Add Task URLs
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
--header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'import requests
url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
headers = {
"Authorization": "<authorization>",
"Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': '<content-type>'}
};
fetch('https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <authorization>",
"Content-Type: <content-type>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<authorization>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")
.header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
.header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<authorization>'
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyGoogle Maps Leads Scraper
Add Task URLs
Add Google Maps search URLs to scrape places from
POST
/
v1
/
tasks
Add Task URLs
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
--header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'import requests
url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
headers = {
"Authorization": "<authorization>",
"Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': '<content-type>'}
};
fetch('https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <authorization>",
"Content-Type: <content-type>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<authorization>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")
.header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
.header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<authorization>'
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyUse this format if you already have a direct Google Maps search or place URL. This is best for manual inputs or small-scale targeted searches.
Headers
string
required
Your API authentication token. Value:
Token YOUR_API_KEYstring
required
Request body format. Value:
application/jsonURL Format
Google Maps search URL:https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurant/@43.3928346,5.2662584,14z
The URL contains the search query and coordinates for the search area.
Request Body
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | string | Yes | Hash of your squid configured with the google-maps-leads-scraper crawler |
| tasks | array | Yes | Array of task objects, each containing a url field |
Only the
url key is required in each task object.URLs must match Google Maps search or place format.
Code Examples
curl -X POST "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks" \
-H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"tasks": [
{
"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurant/@43.3928346,5.2662584,14z"
}
],
"squid": "YOUR_SQUID_HASH"
}'
import requests
API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
BASE_URL = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Token {API_KEY}"}
squid_id = "YOUR_SQUID_HASH"
# Add URL-based tasks
response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/tasks",
headers=headers,
json={
"squid": squid_id,
"tasks": [
{"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurant/@43.3928346,5.2662584,14z"}
]
}
)
data = response.json()
print(f"Added {len(data['tasks'])} tasks")
print(f"Duplicated: {data['duplicated_count']}")
Response
200
{
"duplicated_count": 0,
"tasks": [
{
"id": "4ed8a673a01ba193cc43476e60abc5c0",
"created_at": "2025-06-24T11:13:05.720012",
"is_active": true,
"params": {
"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurant/@43.3928346,5.2662584,14z"
},
"module": 5,
"object": "task"
}
]
}
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