Google Maps Scraper — MCP server for Claude Code: search and reviews
Feeds your agent live Google Maps business search, reviews and photos. Useful for market research and filling in a CRM.
claude mcp add --transport http google-maps-scraper https://cloud.gmapsextractor.com/api/mcpWhat Google Maps Scraper does
The server is hosted, so there is no local process to run. Your client connects over Streamable HTTP to https://cloud.gmapsextractor.com/api/mcp and sends Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY on each request. Grab a key from the G Maps Extractor dashboard and keep it in an environment variable or secret store rather than pasting it into a config file you commit.
Three tools come with it. search_google_maps takes a query and location and returns names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, ratings, review counts and photos; the extra flag adds emails, social profiles and more detail. get_place_reviews pulls public reviews for an fid from a search, sorted by relevance, recency or rating. get_place_photos returns public images and their URLs.
Nothing works until the key is valid, so create the account first and register the endpoint after. The repository itself is a listing: server.json for MCP Registry metadata, a ready .mcp.json for clients, and llms-install.md with short setup notes for agents.
What it helps with
- build a list of businesses in a niche and city with phones and sites
- pull the newest reviews for one location and spot repeated complaints
- flag restaurants whose listings carry few photos
- compare ratings of nearby competitors
- enrich CRM records with emails and social profiles from search results
Example prompts for the agent
- Get the newest reviews for this place by its
fidand summarize recurring complaints - Retrieve public photos for these restaurant
fidvalues and list the ones with little visual content
How to install Google Maps Scraper
Platform CLI: remote server
claude mcp add --transport http google-maps-scraper https://cloud.gmapsextractor.com/api/mcpPlatform CLI: remote server
codex mcp add google-maps-scraper --url https://cloud.gmapsextractor.com/api/mcpConfig file
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-maps-scraper": {
"url": "https://cloud.gmapsextractor.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Config file
{
"servers": {
"google-maps-scraper": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://cloud.gmapsextractor.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Platform CLI: remote server
gemini mcp add -t http google-maps-scraper https://cloud.gmapsextractor.com/api/mcpStep by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about Google Maps Scraper
How do I install Google Maps Scraper in Claude Code?
Run claude mcp add --transport http google-maps-scraper https://cloud.gmapsextractor.com/api/mcp. Add your key as the Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY header.
What does Google Maps Scraper do?
It gives an agent Google Maps data: business search results, public reviews and photos. It runs as a remote MCP server, so nothing is hosted on your machine.
What do I need before using it?
A G Maps Extractor API key. Requests fail without one, and the key travels in the Authorization header.
