps.app.goo.gl` links aren't read yet. |  |
| `language` | string | no | `en` |  | Language of names, categories, hours and review text, e.g. `en`, `de`, `pt-BR`. Default `en`. |  |

## Example request

Replace `YOUR_API_KEY` with your key, or set `LURKAPI_KEY` for the code. [Get a free key](https://lurkapi.com/login?next=/dashboard).

curl:

```bash
curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/maps/place?place_id=ChIJCar0f49ZwokR6ozLV-dHNTE" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

JavaScript:

```js
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  place_id: "ChIJCar0f49ZwokR6ozLV-dHNTE",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/maps/place?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.LURKAPI_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!data.success) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.error}`);
console.log(data.categories);
```

Python:

```python
import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/maps/place",
    params={
        "place_id": "ChIJCar0f49ZwokR6ozLV-dHNTE",
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["LURKAPI_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
data = res.json()
if not data["success"]:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{data['code']}: {data['error']}")
print(data["categories"])
```

## Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured from the live API and trimmed to a couple of items. Strings over 96 characters (mostly signed media URLs) are cut short and end in `…`.

200 OK (application/json):

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 999983,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "placeId": "ChIJCar0f49ZwokR6ozLV-dHNTE",
  "cid": "3545819340560108778",
  "featureId": "0x89c2598f7ff4aa09:0x313547e757cb8cea",
  "name": "Katz's Delicatessen",
  "url": "https://www.google.com/maps?cid=3545819340560108778",
  "categories": [
    "Deli",
    "American restaurant",
    "Jewish restaurant",
    "Restaurant",
    "Sandwich shop"
  ],
  "address": "205 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002",
  "street": "205 E Houston St",
  "city": "New York",
  "state": "New York",
  "postalCode": "10002",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "neighborhood": "Manhattan",
  "plusCode": "87G8P2C7+V2",
  "latitude": 40.722232999999996,
  "longitude": -73.98742899999999,
  "phone": "(212) 254-2246",
  "phoneInternational": "+12122542246",
  "website": "https://katzsdelicatessen.com/",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewsCount": 56147,
  "hours": [
    {
      "day": "Monday",
      "hours": "8 AM–11 PM"
    },
    {
      "day": "Tuesday",
      "hours": "8 AM–11 PM"
    },
    {
      "day": "Wednesday",
      "hours": "8 AM–11 PM"
    },
    {
      "day": "Thursday",
      "hours": "8 AM–11 PM"
    },
    {
      "day": "Friday",
      "hours": "8 AM–11:30 PM"
    },
    {
      "day": "Saturday",
      "hours": "Open 24 hours"
    },
    {
      "day": "Sunday",
      "hours": "12 AM–11 PM"
    }
  ],
  "timezone": "America/New_York",
  "description": "No-frills deli with theatrically cranky service serving mile-high sandwiches since 1888.",
  "photo": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/grass-cs/AABkmLfyJquHsq54Vn7NFd3GwPbu3…",
  "permanentlyClosed": false,
  "temporarilyClosed": false
}
```

