Google Maps Search nearby API

Search Google Maps around an exact latitude and longitude and get up to 20 normalized places per call, each with the address broken into street, city, state, postal code and country. Use this when you have coordinates and want the map viewport centred on them; use maps.search when you only have a place name. Pass the returned nextCursor back as cursor for the next 20 places.

POST/v1/run/maps.search_nearby

Uptime

100.00%

30d · 2 calls

Requests

2

30d

Response

3.6s

median · 30d

Pricing

One price, in dollars

Providers

Chameleon2 served100.00% uptime3492ms p50100.00% (2 calls)3492ms (2 calls)2$1.30/1k reqflat

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coordinates*stringThe exact map centre to search around. Use maps.search instead if you only have a place name.query*stringWhat you would type in the Google Maps search bar (e.g. coffee shop).cursorstringOpaque cursor from a previous response's nextCursor. Pass it back to get the next page of places.languagestringTwo-letter language code for the results (e.g. en).limitinteger 1-20Maximum number of places to return in this response (1-20). Google Maps returns one viewport of about 20 places per call; page with cursor for more. Price is flat per request.zoomnumber 3-21Google Maps viewport zoom. Lower covers a wider area, higher focuses more tightly around the coordinates.

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{
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "address": "123 Main St",
        "category": "general",
        "cid": "a1b2c3d4",
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "countryCode": "US",
        "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
        "latitude": 37.7749,
        "longitude": -122.4194,
        "name": "Example title",
        "phone": "+1 555-0142",
        "placeId": "a1b2c3d4",
        "postalCode": "94107",
        "rating": 4.6,
        "reviewCount": 12500,
        "state": "CA",
        "street": "123 Main St",
        "url": "https://example.com/page",
        "website": "https://example.com/page"
      }
    ],
    "nextCursor": "example"
  },
  "found": true
}

Response interface

interface MapsSearchNearbyResponse {
  data: {
    items: {
      address?: string;
      category?: string;
      cid?: string;
      city?: string;
      countryCode?: string;
      image?: string;
      latitude?: number;
      longitude?: number;
      name: string;
      phone?: string;
      placeId: string;
      postalCode?: string;
      rating?: number;
      reviewCount?: number;
      state?: string;
      street?: string;
      url: string;
      website?: string;
    }[];
    nextCursor?: string | null;
  } | null;
  found: boolean;
}

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Last verified 2026-09-16 · uptime and latency measured over 30d

POST /v1/run/maps.search_nearby

curl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/maps.search_nearby \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"coordinates":{"latitude":30.2672,"longitude":-97.7431},"limit":20,"query":"coffee shop"}'

Field	Type	Example value
Request body
coordinates	string	{"latitude":30.2672,"longitude":-97.7431}The exact map centre to search around. Use maps.search instead if you only have a place name.
query	string	"coffee shop"What you would type in the Google Maps search bar (e.g. coffee shop).
cursor	string	Opaque cursor from a previous response's nextCursor. Pass it back to get the next page of places.
language	string	Two-letter language code for the results (e.g. en).
limit	integer	20Maximum number of places to return in this response (1-20). Google Maps returns one viewport of about 20 places per call; page with cursor for more. Price is flat per request.
zoom	number	Google Maps viewport zoom. Lower covers a wider area, higher focuses more tightly around the coordinates.
Response
data	object	The result wrapper, or null when nothing matched.
data.items	object[]	Matching Google Maps place records, nearest the requested coordinates first. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].address	string	Full formatted street address.
data.items[].category	string	Primary place category (e.g. Coffee shop).
data.items[].cid	string	Google customer/place id (cid).
data.items[].city	string	City the place is in.
data.items[].countryCode	string	Two-letter country code.
data.items[].image	string	Thumbnail photo URL for the place.
data.items[].latitude	number	Latitude of the place in decimal degrees.
data.items[].longitude	number	Longitude of the place in decimal degrees.
data.items[].name	string	Place name. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].phone	string	Business phone number, when listed.
data.items[].placeId	string	Google Maps place id (stable identifier for the place). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].postalCode	string	Postal code of the place.
data.items[].rating	number	Average Google rating out of 5.
data.items[].reviewCount	integer	Number of Google reviews the place has.
data.items[].state	string	State or region the place is in, spelled in full (e.g. Texas).
data.items[].street	string	Street line of the address.
data.items[].url	string	Canonical Google Maps URL for the place. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].website	string	The place's own website URL, when listed.
data.nextCursor	string	Opaque cursor for the next page of places, or null when this search is complete. Pass it back as cursor to continue.
found	boolean	True when the search returned at least one matching place.
Price
Price per request	USD	$0.0013
Price /1k req	USD	$1.30

FAQ

About the Google Maps Search nearby API

The AnyAPI Google Maps Search nearby API returns Google Maps search nearby data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/maps.search_nearby. Search Google Maps around an exact latitude and longitude and get up to 20 normalized places per call, each with the address broken into street, city, state, postal code and country. Use this when you have coordinates and want the map viewport centred on them; use maps.search when you only have a place name. Pass the returned nextCursor back as cursor for the next 20 places. AnyAPI returns one normalized schema whichever source serves it. It costs from $1.30 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Google Maps search nearby calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 3.6 seconds across 2 measured calls.

It costs from $1.30 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet, each call draws it down, and a failed request costs $0.

Search Google Maps around an exact latitude and longitude and get up to 20 normalized places per call, each with the address broken into street, city, state, postal code and country. Use this when you have coordinates and want the map viewport centred on them; use maps.search when you only have a place name. Pass the returned nextCursor back as cursor for the next 20 places. The response is normalized JSON with the same envelope every AnyAPI endpoint returns, so parsing a second endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Google Maps search nearby calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 3.6 seconds across 2 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.

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