Google Maps area search

Search Google Maps for businesses near a specific latitude/longitude. Useful for exhaustive geographic coverage where IP-based location guessing would be unreliable.

POST /v1/googlemaps/area

Request Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
latitude	body	number	Yes	Center latitude (-90 to 90).
longitude	body	number	Yes	Center longitude (-180 to 180).
query	body	string	Yes	Search query (e.g. 'dentists', 'coffee shops'). Combined with latitude/longitude to search a specific area.
maxResults	body	number	No	Maximum results to return. Defaults to 100.
zoom	body	number	No	Map zoom level (3 to 21). Higher values search a tighter area. Defaults to 14 (~city block scale).

Response Structure

Async kickoff response

Polled run result response

Sync response

Declared output schema

Code Examples

Async + polling

RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/googlemaps/area" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"latitude":51.5074,"longitude":-0.1278,"query":"London","maxResults":100,"zoom":14}')

RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.run_id')
POLL_DELAY=3

while true; do
  RESULT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://api.browsable.app/v1/runs/$RUN_ID")
  STATUS=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.run_status')
  if [[ "$STATUS" =~ ^(succeeded|failed|errored|cancelled|canceled|expired)$ ]]; then
    echo "$RESULT"
    break
  fi
  sleep "$(awk "BEGIN { print $POLL_DELAY * (0.9 + ($RANDOM % 21) / 100) }")"
  POLL_DELAY=$((POLL_DELAY < 30 ? POLL_DELAY * 2 : 30))
  [ "$POLL_DELAY" -gt 30 ] && POLL_DELAY=30
done

Sync

curl -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/googlemaps/area" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"latitude":51.5074,"longitude":-0.1278,"query":"London","maxResults":100,"zoom":14,"_run":{"async":false}}'