SearchAPI.io - Google Maps Directions API

SearchAPI.io tool searchapi-io-google-maps-directions on looot: input fields, $0.004 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python.

The Google Maps Directions API returns directions between locations as text within a set time frame. The API returns suggested routes, distances, and estimated travel times. Cross-linking: The from and to location fields returned by this API can be used with other Google Maps APIs to fetch detailed place information using the Google Maps Place API. The coordinates in places_info represent the location on a map.

Tool id: searchapi-io-google-maps-directions
Provider: SearchAPI.io
Job: Google maps directions search (search.google-maps-directions)
Price: $0.004 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
`avoid`	string	no
`distance_units`	string	no
`engine`	string	no	Fixed to “google_maps_directions” for this endpoint. Example: “google_maps_directions”
`from`	string	yes
`gl`	string	no
`hl`	string	no
`prefer`	string	no
`route`	string	no
`time`	string	no
`to`	string	yes
`travel_mode`	string	no
`waypoints`	string	no

Output

The run’s result holds the provider’s answer. Signed in, looot inspect searchapi-io-google-maps-directions prints its fields.

Run it

Every call needs your API token in LOOOT_TOKEN; Sign in 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:

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":"searchapi-io-google-maps-directions","input":{"from":"<from>","to":"<to>","engine":"google_maps_directions"},"wait":30}'

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: "searchapi-io-google-maps-directions",
    input: {
      from: "<from>",
      to: "<to>",
      engine: "google_maps_directions",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);

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": "searchapi-io-google-maps-directions",
        "input": {
            "from": "<from>",
            "to": "<to>",
            "engine": "google_maps_directions",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))

To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send job:search.google-maps-directions as endpointId; see the job page.