In this post, we will explore several popular methods of extracting data from Google
Maps. It will make accessing and utilizing the required data easier for you.
Google Maps Data scraping method:
● Developing a web data extractor with JavaScript or Python.
● With the help of Actowiz Solutions, a scraping tool without coding.
We'll explore both methods to make it simple for you to extract the needed data from
Google Maps anytime.
How to Use a Web Data Extractor with JavaScript or Python?
Here, we'll reach you through the process of extracting Google Maps Data using
JavaScript or Python. Our team will use the browser automation tool Playwright and
emulate the behavior of browsers in the code.
You can also use Beautiful Soup and LXML Python Request to develop the Google Map
scraping tool without touching the browser or the automation library. But you can
face the challenge of bypassing the anti-scraping algorithm.
Follow the below steps to extract Google Maps data with the help of Playwright:
● Select the programming language; you have two options, JavaScript and Python.
● Install Playwright to assist with the coding language of your choice.
● Write the code to follow browser behavior and scrape the expected data from
Google Maps with the help of Playwright API. You can use the below-given code.
We took an example to scrape restaurant data from Google Maps in this code using the
library in both coding languages.
The above codes have a couple of essential functions:
1. Run function: Playwright feeds the input to this function and helps to perform
scraping action. The run function launches the Chromium browser, redirects to
Google Maps, clicks the search button, fills the search term, and waits for the
page to display results.
Then, the extract_detail function scrapes restaurant data and saves that data in a JSON
file.
2. extract_details function: It takes the page object of Playwright as input and
reflects the dictionaries consisting of restaurant data. These details contain the
title, rating, contact number, and review count of all restaurants.
Lastly, the critical function explores async _playwright context manager to implement
the run function. You'll get the JSON file consisting of the implemented Google Maps
script listings using this code.
The xpaths used in this guide can vary depending on Google Maps locations. Google
renders separate xpaths for each region dynamically. In this guide, we generated
xpaths while accessing Google Maps of the US.
● Execute your code, and compile the extracted data from Google Maps.
You can check the complete code on GitHub:
Python
Java
Using Actowiz Solutions to Scrape Google Maps
The web scraping tool by Actowiz Solutions to extract data from Google Maps is a
go-to
solution for extracting Google Maps search results. It gives you a simple method without
any code to extract data, making it accessible to anyone without high-level technical
skills.
Here, we'll teach you the basic steps to set up and access the Google Maps Scraper API
using python or java.
● Login to your Actowiz Solutions account.
● Open Google Maps Search Result Scraper by Actowiz Solutions in the
marketplace menu.
● Enter the single search query you want to scrape from Google Maps, and select
the number of web pages to extract.
● If you wish to extract data for multiple search queries, go to advanced mode, add
those queries in the Search Query field of the input tab, and save changes for
further process.
● To begin the scraper, click on the Collect Data button.
● Further, you can convert the data into an Excel file. For this, hit the download
data button, select the Excel option, and open the file using Excel.
What are the Use Cases For Google Maps Data?
Location-Based Marketing: You can use Location data from Google Maps to send
promotional messages and target advertisements to users in that location.
Lead Generation: Studying contact data, business locations, and other data fields can
help you generate more leads for B2B businesses depending on the target location.
Visitor Analytics: Using popular times from Google maps data scraping tools, you can
check insights on consumer trends for a specific business listing.
Brand Sentiment: To determine general brand sentiments for business, you can use
reviews and ratings from Google Maps business listings.
Competitor Analysis: scraping data from Google Maps can assist you in identifying
competitor locations, studying their reviews, work operations, and new product
developments, and finding where you are lagging in the market.
Conclusion
In this blog, we have explained two methods to scrape Google Maps data. One has two
parts, each using a different coding language: Java and Python. And in the second
method, we have shared the tutorial to use our Google Maps Scraper without coding.
Contact Actowiz Solutions to learn more about web scraping services.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Google Maps data extraction?
The process of data collection from Google Maps business listings for search queries. It
includes scraping business names, contact details, ratings, reviews, locations, and other
data fields.
Why use Google Map Scraper by Actowiz Solutions?
There is an official API by Google Maps to get the data, but it is expensive and tough to
set up.
Additionally, it has limitations in customization. We have an alternative with affordable
cost and an easy-to-use scraper for Google Maps.
What are the charges for this scraper?
You can use it with the subscription fee of 20 USD for 1k page credits.
What can I scrape from Google Maps?
You can extract business listings, reviews, search results, and more data from Google
Maps.
Is it legal to extract data from Google Maps?
It depends on a specific location and laws. Collecting private and confidential
information is illegal.