🗺️ Google Maps Business Scraper Appication

This project is a Web application that allows users to scrape business information from Google Maps based on a search keyword. The extracted data includes the business name, website, Google Maps link, phone number, and ratings. The results are downloadable in both JSON and CSV formats.

🚀 Features

• 🔍 Input any business search keyword (e.g., restaurant in India)
• 🧠 Automatically scrapes:
  • Business Name
  • Website
  • Google Maps Link
  • Phone Number
  • Rating & Review Count
• 📁 Downloadable output in both:
  • results.json
  • results.csv
• ✅ Clean and simple
• 🕵️ Built-in support for scrolling Google Maps listings

Prerequisites

Before running this project, ensure you have the following installed:

• Python (3.6 or higher recommended)
• pip (usually comes with Python)

🛠 Installation

1. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/mukhtar-ul-islam88/google_map_scraper.git
   

2. create the environment

        python -m venv venv
        source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate      
   

3. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd google_map_scraper
   

4. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

✨ Usage Instructions

Type your search keyword (e.g., restaurant India) in the input box.

from google_map_scraper.scraper import GoogleMapsScraper

scraper = GoogleMapsScraper()
results = scraper.scrape("CA in Hyderabad India")

📁 Output

• results.json — full list of businesses

• results.csv — same in spreadsheet form

🧪 Testing

python tests/test_scraper.py

❗ Notes

• The scraper uses Selenium with ChromeDriver, make sure Google Chrome is installed.

• Google Maps may temporarily block access if too many requests are made in a short time.

• The scraping process scrolls through Google Maps listings and collects visible information only.