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Google Place Photos Parameters

GET /search?engine=google&search_type=place_photos

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

Place Photo Category IDs If shown, a search_type=place_photos will return a categories array containing photo categories. You can pass a place photos category ID in to the optional category_id parameter to refine your place photos request to just photos belonging to that category.

Place Photos Pagination Place Photo results do not contain a traditional pagination section where a specific page of results is uniquely addressable. Instead, each search_type=place_photos 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 photo results.

Google Place Photos Result

For example, to request place photo results for the data_id 0x89c259cea3b62d4d:0x4519bf551f37923f , the request would be:

https://api.serpwow.com/live/search?api_key=demo&search_type=place_photos&data_id=0x89c259cea3b62d4d:0x4519bf551f37923f

Google Place Photos Parameters

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

Parameter	Required	Description
engine	required	Should be set to engine=google .
search_type	required	Should be set to search_type=place_photos .
data_id	required	The data_id of the Place to retrieve place photos for. data_id values are returned in Places requests .
category_id	optional	An optional category ID to limit the returned photos to just those belonging to the given category. category_id values, if shown for the given data_id , are returned in the categories array in all search_type=place_photos results.
include_photos_count	optional	Includes the estimated number of photos in the photos section of the places knowledge panel. If set to true, then 1 additional credit is charged.
include_photo_metadata	optional	Includes type, author_name, author_avatar_url, author_profile_url, relative_date and caption for each photo in the results. If set to true, then 1 additional credit is charged.
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 .
next_page_token	optional	Place Photo results do not contain a traditional pagination section where a specific page of results is uniquely addressable. Instead, each search_type=place_photos 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 photo results.

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