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title: "AnyAPI / Google Maps Search"
description: "AnyAPI tool anyapi-run-maps-search on looot: input fields, $0.00175 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python."
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Search Google Maps for places matching a query and location: up to 20 normalized place records with ratings, addresses, and contact basics per request. **Price:** \$1.75 per 1,000 requests (flat per request - same cost regardless of results returned). **Routing:** 4 independent lanes are available in execution order. A failed attempt uses the next lane only when the request's payment authorizes that lane's price; the normalized schema stays the same. **Catalog:** [Google Maps Search pricing and uptime](https://getanyapi.com/api/maps/search) - live USD price, lane routing, and measured 30-day uptime. [Every Maps endpoint](https://getanyapi.com/api/maps).

- **Tool id:** `anyapi-run-maps-search`
- **Provider:** AnyAPI
- **Job:** [Find local businesses on Google Maps](/reference/jobs/maps-local-search) (`maps.local.search`)
- **Price:** $0.00175 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `categoryFilterWords` | array | no | Optional list of Google Maps place-category names to keep; results are limited to places whose category matches one of these. Use lowercase category names as shown on Google Maps (e.g. ["coffee shop", "restaurant"]). Omit to include all categories and stay on the cheapest price; a category filter routes to a dearer source. |
| `language` | string | no | Two-letter language code for the results (e.g. en). |
| `limit` | integer | no | Maximum number of results to return (1-20, default 20). Pricing depends on the selected provider and may be flat per request. |
| `location` | string | yes | Free-text location to search in, ideally city plus country (e.g. Austin, USA). |
| `placeMinimumStars` | string | no | Only return places with at least this average rating: two (2+), twoAndHalf (2.5+), three (3+), threeAndHalf (3.5+), four (4+), or fourAndHalf (4.5+). Places with no reviews are excluded. Omit this field to stay on the cheapest price; a rating floor routes to a dearer source. |
| `query` | string | yes | What you would type in the Google Maps search bar (e.g. coffee shop). |
| `website` | string | no | Filter places by whether they list a website: allPlaces (default), withWebsite (only places that have a website), or withoutWebsite (only places without one). Omit this field, or send allPlaces, to stay on the cheapest price; withWebsite and withoutWebsite route to a dearer source. |

## Output

The run's `result` holds the provider's answer. Signed in, `looot inspect anyapi-run-maps-search` prints its fields.

## Run it

Every call needs your API token in `LOOOT_TOKEN`; [Sign in](/get-started/sign-in#use-the-token-in-scripts-and-agents) shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With `wait: 30` the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll `GET /v1/runs/<runId>`.

Example input with placeholder values:

<CodeGroup>

```bash curl
curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"anyapi-run-maps-search","input":{"query":"<query>","location":"<location>"},"wait":30}'
```

```js JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "anyapi-run-maps-search",
    input: {
      query: "<query>",
      location: "<location>",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);
```

```python Python
import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "anyapi-run-maps-search",
        "input": {
            "query": "<query>",
            "location": "<location>",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))
```

</CodeGroup>

To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send `job:maps.local.search` as `endpointId`; see [the job page](/reference/jobs/maps-local-search).