Google Maps local business search by place name — find places by query and a fre
Google Maps local business search by place name — find places by query and a free-text location (e.g. 'Austin, Texas'), no coordinates needed; returns Google's local-pack results as clean JSON.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
646 msmedian answer time
$0.02listed price per call
$0.02price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://places.use.x402atlas.com/search
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | places.use.x402atlas.com |
| Networks | eip155:137, eip155:42161, eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 2 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.02 | 646 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"gl": "us",
"hl": "en",
"location": "Austin, Texas, United States",
"q": "coffee"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"gl": {
"description": "Optional country code (e.g. us)",
"maxLength": 8,
"type": "string"
},
"hl": {
"description": "Optional language code (e.g. en)",
"maxLength": 8,
"type": "string"
},
"location": {
"description": "Place to search in, as free text (e.g. 'Austin, Texas, United States') \u2014 no coordinates needed",
"maxLength": 200,
"type": "string"
},
"q": {
"description": "Google Maps search query (business or category, e.g. 'coffee')",
"maxLength": 400,
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"q"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"queried_at": {
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"query": {
"type": "string"
},
"results": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"address": {
"type": "string"
},
"gps_coordinates": {
"properties": {
"latitude": {
"type": "number"
},
"longitude": {
"type": "number"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"hours": {
"description": "Opening hours, upstream shape passed through as-is",
"type": "object"
},
"place_id": {
"type": "string"
},
"position": {
"description": "Rank in the result list",
"type": "integer"
},
"price": {
"type": "string"
},
"rating": {
"type": "number"
},
"reviews": {
"type": "integer"
},
"service_options": {
"description": "Dine-in/takeout/delivery flags, upstream shape passed through as-is",
"type": "object"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"title"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
}
},
"required": [
"query",
"queried_at",
"results"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}