Place details

Google Maps place details API and MCP. Look up one business or landmark and get the address, opening hours, rating, website, and phone number.

Search Google Maps and Search nearby return the place_id.

GET/v1/google-maps/places/details

https://api.vee3.io/v1/google-maps/places/details

4 tokens

Authorization

Send your API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

MCP

The same capability is available as an MCP tool on Vee3 hosted MCP.

Tool name

google-maps.place_details

Parameters3 fields

place_idstringRequired

Google Maps place identifier (for example ChIJk_grnPDq9EcRE7gOH9gAPZA). Also accepts the business identifier form (for example 0x47f4eb87e91f866d:0x9629fabb993eb66).

max length 256

regionstringOptional

Two-character region code (for example us). On search endpoints this biases results by ccTLD. On place endpoints this selects regional place data.

max length 8

languagestringOptional

Language code for results (for example en).

max length 16

Response15 fields

namestring

Place display name.

full_addressstring

Full formatted address when available.

ratingnumber

Average user rating when available.

review_countinteger

Total number of reviews when available.

locationobject

2 fields

Place coordinates when available.

latitudenumber

Place latitude.

longitudenumber

Place longitude.

hoursobject

3 fields

Opening hours when available.

open_nowboolean

Whether the place is open now when only open_now is available.

<day>arrayitems

1 field

Opening hours ranges for a day of the week.

hours_rangestring

Opening hours range entry.

statusstring

Human-readable open/closed status when available.

websitestring

Place website when available.

phone_numberstring

Place phone number when available.

typesstring[]

Place type labels when available.

HTTP errors: unauthorized, validation_error, insufficient_tokens, payment_required, google_maps_not_configured, google_maps_upstream_error

Example request

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.vee3.io/v1/google-maps/places/details"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
}
params = {
    "place_id": "0x47f4eb87e91f866d:0x9629fabb993eb66"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

Example responses1 example

200Sample place details response (truncated).

carmelo_details.json

{
  "name": "Carmelo",
  "full_address": "Carmelo, 7 Rue Neuve, 69001 Lyon",
  "rating": 4.7,
  "review_count": 10762
}