Google Maps Photos API

Retrieve the photos attached to a Google Maps place. Set engine=google_maps_photos and pass the data_id you got from the Google Maps API to receive a structured list of images.

Endpoint

GET https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
api_key	string	yes	Your SERP API key
engine	string	yes	Must be google_maps_photos
data_id	string	yes	Google Maps data ID for the place
category_id	string	no	Filter photos by category ID
hl	string	no	Interface language code
next_page_token	string	no	Token from a previous response to fetch the next page

Example request

curl

curl "https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_maps_photos&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&data_id=0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5"

Python

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "google_maps_photos",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "data_id": "0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5",
}
r = requests.get("https://serp.shifter.io/v1", params=params)
data = r.json()

Node.js

import fetch from 'node-fetch';

const url = 'https://serp.shifter.io/v1?' + new URLSearchParams({
  engine: 'google_maps_photos',
  api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  data_id: '0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5',
});
const data = await (await fetch(url)).json();

Example response

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_maps_photos",
    "data_id": "0x4786c6ace45fe3bd:0x126d84580eedebe5"
  },
  "photos": [
    {
      "image": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipN...",
      "thumbnail": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipN...=w203-h114-k-no",
      "date": "2 months ago"
    }
  ],
  "serpapi_pagination": {
    "next_page_token": "CAESBkNnQUlBUQ..."
  }
}

See also

• Google SERP overview
• Response shape
• Google Maps API
• Google Maps Reviews API