# fetcher.sh Google Maps Place Search

> fetcher.sh Google Maps Place Search is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches Google Maps for places matching a query, returning business listings with location, ratings, and metadata

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/google-maps/place/search
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-google-maps-place-search-4054e871
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_GpLLEIXEeetEtlDOWnFhV

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability fetcher-sh-google-maps-place-search-4054e871
```

Example prompt: Search Google Maps for sushi restaurants in San Francisco's Mission District and show me the top results with their ratings and addresses.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need Google Maps place search results without setting up a Google Maps API account or managing OAuth credentials. It's ideal for AI agents that need to find local businesses, venues, or points of interest by keyword and location, paying per call in USDC with no subscription required. Prefer this over direct Google Maps API if you want frictionless, account-free access with micropayment billing.

## Known failure modes

- Empty results if query is too specific or location has no matching places
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient or x402 payment header is malformed
- Rate limiting or errors if the underlying Google Maps data is temporarily unavailable
- Invalid query parameters returning a 400-level error
- Location not recognized or geocoding fails for ambiguous location strings

## How this service works

fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.

## Output

Returns a list of place results from Google Maps including business names, addresses, geographic coordinates, star ratings, review counts, place IDs, and potentially business hours and photo references — structured as JSON for easy downstream use.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-google-maps-place-search-4054e871/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/fetcher.sh/llms.txt)