Google Local API

Google Local API

The google_Local source is designed to retrieve Google Local search results. It scrapes various location-based data, such as restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, gas stations, grocery stores, and more.

Api Details

Endpoint GET https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search

Description Retrieve comprehensive user profile including basic info, account status and optional permission sets.

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Request

HTTP Request

cURL

curl -X GET "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" \
  -d "engine=google_local" \
  -d "q=Coffee" \
  -d "no_cache=false" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "google_local",
    "q": "Coffee",
    "no_cache": "false",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
response = requests.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", params=params)
print(response.json())

Node.js

const axios = require('axios');

const params = {
  engine: "google_local",
  q: "Coffee",
  no_cache: "false",
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY"
};

axios.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", { params })
  .then(response => console.log(response.data));

HTTP

GET /search?engine=google_local&q=Coffee&no_cache=false&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY HTTP/1.1
Host: serpapi.abcproxy.com

PHP

<?php
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$response = $client->get('https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search', [
    'query' => [
        'engine' => 'google_local',
        'q' => 'Coffee',
        'no_cache' => 'false',
        'api_key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    ]
]);
echo $response->getBody();

Golang

package main

import (
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
    "log"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", nil)
    
    q := req.URL.Query()
    q.Add("engine", "google_local")
    q.Add("q", "Coffee")
    q.Add("no_cache", "false")
    q.Add("api_key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    resp, _ := client.Do(req)
    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    log.Println(string(body))
}

C#

using System;
using System.Net.Http;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var query = System.Web.HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
        query["engine"] = "google_local";
        query["q"] = "Coffee";
        query["no_cache"] = "false";
        query["api_key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        var response = await client.GetAsync(
            $"https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search?{query}"
        );
        Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
    }
}

Java

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String url = "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" +
            "?engine=google_local" +
            "&q=Coffee" +
            "&no_cache=false" +
            "&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream())
        );
        String response = in.lines().collect(Collectors.joining());
        System.out.println(response);
    }
}

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API Parameters

Search Query

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
q	string	Yes	Parameter defines the query you want to search. You can use anything that you would use in a regular Google Local search.	coffee

Geographic Location

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
location	string	No	Parameter defines from where you want the search to originate. If several locations match the location requested, we'll pick the most popular one. Head to the /locations.json API if you need more precise control. The location and uule parameters can't be used together. It is recommended to specify location at the city level in order to simulate a real user’s search. If location is omitted, the search may take on the location of the proxy.	Korea
uule	string	No	Search using a Google-coded location.uule and location parameters can't be used together.

Localization

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
google_domain	string	No	Parameter defines the Google domain to use. It defaults to google.com. Head to the Google domains for a full list of supported Google domains.	-
gl	string	No	Parameter defines the country to use for the Google Local search. It's a two-letter country code. (e.g., us for the United States, uk for United Kingdom, or fr for France) Head to the Google countries for a full list of supported Google countries.	Amgola-ao
hl	string	No	Parameter defines the language to use for the Google Local search. It's a two-letter language code. (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French) Head to the Google languages for a full list of supported Google languages.	Akan-ak

Advanced Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
ludocid	string	No	Parameter defines the id (CID) of the Google My Business listing you want to scrape. Also known as Google Place ID. To aquire the ludocid you can either use Google's CID converter, or data_cid from SerpApi's Google Maps API.	"New York, NY, USA": 14414772292044717666.

Advanced Filters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
tbs	string	No	The (to be searched) parameter defines advanced search parameters that are not possible in regular query fields. (For example, advanced searches for patents, dates, news, videos, images, apps, or text content)	-

Pagination

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
start	int	No	The start index of the search results, specifying the first match that should be included in the search results	0

Serpapi Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
engine	string	Yes	Set parameter to google_local to use the Google Local API engine.	google_local
no_cache	boolean	No	Parameter will force SerpApi to fetch the Google Local results even if a cached version is already present. A cache is served only if the query and all parameters are exactly the same. Cache expires after 1h. Cached searches are free, and are not counted towards your searches per month. It can be set to false (default) to allow results from the cache, or true to disallow results from the cache. no_cache and async parameters should not be used together.	trueorfalse
api_key	string	Yes	Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.	YOUR_API_KEY

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Response

Success 200

Response Body

{
  "code": 200,
  "search_metadata":
    {
        "created_at":"2025-04-02 16:11:25",
        "google_url":"https://www.google.com/search?location=us&q=coffee&tbm=lcl",
        "raw_html_file":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/a8ef8bdba824414b/715f4b9e-caf1-42b6-9f91-016badf3cc0b.html",
        "xray_html_file":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/a8ef8bdba824414b/715f4b9e-caf1-42b6-9f91-016badf3cc0b.xray",
        "total_time_taken":"5.9268",
        "id":"715f4b9e-caf1-42b6-9f91-016badf3cc0b",
        "json_endpoint":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/a8ef8bdba824414b/715f4b9e-caf1-42b6-9f91-016badf3cc0b.json",
    },
  "search_parameters":
    {
        "engine":"google_local",
        "q":"Coffee",
        "location_requested":"Austin, Texas, United States",
        "location_used":"Austin,Texas,United States",
        "google_domain":"google.com",
        "api_key":"YOUR_API_KEY",
        "hl":"en",
        "gl":"us",
    },
    "url":"https://www.google.com/search?location=us&q=coffee&tbm=lcl",
    "local_results":
    [
        {
        "title":"San Fernando Coffee Company",
        "address":"California, Moorpark",
        "place_id":"7902348745307883272",
        "position":1,
        "rating":"5.0",
        "reviews":"(15)",
        "price":"$1-10",
        "gps_coordinates":
        {
            "latitude":"34.2681423",
            "longitude":"-118.8976022",
        },
            ......
     ],
    "pagination":
    {
        "current":1,
     	"next":"/search?q=coffee&sca_esv=6a9fea083e3aea47&tbm=lcl&ei=Kv.....2YmX87iMAxW_K1kFHcyhOLcQ8NMDegQIHBAe",
        "other_pages":
        {
        "2":"/search?q=coffee&sca_esv=6a9fea083e3aea47&tbm=lcl&ei=KvHsZ7GcDb_X5NoPzMP....1kFHcyhOLcQ8tMDegQIHBAM",
        "3":"/search?q=coffee&sca_esv=6a9fea083e3aea47&tbm=lcl&ei=KvHsZ7GcDb_X5NoPzMPiuQs&start...._K1kFHcyhOLcQ8tMDegQIHBAO",
            ......
    	 },
    },
  }
}

Response Fields

Name	Type	Remark
search_metadata	object	Contains timing and status information
search_parameters	object	Contains query parameters and search context
Url	string	The link that the user accesses
LocalResults	object[]	Merchant details and location information
MorePlaces	object []	Map image link
Pagination	object	Paging data information

Error Responses

Common Errors

HTTP Status	Error Code	Description
200	400	API Key can not be empty
200	401	Param error
200	402	API Key error
200	403	Insufficient Balance
200	404	Deduction failed
200	405	Failed to record usage count
200	406	Unsupported engine
200	407	Network error
200	408	File not found
200	409	Limit param error
200	410	Build url error
200	411	Failed to QueryRecentRecord
200	412	Failed to find json
200	413	Get html error
200	414	HTML is empty
200	429	Too many request

Error Example

{
  "code": 400,
  "message": "API Key can not be empty"
}

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