gosom__google-maps-scraper/examples/examples-api

API Examples

Batch scraper clients in multiple languages. Each example submits keywords in parallel, polls for results, and saves completed jobs as JSON files.

Setup

Replace BASE_URL and API_KEY with your values:

export BASE_URL="https://your-instance.example.com"
export API_KEY="gms_your_api_key_here"

Python

No dependencies required (stdlib only). Requires Python 3.7+.

# Keywords as arguments
python python/scrape.py --base-url "$BASE_URL" --api-key "$API_KEY" "cafes in athens" "hotels in berlin"

# Keywords from file
cat keywords.txt | python python/scrape.py --base-url "$BASE_URL" --api-key "$API_KEY"

# Custom output directory and parallelism
python python/scrape.py --base-url "$BASE_URL" --api-key "$API_KEY" -o results -w 10 "cafes in athens"

TypeScript

No dependencies required (Node.js builtins only). Requires Node.js 18+ and tsx.

# Install tsx (one time)
npm install -g tsx

# Keywords as arguments
npx tsx typescript/scrape.ts --base-url "$BASE_URL" --api-key "$API_KEY" "cafes in athens" "hotels in berlin"

# Keywords from file
cat keywords.txt | npx tsx typescript/scrape.ts --base-url "$BASE_URL" --api-key "$API_KEY"

# Custom output directory and parallelism
npx tsx typescript/scrape.ts --base-url "$BASE_URL" --api-key "$API_KEY" -o results -w 10 "cafes in athens"

Go

No dependencies required (stdlib only). Requires Go 1.21+.

# Keywords as arguments
go run go/main.go -base-url "$BASE_URL" -api-key "$API_KEY" "cafes in athens" "hotels in berlin"

# Keywords from file
cat keywords.txt | go run go/main.go -base-url "$BASE_URL" -api-key "$API_KEY"

# Custom output directory and parallelism
go run go/main.go -base-url "$BASE_URL" -api-key "$API_KEY" -o results -w 10 "cafes in athens"

Options

All examples support the same options:

Flag	Default	Description
--base-url / -base-url	(required)	API server URL
--api-key / -api-key	(required)	API key
-o / --output	map-outputs	Output directory for result files
-w / --workers	20	Maximum parallel jobs

Output

Results are saved as {job_id}-{keyword_slug}.json in the output directory. Each file contains the array of scraped places for that keyword.

Sample Keywords

A keywords.txt file with 30 sample keywords is included. Use it to test:

cat keywords.txt | python python/scrape.py --base-url "$BASE_URL" --api-key "$API_KEY"