# Google Reviews Scraper - Ratings, Text & Owner Responses (`lazymac/google-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Maps reviews by place URL or search query. Each row is one review with author, star rating, text, date, owner response, and likes count.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lazymac/google-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [2x lazymac](https://apify.com/lazymac) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Google Reviews Scraper

Scrape Google Maps reviews by place URL or search query.

Each dataset row is one review with: author, star rating, text, date, owner response, and likes count.

### Use cases

- Reputation management: monitor what customers say about your business or competitors
- Sentiment analysis: feed review text into NLP pipelines for tone and topic extraction
- Local SEO: track rating trends over time for a set of locations
- Competitive research: compare review volume and sentiment across rivals

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| placeUrls | string\[] | Direct Google Maps place URLs |
| searchQueries | string\[] | Search terms to find places (e.g. "coffee shop in Seattle") |
| maxReviewsPerPlace | integer | Reviews per place (default 20) |
| language | string | Google Maps language code (default "en") |
| countryCode | string | Region code for results (default "US") |
| maxConcurrency | integer | Parallel browser tabs (default 3) |

Leave all fields empty to run a quick demo on a sample place (5 reviews).

### Output columns

| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| placeName | Business name from the Maps listing |
| placeUrl | Canonical Google Maps URL |
| reviewId | Unique review identifier from Google |
| author | Name of the reviewer |
| rating | Star rating (1–5) |
| text | Full review text |
| reviewDate | Date string as shown on Google Maps |
| ownerResponse | Owner reply text, or null |
| likesCount | Number of "helpful" votes, or null |
| scrapedAt | ISO timestamp of when the row was collected |

### Pricing

Pay-per-event:

- INIT: $0.02 per run (one charge on start)
- REVIEW: $0.001 per review row saved

A 100-review run costs roughly $0.12.

### Notes

- A residential proxy is recommended. Google actively blocks datacenter IPs on Maps.
- Review panel selectors may drift over time with Google UI updates.
- Owner responses and likes counts are best-effort (not all reviews show them).

# Actor input Schema

## `placeUrls` (type: `array`):

Google Maps place URLs to scrape reviews from (e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/place/...). Takes priority over searchQueries.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Search terms to find places and then scrape their reviews (e.g. 'coffee shop in Seattle'). Top results are visited.

## `maxReviewsPerPlace` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of reviews to collect from each place.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language code for Google Maps interface (e.g. en, de, fr).

## `countryCode` (type: `string`):

Country/region code for localized results (e.g. US, GB, DE).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Number of browser tabs to run in parallel.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Residential proxy strongly recommended to avoid Google blocks.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "placeUrls": [],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxReviewsPerPlace": 20,
  "language": "en",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "placeUrls": [],
    "searchQueries": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lazymac/google-reviews-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "placeUrls": [],
    "searchQueries": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lazymac/google-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "placeUrls": [],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call lazymac/google-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lazymac/google-reviews-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/lKpVtVNK5N9b2425P/builds/IrY5oX7JxbjduenlR/openapi.json