Scraping de Dados do Google Maps: Listagens e Avaliacoes de Negocios

Why Scrape Google Maps Data?

Google Maps contains the most comprehensive database of local businesses in the world. With over 200 million businesses listed, it includes names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, ratings, reviews, operating hours, and photos — all structured and searchable.

Extracting this data programmatically enables valuable business applications:

• Lead generation: Build targeted lists of businesses by industry and location
• Competitive analysis: Map competitor locations, ratings, and review sentiment
• Market research: Understand business density, pricing patterns, and service coverage by area
• Local SEO auditing: Verify your business listings and compare against competitors
• Data enrichment: Supplement CRM data with fresh business information

This guide covers the technical approaches to extracting Google Maps data using proxies. For broader SERP scraping strategies, see our complete SERP scraping with proxies guide.

Google Places API vs Scraping

Before building a scraper, consider whether the official Google Places API meets your needs.

The Places API is the best choice for small-scale, production-critical applications. Scraping is more cost-effective when you need large datasets, full review text, or when API costs become prohibitive.

Google Maps URL Structure

Understanding Google Maps URL patterns is essential for building a scraper. There are two main entry points:

Search Results

Google Maps search results can be accessed via:

# Browser URL format
https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurants+near+new+york
# URL parameters for search
https://www.google.com/maps/search/{query}/@{lat},{lng},{zoom}z

Place Details

Individual business pages follow this pattern:

# Place detail URL
https://www.google.com/maps/place/{business+name}/@{lat},{lng},{zoom}z/data=!{place_id}

Building a Google Maps Scraper

Google Maps is a JavaScript-heavy application. Unlike regular Google Search, simple HTTP requests often return incomplete data. There are two approaches: parsing the embedded JSON data from page source, or using a headless browser.

Approach 1: Parsing Embedded JSON (Faster)

Google Maps pages contain structured data embedded in the HTML source. Here is how to extract it:

import requests
import json
import re
import time
import random
PROXY_URL = "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gate.proxyhat.com:8080"
def search_google_maps(query, location="us"):
    """Search Google Maps and extract business listings."""
    proxies = {"http": PROXY_URL, "https": PROXY_URL}
    headers = {
        "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
        "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
        "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml",
    }
    # Use the search URL format
    search_url = f"https://www.google.com/maps/search/{query.replace(' ', '+')}"
    response = requests.get(
        search_url,
        headers=headers,
        proxies=proxies,
        timeout=20,
    )
    response.raise_for_status()
    # Extract embedded JSON data from the page
    # Google Maps embeds data in a specific pattern
    businesses = []
    # Look for business data patterns in the response
    # The data is typically in a JavaScript variable
    patterns = re.findall(r'\["([^"]+)",null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"([^"]*)"', response.text)
    # Alternative: parse the structured search results
    # Google Maps returns data in protobuf-like JSON arrays
    json_matches = re.findall(r'null,\["([^"]{5,80})"[^]]*?"([^"]*?(?:St|Ave|Rd|Blvd|Dr|Ln)[^"]*?)"', response.text)
    for match in json_matches[:20]:
        businesses.append({
            "name": match[0],
            "address": match[1] if len(match) > 1 else "",
        })
    return businesses
results = search_google_maps("restaurants near Times Square New York")
for b in results:
    print(f"{b['name']} - {b['address']}")

Approach 2: Headless Browser (More Reliable)

For more reliable extraction, use a headless browser that renders JavaScript:

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
import json
import time
PROXY_URL = "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gate.proxyhat.com:8080"
def scrape_maps_with_browser(query):
    """Use Playwright to scrape Google Maps with full JS rendering."""
    with sync_playwright() as p:
        browser = p.chromium.launch(
            headless=True,
            proxy={
                "server": "http://gate.proxyhat.com:8080",
                "username": "USERNAME",
                "password": "PASSWORD",
            },
        )
        page = browser.new_page()
        page.set_extra_http_headers({
            "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
        })
        # Navigate to Google Maps search
        search_url = f"https://www.google.com/maps/search/{query.replace(' ', '+')}"
        page.goto(search_url, wait_until="networkidle", timeout=30000)
        # Wait for results to load
        page.wait_for_selector('div[role="feed"]', timeout=10000)
        # Scroll to load more results
        feed = page.query_selector('div[role="feed"]')
        for _ in range(5):
            feed.evaluate("el => el.scrollBy(0, 1000)")
            time.sleep(1.5)
        # Extract business data from the results
        businesses = []
        items = page.query_selector_all('div[role="feed"] > div > div > a')
        for item in items:
            name = item.get_attribute("aria-label")
            href = item.get_attribute("href")
            if name and href:
                businesses.append({
                    "name": name,
                    "url": href,
                })
        browser.close()
        return businesses
results = scrape_maps_with_browser("coffee shops in San Francisco")
for b in results:
    print(f"{b['name']}")
    print(f"  {b['url'][:80]}...")
    print()

