API Direct

Place Photos

GET /v1/places/photos

Get photos and videos for a Google Maps place by place_id. Returns photo URLs (both standard and high-resolution), coordinates, and capture timestamps. Photos and videos are returned together — filter on the type field client-side if you only want one. Each page returns up to 10 items and is billed as one request.

Cost

$0.01 per page

Free tier

20 requests/month

Parameters

place_id *

Google place_id, as returned by Places Search

pages

Number of pages to fetch, 1-10 (default: 1). Each page returns up to 10 items and is billed as one request

country

2-letter region code (default: us)

language

2-letter language code (default: en)

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/places/photos?place_id=ChIJifIePKtZwokRVZ-UdRGkZzs&pages=2" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/places/photos",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "place_id": "ChIJifIePKtZwokRVZ-UdRGkZzs",
        "pages": 2,
    }
)
data = response.json()
print(f"Got {data['count']} photos across {data['pages']} pages")

Example Response

{
  "photos": [
    {
      "photo_id": "CIABIhAViB6GuQB0Czq6u1UIyD60",
      "type": "photo",
      "photo_url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/APNQkAH...",
      "photo_url_large": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/APNQkAH...=w4280-h3407-k-no",
      "video_thumbnail_url": null,
      "latitude": 40.7546469,
      "longitude": -73.9868158,
      "photo_datetime_utc": "2026-05-30T00:00:00.000Z",
      "photo_timestamp": 1780099200
    }
  ],
  "count": 20,
  "pages": 2
}

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