## Response fields

Every field of a successful response. `[]` marks a list: `a[].b` is the `b` of each item in `a`. **nullable** fields can be `null`; **optional** fields can be missing.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `success` | `true` | Always true here; errors have `success: false`. |
| `credits_remaining` | `number` | Your balance after this call. On anonymous playground calls: free tries left today. |
| `credits_charged` | `number` | Credits this call cost; 0 on free endpoints. On anonymous playground calls: tries used (1). |
| `placeId` | `string`, nullable | Google's place id (`ChIJ…`), the id Google's Places API uses too. Pass it as `place_id` to place details or reviews. |
| `cid` | `string` | The place's cid (customer id), stable for the life of the listing: `maps.google.com/?cid=<cid>`. |
| `featureId` | `string` | Google Maps' own feature id (`0x…:0x…`), as it appears in Maps links. |
| `name` | `string` | The place's name as Google lists it. |
| `url` | `string` | The place on Google Maps. |
| `categories` | `string[]` | Google's categories, main one first, e.g. ["Coffee shop", "Cafe"]. |
| `address` | `string`, nullable | Full street address on one line, e.g. `1300 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704`. |
| `street` | `string`, nullable | Street and number. |
| `city` | `string`, nullable | City or town. |
| `state` | `string`, nullable | State, province or region, when the country uses one. |
| `postalCode` | `string`, nullable | Postal code. |
| `countryCode` | `string`, nullable | 2-letter country code, e.g. US. |
| `neighborhood` | `string`, nullable | Neighborhood or district, when Google names one. |
| `plusCode` | `string`, nullable | The place's global plus code, e.g. `86247722+C7`. Place details only: null in search results with more than one place. |
| `latitude` | `number`, nullable | Latitude of the place's pin. |
| `longitude` | `number`, nullable | Longitude of the place's pin. |
| `phone` | `string`, nullable | Phone number as written locally, e.g. `(512) 852-2300`; null when the listing has none. |
| `phoneInternational` | `string`, nullable | Phone number in E.164 form, e.g. `+15128522300`, ready to dial or match. |
| `website` | `string`, nullable | The business's own website; null when the listing has none. |
| `rating` | `number`, nullable | Average star rating, 1–5; null with no reviews. |
| `reviewsCount` | `number`, nullable | How many reviews Google counts; null with none. |
| `hours` | `object[]`, nullable | Regular weekly hours, starting with the current day; null when the listing has none. Holiday hours can differ. |
| `hours[].day` | `string` | Day of the week, in `language`. |
| `hours[].hours` | `string` | Opening hours that day as Google writes them, e.g. `7 AM–7 PM`, `Open 24 hours` or `Closed`. |
| `timezone` | `string`, nullable | The place's IANA timezone, e.g. America/Chicago. |
| `description` | `string`, nullable | Google's one-line summary of the place; null for most places. |
| `photo` | `string`, nullable | The listing's main photo, 800 px wide (edit `=w800` in the URL for another size). |
| `permanentlyClosed` | `boolean` | true when Google marks the place permanently closed. |
| `temporarilyClosed` | `boolean` | true when Google marks the place temporarily closed. |

## Caching and freshness

Responses are cached for up to 1 day, so a repeat call within that window can return the same data. It still costs 1 credit.

## Errors

Errors return `{ success: false, error, code, docs }` with the HTTP status below. Validation errors, `401`/`402`/`429` rejections and `5xx` failures are free; `not_found` is charged ([how charging works](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#credits)). [All error codes](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#errors).

| Status | Code | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `missing_api_key` | No API key. Send it in the `x-api-key` header. |
| 401 | `invalid_api_key` | The key is unknown or was revoked. |
| 402 | `insufficient_credits` | Not enough credits for this call. Buy a pack or wait for tomorrow's top-up. |
| 403 | `account_suspended` | This account is suspended. Contact support@lurkapi.com. Never charged. |
| 404 | `not_found` | The endpoint, or the thing you asked for (ad, post, subreddit), doesn't exist. Charged when the platform was checked. |
| 405 | `method_not_allowed` | Endpoints take GET with query params. |
| 429 | `rate_limited` | Too many calls at once. Wait for the `retry-after` seconds, then retry. |
| 500 | `internal_error` | Something broke on our side. Retry; 5xx errors are free. |
| 502 | `upstream_error` | The platform didn't give a usable answer. Retry; 5xx errors are free. |
| 503 | `upstream_busy` | All our connections to the platform are busy. Retry in a few seconds; 5xx errors are free. |
| 504 | `upstream_timeout` | The platform took over 30 seconds to answer (90 for web pages). Retry; timeouts are free. |

## Use it in Claude

Once LurkAPI is [connected to Claude](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#claude), this endpoint is the `google_maps_place` tool. Ask in plain English, for example:

Ask Claude:

```text
Use LurkAPI's google_maps_place with place_id "ChIJCar0f49ZwokR6ozLV-dHNTE" and summarize what you find.
```

Claude calls `google_maps_place` with arguments like these, and each call costs 1 credit:

Tool arguments:

```json
{
  "place_id": "ChIJCar0f49ZwokR6ozLV-dHNTE"
}
```

Tool results are compact to save tokens: no nulls or empty lists, one URL per image or video, transcripts as plain text unless you pass `timestamps=true`. A result over 45,000 characters comes in parts: its `_note` gives the `offset` for the rest, and later parts are free for 15 minutes. `trim=false` returns the full response.

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