# Show HN: Google Maps Scraper MCP

> Source: <https://gmapscrawl.com/google-maps-scraper-mcp>
> Published: 2026-10-03 01:46:39+00:00

### Search businesses

Find businesses by keyword and location, with listing details your agent can organize and analyze.

Developers / MCP server

Connect your AI agent to synchronous business search and structured listing data through one secure MCP connection.

Built for your agent

Give your agent the same business data workflow you use in your workspace.

Read available addresses, contact details, ratings, and review counts in structured result pages.

Receive up to 20 businesses in structured JSON for research and applications.

How to connect

Configure your client to use `/api/mcp`, then pass your API key in the authorization header.

```
POST https://gmapscrawl.com/api/mcp
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>
Accept: application/json, text/event-stream
```

Streamable HTTP — your client handles protocol negotiation.

Bearer API key authentication — configure secrets outside prompts.

Connect your tools

Keep your API key in a secure environment variable or your client’s protected input setting.

Add this server to .mcp.json. Make GMSCRAPER_API_KEY available in the environment that launches Claude Code.

```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-maps-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://gmapscrawl.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${GMSCRAPER_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Need step-by-step guidance? [Read the MCP setup guide](https://gmapscrawl.com/guides/connect-an-mcp-client)

Built for your workflow

Move from a question to structured local business research without switching tools.

Build a focused list of local businesses for sales research and outreach planning.

Compare categories, ratings, and review counts across the businesses in your dataset.

Bring available business and contact fields into CRM, reporting, or internal workflows.

Put it to work

Try a focused request in your connected client. With a test key, ask your agent to label the results as simulated.

Prompt

“Find one page of coffee shops in Seattle and return their website, phone number, rating, and review count.”

Prompt

“Search for restaurants in Portland and compare the returned business categories and ratings. Point out missing data.”

Prompt

“Search one page of plumbers in Austin and format the returned businesses as a table with names, phone numbers, and websites.”

It is a remote Model Context Protocol server that lets compatible AI agents search for up to 20 businesses and receive results directly using your API-workspace credentials.

The server uses stateless Streamable HTTP at https://gmapscrawl.com/api/mcp. /mcp remains a compatibility alias. Your client initializes the connection and negotiates the protocol version.

Configure Authorization: Bearer with your API key in the client’s secret configuration. Browser login cookies do not authenticate this endpoint, and keys should never go in a prompt or URL.

Yes, with a version that supports remote HTTP MCP and custom authorization headers. Use the client configurations above and ensure the configured environment variable is available to that client.

Business searches return available listing attributes, contact details, ratings, and review counts. The server exposes only search_google_maps.

Live work requires an API entitlement and an available cloud service. MCP shares API usage; an Online subscription does not include it. Use a test credential to validate the integration with simulated fixtures.

Take the next step

Create an API key, connect the MCP server, and bring business research into your preferred client.