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Google Maps Reviews API

Read a place's public reviews with rating, date and text, newest, most relevant, highest or lowest first.

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  • googlemaps.reviews
Response completed
{  "summary": {    "feature_id": "0x89c258bc949d58cf:0x84ac8a2dc2535dc2",    "has_more": true,    "next_cursor": "r1:2:",    "total_items": 2,    "total_pages": 1  },  "items": [    {      "text": "Example review text: what the reviewer wrote about the place.",      "rating": 5,      "published_at": "2026-06-13T15:13:58Z",      "language": "en",      "review_id": "EXAMPLE_REVIEW_ID_1",      "photos": [        "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/example-review-photo"      ]    },    {      "text": "Example review text: what the reviewer wrote about the place.",      "rating": 5,      "published_at": "2022-04-21T17:50:59Z",      "language": "en",      "owner_reply": "Example owner reply text.",      "relative_time": "Edited 4 years ago",      "review_id": "EXAMPLE_REVIEW_ID_2",      "photos": [        "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/example-review-photo"      ]    }  ]}
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Input

What you send

The input object of the request, with every field the endpoint accepts.

FieldTypeRequiredWhat it doesExample
feature_id string one of 0x...:0x... from a Search Places or Get Place result. 0x89c258bc949d58cf:0x84ac8a2dc2535dc2
url string one of HTTPS Google Maps URL with an explicit ID or named place. Supports maps.app.goo.gl and goo.gl/maps short links with at most five redirects to allowed Maps hosts. Also normalizes google.co.in, google.co.uk, google.fr, google.de, google.ca and google.com.au (bare or www) to www.google.com. Explicit IDs are verified; name-only URLs use the best search match.
cursor string no summary.next_cursor from a previous request for the same place and sort. Continues exactly where that request stopped.
lang string no Interface language code such as 'en' or 'en-US' (default 'en'). It does not filter or translate reviews; each review keeps its original language. Default: en.
limit integer no Max reviews to return in this request (default 100, max 1000). Google serves 60 reviews per page; use summary.next_cursor to continue. From 1 to 1000. Default: 100. 50
sort string no Sort order. Allowed values: relevant, newest, highest, lowest. Default: newest. newest
Response

Fields it returns

What each record in the response holds, with the values from the sample above.

FieldTypeExample
items[].text string Example review text: what the reviewer wrote about the place.
items[].rating integer 5
items[].published_at string 2026-06-13T15:13:58Z
items[].language string en
items[].photos array https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/example-review-photo
items[].review_id string EXAMPLE_REVIEW_ID_1
items array 2 records
summary object 5 fields
summary.feature_id string 0x89c258bc949d58cf:0x84ac8a2dc2535dc2
summary.has_more boolean true
summary.next_cursor string r1:2:
summary.total_items integer 2
summary.total_pages integer 1
REST API · MCP server

Call it from your code, or ask your agent

Set UPSCRAPE_API_KEY to your key and copy a working request.

curl --request POST \  --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \  --header "Authorization: Bearer $UPSCRAPE_API_KEY" \  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \  --header "Prefer: wait=30" \  --data '{  "capability": "googlemaps.reviews",  "input": {    "feature_id": "0x89c258bc949d58cf:0x84ac8a2dc2535dc2",    "limit": 50,    "sort": "newest"  }}'
In your AI agent Claude · Cursor · any MCP client
1Add the Upscrape MCP server
https://data.upscrape.com/mcp
2Ask for the data in plain words

With Upscrape, get the Google Maps reviews for feature id "0x89c258bc949d58cf:0x84ac8a2dc2535dc2" and sort "newest". Tell me what it costs before you run it, then show the results as a table.

The agent finds the endpoint, shows you the price, and runs it with your credits.
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Questions

Google Maps Reviews API FAQ

The short answers. The docs have the long ones.

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How much does the Google Maps Reviews API cost?

1 credit per successful call, shown before it runs. You buy credits once, and paid credits never expire.

What do I send?

Every input is optional; the input fields below list what each one does.

Do I need a Google Maps login?

No. It reads public Google Maps data; nothing runs on your account.

Can my AI agent call it?

Yes, over MCP: the agent finds googlemaps.reviews, checks its price and runs it with the same credits as the REST API.

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