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

{
  "mode": "searchPlaces",
  "searchQueries": [
    "coffee shops in Austin TX"
  ],
  "maxPlacesPerSearch": 3,
  "language": "en",
  "extractEmailsFromWebsite": true,
  "maxEmailsPerWebsite": 5,
  "maxContactPagesPerWebsite": 2,
  "onlySaveResults": "allPlaces",
  "websiteFilter": "allPlaces",
  "skipClosedPlaces": false
}

---
name: google-maps-business-lead-finder-with-email
description: "Google Maps business listings enriched with email addresses (including a DNS-checked subset), website phone numbers, social profiles, categories and place identifiers. Runs the Apify Actor vexaloom-labs/google-maps-business-lead-finder-with-email. Use when the user needs Google Maps data with fields such as recordType, searchQuery, title, categoryName, address, phone 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: "vexaloom-labs/google-maps-business-lead-finder-with-email"
  store-url: "https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/google-maps-business-lead-finder-with-email"
---

# Google Maps Business Lead Finder with Email & Social Links

Use this skill to fetch Google Maps data with the Apify Actor `vexaloom-labs/google-maps-business-lead-finder-with-email` 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`, `enrichWebsites`, `specificPlaces` | Choose how to find businesses. Search Google Maps by phrase, enrich a list of websites you already have, or look up specific Google Maps places. |
| `searchQueries` | array | Natural-language searches such as 'coffee shops in Austin TX' or 'plumbers near Chicago'. Include the place in the phrase, or use the location field below. Each phrase is searched separately. |
| `locationQuery` | string | Adds a shared location to every search phrase, for example 'Austin, TX, USA'. Leave empty when your phrases already contain the place. |
| `websites` | array | Websites to extract contacts from, one per line. Bare domains such as 'example.com' are accepted. |
| `placeUrls` | array | Google Maps place links, copied from the address bar or from a previous export. |
| `placeIds` | array | Canonical Google Place IDs starting with 'ChIJ'. |
| `maxPlacesPerSearch` | integer | Maximum businesses to keep for each search phrase. Google returns a ranked window of roughly 160-220 places per phrase; asking for more simply returns what the source has. |
| `language` | string | Language of the Google Maps interface and listing text. |
| `extractEmailsFromWebsite` | boolean | Visit each business website to collect contact details. Disable for a faster run with Google Maps data only. |
| `maxEmailsPerWebsite` | integer | Maximum email addresses to keep for one business website. |
| `maxContactPagesPerWebsite` | integer | How many pages to read on each website: the homepage plus contact, about, legal, privacy or careers pages. More pages find more contacts but take longer. |
| `onlySaveResults` | one of `allPlaces`, `onlyWithEmails`, `onlyWithContacts` | Save every business, only businesses where an email was found, or only businesses with any contact detail (email, website phone or social profile). |
| `placeMinimumStars` | one of `two`, `twoAndHalf`, `three`, `threeAndHalf`, `four`, `fourAndHalf` | Keep only businesses rated at least this high. Places without a rating are left out when a minimum is set. |
| `categoryFilter` | array | Keep places whose Google Maps category contains all words of at least one entry, for example 'coffee' or 'italian restaur'. Leave empty for no category filter. |

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

```json
{
  "mode": "searchPlaces",
  "searchQueries": [
    "coffee shops in Austin TX"
  ],
  "maxPlacesPerSearch": 3,
  "language": "en",
  "extractEmailsFromWebsite": true,
  "maxEmailsPerWebsite": 5,
  "maxContactPagesPerWebsite": 2,
  "onlySaveResults": "allPlaces",
  "websiteFilter": "allPlaces",
  "skipClosedPlaces": false
}
```

## Run

```bash
curl -sS -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/vexaloom-labs~google-maps-business-lead-finder-with-email/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/vexaloom-labs~google-maps-business-lead-finder-with-email/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`, `searchQuery`, `title`, `categoryName`, `address`, `phone`, `website`, `emails`, `emailsMxValid`, `totalScore`, `reviewsCount`, `sourceUrl`, `scrapedAt`, `categories`, `phonesOnWebsite`, `contactPageUrl`, `placeId`, `featureId`, `kgmid`, `url`.

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