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Google Place Reviews Parameters

GET /search?search_type=place_reviews

The Google Place Reviews Parameters are applicable when making a request with search_type=place_reviews to retrieve place reviews for a Place. The Place is specified in the data_id parameter, data_id values are returned from search_type=places Places requests.

Place Review Topic IDs If shown, a search_type=place_reviews will return a topics array containing review topics. You can pass a place reviews topic ID in to the optional topic_id parameter to refine your place reviews request to just reviews related to that topic.

Place Reviews Pagination Place Review results do not contain a traditional pagination section where a specific page of results is uniquely addressable. Instead, each search_type=place_reviews result will return a next_page_token in its' pagination object. This next_page_token can be passed in to the next_page_token request parameter to retrieve the next page of place reviews results.

Google Place Review Results
Google Place Review Results


For example, to request place review results for a Place with data_id=0x89c259cea3b62d4d:0x4519bf551f37923f , the request would be:

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Google Place Reviews Parameters

The following parameters are available for all requests made when search_type=place_reviews .

Parameter

Required

Description

search_type

required

Should be set to search_type=place_reviews .

data_id

required

The data_id of the Place to retrieve place reviews for. data_id values are returned in Places requests .

topic_id

optional

An optional topic ID to limit the returned reviews to just those related to the given topic. topic_id values, if shown for the given data_id , are returned in the topics array in all search_type=place_reviews results.

sort_by

optional

Determines how place reviews are sorted, valid values are relevance , date , highest_rating and lowest_rating . Defaults to relevance .

next_page_token

optional

Place Review results do not contain a traditional pagination section where a specific page of results is uniquely addressable. Instead, each search_type=place_reviews result will return a next_page_token in its' pagination object. This next_page_token can be passed in to the next_page_token request parameter to retrieve the next page of place reviews results.

hl

optional

The hl parameter determines the Google UI language to return results. View the full list of supported hl values here . Defaults to en .



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Updated 13 Aug 2024
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