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Google Places

The Google Places API is a service that accepts HTTP requests for location data through a variety of methods. It returns formatted location data and imagery about establishments, geographic locations, or prominent points of interest. Supports nearby search, text search, place details, place photos, and autocomplete.

Google Places publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Places API and Search API. Tagged areas include Restaurant, Geolocation, Google, Locations, and Maps.

The Google Places catalog on APIs.io includes 2 JSON-LD contexts and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Google Places’ developer surface includes authentication, tooling, getting-started guide, pricing, and 15 more developer resources.

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44.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 33/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessPaidSelf serve
1 APIs
RestaurantGeolocationGoogleLocationsMapsPlacesPoints of Interest

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 44.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.7 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 9.0 / 18
Access Clarity 4.7 / 18
Operational Transparency 0.9 / 12
Contract Governance 3.1 / 11
Discoverability 6.2 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 33/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 6 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Google Places Places API

Operations for retrieving place details and media.

Google Places Search API

Operations for searching and autocompleting places.

Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Google API (New) Places API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google API (New) Places Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google Places API (New)

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Places Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Places Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Google Places Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 2

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

context Context

16 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Google Places Api Context

24 classes · 57 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Places API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Google Places API Rules

44 rules · 6 errors 24 warnings 14 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 17

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Google Place

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AuthorAttribution

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AutocompleteRequest

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AutocompleteResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Circle

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

LatLng

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

LocalizedText

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

NearbySearchRequest

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OpeningHours

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PhotoMedia

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Photo

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Place

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Review

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SearchResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Suggestion

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TextSearchRequest

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TimePoint

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 16

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Author Attribution Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Autocomplete Request Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Autocomplete Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Circle Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Lat Lng Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Localized Text Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Nearby Search Request Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Opening Hours Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Photo Media Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Photo Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Place Structure

19 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Review Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Search Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Suggestion Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Text Search Request Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Time Point Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 16

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Author Attribution Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Autocomplete Request Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Autocomplete Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Circle Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Lat Lng Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Localized Text Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Nearby Search Request Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Opening Hours Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Photo Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Photo Media Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Place Example

19 fields

EXAMPLE

Review Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Search Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Suggestion Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Text Search Request Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Time Point Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google Places Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Google Places Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Places Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Places Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google Places Agentic Access

5 operations · 3 acting

5 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 Spectral
Spectral
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 MCP Server
Tools
 MCP Server (Grounding)
Tools

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits
 SupportTermsOfService
SupportTermsOfService

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Google Places
description: The Google Places API is a service that accepts HTTP requests for location data through a variety of methods.
  It returns formatted location data and imagery about establishments, geographic locations, or prominent points of interest.
  Supports nearby search, text search, place details, place photos, and autocomplete.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-places.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-places/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-06-02'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Restaurant
- Geolocation
- Google
- Locations
- Maps
- Places
- Points of Interest
apis:
- aid: google-places:google-places-places-api
  name: Google Places Places API
  description: Operations for retrieving place details and media.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service
  baseURL: https://places.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - Places
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-places-places-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/Place.json
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/android-sdk/overview
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/ios-sdk/overview
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/places
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@googlemaps/google-maps-services-js
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/googlemaps/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-java
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service
- aid: google-places:google-places-search-api
  name: Google Places Search API
  description: Operations for searching and autocompleting places.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service
  baseURL: https://places.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-places-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/Place.json
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/android-sdk/overview
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/ios-sdk/overview
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/places
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@googlemaps/google-maps-services-js
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/googlemaps/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-java
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.google.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-places-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-places-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-places-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-places-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-places-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/googlemaps
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server
  url: https://github.com/googlemaps/platform-ai
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server (Grounding)
  url: https://developers.google.com/maps/ai/grounding-lite/reference/mcp
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/overview
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/get-api-key
- type: Pricing
  url: https://developers.google.com/maps/billing-and-pricing/pricing
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/google-places-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/google-places-plans-pricing.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/google-places-finops.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/context.jsonld
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/google-places-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/google-places-vocabulary.yml
- type: SupportTermsOfService
  url: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms
features:
- name: Text Search
  description: Search for places using free-form text queries such as "pizza near Boston" and return matching establishments
    and points of interest.
- name: Nearby Search
  description: Find places within a specified geographic radius, optionally filtered by place type, ranked by distance or
    prominence.
- name: Place Details
  description: Retrieve comprehensive information about a place including address, opening hours, ratings, reviews, contact
    details, and photos.
- name: Place Photos
  description: Access high-quality photographic content associated with a place from Google's database.
- name: Autocomplete
  description: Return place and query predictions in response to partial text input, with optional session-based billing.
useCases:
- name: Location Discovery
  description: Help users discover restaurants, hotels, and points of interest near their current location.
- name: Address Autocomplete
  description: Provide type-ahead address and place suggestions in forms to reduce input errors and speed up checkout flows.
- name: Delivery Enrichment
  description: Enrich delivery and logistics status updates with verified place details and geolocation data.
- name: Travel and Tourism
  description: Show travelers establishment contact information, pricing signals, reviews, ratings, and photos.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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