Places

Search places

Build a list of businesses and locations. Pass a query for text search, or a location (and optional type) for nearby search. Page text-search results with the returned cursor.

TOOLneedleSearchPlaces

Input

queryoptional

string

Free-text query, e.g. "dentists in Munich". Required unless `location` is set.

locationoptional

object

Center point. Required unless `query` is set. Without a query this is a nearby search inside the radius.

latituderequired

number

longituderequired

number

radiusMetersoptional

integer

Radius when `location` is set. Defaults to 50 km. Nearby search stays inside this circle; text search is biased toward it.

typeoptional

string

A Google Places type such as `restaurant` or `dentist`.

languageoptional

string

BCP-47 language code for names and addresses.

regionoptional

string

CLDR region code that biases results, e.g. `DE`.

cursoroptional

string

Text-search pagination cursor. Nearby search does not page.

limitoptional

integer

Search docs

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