About google-maps-photos
This retired Google Maps Photos API is archived, and its examples no longer work. The README points to Google Maps Places Scraper for place data and Google Images API for image search.
Key features
- 01Archived examples
- 02Retired API
Use cases
- 01Reference the former API's status
- 02Find the suggested alternatives for place or image data
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-maps-photos-apiclaude mcp add --transport http johnisanerd-google-maps-photos https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-maps-photos-api{"mcpServers":{"johnisanerd-google-maps-photos":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-maps-photos-api"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"johnisanerd-google-maps-photos":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-maps-photos-api"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"johnisanerd-google-maps-photos":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-maps-photos-api"}}}{"mcpServers":{"johnisanerd-google-maps-photos":{"serverUrl":"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-maps-photos-api"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMEGoogle Maps Photos API examples (retired)
I've retired Google Maps Photos API, so the examples in this repo no longer work. The repo is archived and kept for reference. For place and image data, use my Google Maps Places Scraper instead, and start from its example repo, Apify-Google-Maps-Places-API.
Use instead
- Google Maps Places Scraper: the place itself: name, address, phone, website, rating, categories and coordinates. Example repo: Apify-Google-Maps-Places-API.
- Google Images API: image search results with image URL, size, thumbnail, source site and page link. Example repo: Google-Images-API.
Most used
- YouTube: transcripts and subtitles for any video, plus downloads and Shorts
- LinkedIn: people, profiles, companies, employees and jobs, with no login or cookies
- Google Flights: fares, routes and booking options for any search
- Google Jobs: listings with salaries and apply links, or pay per job
Same deal as everything else I build: clean JSON, pay per result, no monthly rental. All are MCP-ready, so Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT can call them as tools.
Everything is catalogued at AlphaOSINT, searchable by entity, signal or field name.
Want this source back? Open an issue on the Actor page and tell me what you'd use it for.
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