Web Scrape Google Maps Photos with Python and SerpApi

scrape-google-maps-photos-python.py

# video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9d8zTYp_U

from serpapi import GoogleSearch
from urllib.parse import urlsplit, parse_qsl
import json

params = {
  "api_key": "serpapi api key",                       # your api key
  "engine": "google_maps_photos",                     # serpapi search engine
  "hl": "en",                                         # language of the search
  "data_id": "0x549041cdf279071f:0xb4634cde435eb7ec"  # place id data located inside Google Maps Place URL: located inside `data=` query parameter. 
}

search = GoogleSearch(params)

photos = []

page_num = 0
while True:
    page_num += 1
    results = search.get_dict()

    print(f"Extracting reviews from {page_num} page.")

    if not "error" in results:
        for result in results.get("photos", []): # return an empty list [] if no photos from the place
            photos.append({
                "page": page_num,
                "image": result.get("image"),
                "thumbnail": result.get("thumbnail")
            })
    else:
        print(results["error"])
        break

    if results.get("serpapi_pagination").get("next") and results.get("serpapi_pagination").get("next_page_token"):
        # split URL in parts as a dict and update search "params" variable to a new page that will be passed to GoogleSearch()
        search.params_dict.update(dict(parse_qsl(urlsplit(results["serpapi_pagination"]["next"]).query)))
    else:
        break


print(json.dumps(photos, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))