## google_places/search

`GET /v1/google_places/search`

Search places and businesses by free text. Returns identity, address, coordinates, rating and links.

*Place text search*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | yes | Free-text search: what and where. — e.g. `coffee in Worthing` |
| `limit` | no | Requested results, 1–20 (default 20); the source may return fewer. No per-item detail enrichment. — e.g. `20` |
| `dry_run` | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. — e.g. `1` |

**Cost:** 2 credits at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/google_places/search?query=coffee%20in%20Worthing" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "count": 0,
  "items": [
    {
      "additional_categories": [
        "example"
      ],
      "address": "example",
      "category": "example",
      "cid": "example",
      "id": "example",
      "is_claimed": false,
      "lat": 0,
      "lng": 0,
      "main_image": "https://example.com/example",
      "name": "example",
      "open_now": false,
      "opening_hours": [
        "example"
      ],
      "phone": "example",
      "price_level": 0,
      "primary_type": "example",
      "rating": 0,
      "rating_count": 0,
      "types": [
        "example"
      ],
      "url": "https://example.com/example",
      "website": "example"
    }
  ]
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/google_places/search#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/google_places/search.json)