Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder: MCP config, n8n workflow and API

{
  "mode": "searchPlaces",
  "category": "bakery",
  "state": "CA",
  "country": "US",
  "max_results": 3,
  "extractEmails": true,
  "maxEmailsPerWebsite": 3,
  "maxContactPagesPerWebsite": 2,
  "onlySaveResults": "allPlaces",
  "websiteFilter": "allPlaces",
  "skipClosedPlaces": false,
  "language": "en"
}

---
name: google-maps-business-lead-and-email-finder
description: "Dataset of Google Maps business leads with contact details, website emails (source and MX-checked), extra phones, and social profiles. Runs the Apify Actor dataspryva/google-maps-business-lead-and-email-finder. Use when the user needs Google Maps data with fields such as recordType, name, googleBusinessCategories, street, city, state and an Apify token is available."
compatibility: "Needs network access, curl, and an APIFY_TOKEN environment variable. Runs are billed to the token owner's Apify account."
metadata:
  actor: "dataspryva/google-maps-business-lead-and-email-finder"
  store-url: "https://apify.com/dataspryva/google-maps-business-lead-and-email-finder"
---

# Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder

Use this skill to fetch Google Maps data with the Apify Actor `dataspryva/google-maps-business-lead-and-email-finder` and work with the returned rows.

## Before running

1. Check that `APIFY_TOKEN` is set in the environment. Never print it or write it to a file.
2. Build `input.json` from the user's request using the fields below. Keep limits small for a first run.
3. Confirm the search terms or URLs with the user if the request is ambiguous.

## Input fields

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mode` | one of `searchPlaces`, `specificPlaces`, `enrichWebsites` | Search Google Maps, look up specific places, or enrich a list of websites you already have. |
| `searchQueries` | array | Natural-language searches such as 'coffee shops in Austin TX'. Include the place in each phrase, or use the location field below. |
| `locationQuery` | string | Adds a shared location to every search phrase, for example 'Austin, TX, USA'. Leave empty when your phrases already name the place. |
| `category` | string | Business category such as bakery, dentist or plumber. Used when keyword and search phrases are empty. |
| `state` | string | US state for the search. Choose 'All' for nationwide. Ignored for non-US countries. |
| `country` | string | Country for the search. Other countries can be named directly in a search phrase. |
| `websites` | array | Websites to read for contact details, one per line. Bare domains such as example.com are accepted. |
| `placeUrls` | array | Google Maps place links copied from the address bar or a previous export. |
| `placeIds` | array | Canonical Google Place IDs starting with 'ChIJ'. |
| `max_results` | integer | Maximum number of leads to save. Google returns a ranked window of roughly 150-220 businesses per search phrase, so a larger request may end when that window ends. |
| `extractEmails` | boolean | Visit each business website for public emails, phone numbers and social profiles. Turn off for a faster Maps-only run. |
| `maxEmailsPerWebsite` | integer | Maximum email addresses to keep for one business website. |
| `maxContactPagesPerWebsite` | integer | Homepage plus contact, about, legal, privacy or careers pages to read. More pages find more contacts but take longer. |
| `onlySaveResults` | one of `allPlaces`, `onlyWithEmails`, `onlyWithContacts` | Save every business, only businesses with an email, or only businesses with any contact detail. |

Example `input.json` (the Actor's published prefill):

```json
{
  "mode": "searchPlaces",
  "category": "bakery",
  "state": "CA",
  "country": "US",
  "max_results": 3,
  "extractEmails": true,
  "maxEmailsPerWebsite": 3,
  "maxContactPagesPerWebsite": 2,
  "onlySaveResults": "allPlaces",
  "websiteFilter": "allPlaces",
  "skipClosedPlaces": false,
  "language": "en"
}
```

## Run

```bash
curl -sS -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dataspryva~google-maps-business-lead-and-email-finder/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @input.json > results.json
```

The call waits for the run to finish and returns the dataset items as a JSON array. If the run needs more than 300 seconds the API answers with HTTP 408; then start the run with `POST /v2/acts/dataspryva~google-maps-business-lead-and-email-finder/runs`, poll `GET /v2/actor-runs/{runId}` until `SUCCEEDED`, and read `GET /v2/datasets/{defaultDatasetId}/items`.

## Output

Each item is one record. Published fields include: `recordType`, `name`, `googleBusinessCategories`, `street`, `city`, `state`, `zip`, `country`, `countryCode`, `phoneNumber`, `url`, `email`, `emails`, `reviewScore`, `reviewsNumber`, `placeId`, `featureId`, `googleMapsUrl`, `priceLevel`, `plusCode`.

Summarise what was found, cite the record URLs when present, and say how many items came back. Do not invent values for empty fields.