Extracting Business Details

Once you have a list of business URLs, extract detailed information from each listing:

import requests
import re
import json
PROXY_URL = "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gate.proxyhat.com:8080"
def extract_business_details(maps_url):
    """Extract detailed business info from a Google Maps place page."""
    proxies = {"http": PROXY_URL, "https": PROXY_URL}
    headers = {
        "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
        "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
    }
    response = requests.get(maps_url, headers=headers, proxies=proxies, timeout=20)
    text = response.text
    business = {}
    # Extract business name
    name_match = re.search(r'

# For Google Maps, use sticky sessions (same IP for a business detail page)
# ProxyHat supports session-based rotation via the proxy URL
# See docs.proxyhat.com for session configuration
# Rotating IP (for search listings)
ROTATING_PROXY = "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gate.proxyhat.com:8080"
# Sticky session (for individual place pages)
# Same session ID = same IP for the session duration
STICKY_PROXY = "http://USERNAME-session-maps123:PASSWORD@gate.proxyhat.com:8080"

const axios = require('axios');
const { HttpsProxyAgent } = require('https-proxy-agent');
const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent('http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gate.proxyhat.com:8080');
async function searchGoogleMaps(query) {
  const searchUrl = `https://www.google.com/maps/search/${encodeURIComponent(query)}`;
  const { data } = await axios.get(searchUrl, {
    headers: {
      'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36',
      'Accept-Language': 'en-US,en;q=0.9',
    },
    httpsAgent: agent,
    timeout: 20000,
  });
  // Extract business names from the response
  const businesses = [];
  const namePattern = /\["([^"]{3,80})",null,null,null,null,null,null,null/g;
  let match;
  while ((match = namePattern.exec(data)) !== null) {
    businesses.push({ name: match[1] });
  }
  return businesses;
}
async function main() {
  const results = await searchGoogleMaps('plumbers in Chicago');
  console.log(`Found ${results.length} businesses:`);
  results.forEach((b, i) => console.log(`${i + 1}. ${b.name}`));
}
main().catch(console.error);

import requests
import re
import json
import time
import random
PROXY_URL = "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gate.proxyhat.com:8080"
def extract_reviews(place_id, num_reviews=50):
    """Extract reviews for a Google Maps place using the internal API."""
    proxies = {"http": PROXY_URL, "https": PROXY_URL}
    headers = {
        "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
        "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
    }
    reviews = []
    # Google Maps loads reviews via AJAX with pagination tokens
    # The first page is loaded with the place page
    maps_url = f"https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:{place_id}"
    response = requests.get(maps_url, headers=headers, proxies=proxies, timeout=20)
    # Extract review data from embedded JSON
    # Reviews are typically in arrays with rating, text, and author
    review_pattern = re.findall(
        r'"(\d)","([^"]{10,500})"[^]]*?"([^"]{2,50})"',
        response.text
    )
    for match in review_pattern[:num_reviews]:
        reviews.append({
            "rating": int(match[0]),
            "text": match[1],
            "author": match[2],
        })
    return reviews
# Example: extract reviews
reviews = extract_reviews("ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4")  # Example place ID
for r in reviews[:5]:
    print(f"{'*' * r['rating']} by {r['author']}")
    print(f"  {r['text'][:100]}...")
    print()

import json
import csv
from datetime import datetime
def save_businesses(businesses, output_format="json"):
    """Save scraped business data in structured format."""
    timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
    if output_format == "json":
        filename = f"maps_data_{timestamp}.json"
        with open(filename, "w") as f:
            json.dump(businesses, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
    elif output_format == "csv":
        filename = f"maps_data_{timestamp}.csv"
        if businesses:
            keys = businesses[0].keys()
            with open(filename, "w", newline="", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=keys)
                writer.writeheader()
                writer.writerows(businesses)
    print(f"Saved {len(businesses)} businesses to {filename}")
    return filename