# Google Maps Local Business Search by Place Name (x402atlas)

> Google Maps Local Business Search by Place Name (x402atlas) is a paid API for AI agents from places.use.x402atlas.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches Google Maps for local businesses or places using a free-text query and a human-readable location string, returning ranked results as clean JSON.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://places.use.x402atlas.com/search
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-maps-local-business-search-by-place-name-x402atlas-fbcd298d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_IcbiUSnFEAfWxiiCSUfU8

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 google-maps-local-business-search-by-place-name-x402atlas-fbcd298d
```

Example prompt: Can you find me the top-rated sushi restaurants in Austin, Texas on Google Maps and show me their ratings, addresses, and whether they offer takeout?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to search for local businesses or places using a natural-language location string (like 'Austin, Texas') rather than coordinates. It is ideal when the user specifies a city, neighborhood, or region by name and you want Google Maps local-pack results. Prefer the coordinate-based sibling endpoint when you already have lat/lng bounds, or DuckDuckGo Maps endpoint when you want Apple Maps/Tripadvisor data instead. Use the place details endpoint afterward to retrieve full profiles for specific place_ids.

## Known failure modes

- No results found for obscure or misspelled query — returns empty results array
- Ambiguous location string may resolve to unexpected geography — validate location parameter
- Rate limiting or upstream Google Maps scraping failure — returns HTTP error or empty payload
- Invalid or missing 'q' parameter — returns schema validation error
- Country/language code not recognized — may be silently ignored or cause unexpected filtering

## How this service works

Google Maps local business search by place name — find places by query and a free-text location (e.g. 'Austin, Texas'), no coordinates needed; returns Google's local-pack results as clean JSON.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the original query string, a timestamp, and an array of ranked local business results. Each result includes the business title, address, rating, review count, price level, place_id, GPS coordinates (latitude/longitude), opening hours, service options (dine-in/takeout/delivery flags), and position rank in the local pack.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 400,
       "description": "Google Maps search query (business or category, e.g. 'coffee')"
      },
      "gl": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 8,
       "description": "Optional country code (e.g. us)"
      },
      "hl": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 8,
       "description": "Optional language code (e.g. en)"
      },
      "location": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 200,
       "description": "Place to search in, as free text (e.g. 'Austin, Texas, United States') — no coordinates needed"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "query",
      "queried_at",
      "results"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "query": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "results": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
         "title"
        ],
        "properties": {
         "type": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "hours": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Opening hours, upstream shape passed through as-is"
         },
         "price": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "title": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "rating": {
          "type": "number"
         },
         "address": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "reviews": {
          "type": "integer"
         },
         "place_id": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "position": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Rank in the result list"
         },
         "gps_coordinates": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
           "latitude": {
            "type": "number"
           },
           "longitude": {
            "type": "num
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "query": "coffee",
  "results": [
   {
    "type": "Coffee shop",
    "title": "Blue Bottle Coffee",
    "rating": 4.5,
    "address": "1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY",
    "reviews": 812,
    "place_id": "ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4",
    "position": 1
   }
  ],
  "queried_at": "2026-07-10T12:00:00Z"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-maps-local-business-search-by-place-name-x402atlas-fbcd298d/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from places.use.x402atlas.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/places.use.x402atlas.com/llms.txt)