Getting information about a place
There are two ways to get additional information (address, description, rating, image, and more) about a particular place.
Following a nimble_place_link
nimble_place_linkIn the previous page, we used google_maps_search to search for a list of places with a query string and coordinates. In the response, each place result includes a nimble_place_link that, when accessed, returns additional data about that place.
For example, if the place link returned was:
https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/serp?search_engine=google_maps_reviews&csrf_token=cjHpY_DuJqSr5NoP8P6wuAo&place_id=ChIJ_58pLKJZwokRvRwO5eftKC8Then the link would be accessed with the below example:
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/serp?search_engine=google_maps_reviews&csrf_token=cjHpY_DuJqSr5NoP8P6wuAo&place_id=ChIJ_58pLKJZwokRvRwO5eftKC8' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <credential string>'import requests
url = f"https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/serp?search_engine=google_maps_reviews&csrf_token=cjHpY_DuJqSr5NoP8P6wuAo&place_id=ChIJ_58pLKJZwokRvRwO5eftKC8"
headers = {
'Authorization': 'Basic <credential string>'
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
const axios = require('axios');
const url = `https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/serp?search_engine=google_maps_reviews&csrf_token=cjHpY_DuJqSr5NoP8P6wuAo&place_id=ChIJ_58pLKJZwokRvRwO5eftKC8`;
const headers = {
'Authorization': 'Basic <credential string>'
};
axios.get(url, { headers })
.then(response => {
console.log(response.status);
console.log(response.data);
})
.catch(error => {
console.error(error);
});
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/serp?search_engine=google_maps_reviews&csrf_token=cjHpY_DuJqSr5NoP8P6wuAo&place_id=ChIJ_58pLKJZwokRvRwO5eftKC8"
headers := map[string]string{
"Authorization": "Basic <credential string>",
}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
for key, value := range headers {
req.Header.Set(key, value)
}
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
fmt.Println(resp.StatusCode)
// Read the response body if needed
// body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
// fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Using a place_id
If you already have a place_id from a previous Places API search or otherwise, you can directly request information about that place, as in the example below:
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/serp' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <credential string>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"search_engine": "google_maps_place",
"place_id": "desired-place-id"
}'import requests
url = 'https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/serp'
headers = {
'Authorization': 'Basic <credential string>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
data = {
"search_engine": "google_maps_place",
"place_id": "desired-place-id"
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
const axios = require('axios');
const url = 'https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/serp';
const headers = {
'Authorization': 'Basic <credential string>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
};
const data = {
"search_engine": "google_maps_place",
"place_id": "desired-place-id"
};
axios.post(url, data, { headers })
.then(response => {
console.log(response.status);
console.log(response.data);
})
.catch(error => {
console.error(error);
});
package main
import (
"bytes"
"fmt"
"net/http"
"encoding/json"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/serp"
payload := []byte(`{
"search_engine": "google_maps_place",
"place_id": "desired-place-id"
}`)
headers := map[string]string{
"Authorization": "Basic <credential string>",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
}
req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
for key, value := range headers {
req.Header.Set(key, value)
}
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
fmt.Println(resp.StatusCode)
// Read the response body if needed
// body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
// fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Request options
search_engine
Required
Enum: google_maps_search | google_maps_place | google_maps_reviews
The search engine from which to collect results.
place_id/data_id
Required
String
A string used by Google to identify a particular place. place_id and data_id cannot both be used in a single request.
domain
Optional
String
Search through a custom top-level domain of Google. eg: "co.uk"
country
Optional (default = all)
String
Country used to access the target URL, use ISO Alpha-2 Country Codes i.e. US, DE, GB
locale
Optional (default = en)
String
String | LCID standard locale used for the URL request. Alternatively, user can use auto for automatic locale based on country targeting.
parse
Optional (default = true)
Enum: true | false
Instructs Nimble whether to structure the results into a JSON format or return the raw HTML.
Response
200 - OK
{
"status": "success",
"html_content": "HTML...",
"status_code": 200,
"headers": {
...
},
"parsing": {
"status": "success",
"entities": {
"Place": [
{
...
"nimble_reviews_link": "https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/serp?search_engine=google_maps_reviews&domain=com&place_id=ChIJ_58pLKJZwokRvRwO5eftKC8&csrf_token=TTfpY8XLE-SUwbkPobi1wAs"
}
]
},
"total_entities_count": 1,
"entities_count": {
"Place": 1
},
"metrics": {}
},
"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place?q=place_id:ChIJ_58pLKJZwokRvRwO5eftKC8"
}Notice that in the above response, a nimble_reviews_link is included that allows for a separate Places API request to collect the reviews written by people about the targeted place. For more information on collecting reviews, see the Collecting reviews page.
500 Error
{
"status": "error",
"task_id": "<task_id>",
"msg": "can't download the query response - please try again"
}400 Input Error
{
"status": "failed",
"msg": error
}Response Codes
200
OK.
400
The requested resource could not be reached.
401
Unauthorized/invalid credental string.
500
Internal service error.
501
An error was encountered by the proxy service.
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