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Google Maps Directions Search Along Route API

GET   /api/v1/search?engine=google_maps_directions_search_along_route
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The Google Maps Directions Search Along Route API returns places like gas stations, restaurants, coffee shops, and hotels along a driving route between an origin and a destination. Results cover the whole route corridor instead of clustering near the origin. Each place includes its title, place ID, data ID, rating, reviews, address, phone, opening hours, and GPS coordinates.

The route comes from the Google Maps Directions API: call it with your origin and destination, then pass the search_along_route_token from its response here, along with the place category in q. Use page to step through more places along the corridor.

API Parameters

Search Query

  • Name
    q
    Required
    Required
    Description

    Parameter defines the query to search for along the route (e.g. Gas, Restaurants, Coffee, Hotels).

  • Name
    search_along_route_token
    Required
    Required
    Description

    An opaque route token from a google_maps_directions response.

    Call the google_maps_directions API with your origin and destination first, then pass the search_along_route_token it returns here.

Localization

  • Name
    hl
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    Parameter defines the language to use for the search. It is a two-letter language code (e.g. en, es, de).

    The country/region is derived automatically from the route's destination.

Pagination

  • Name
    page
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    Parameter defines which page of results to return. Each page holds up to 20 places along the route.

    Keep incrementing it to fetch more places until the response stops returning results.

API Examples

Full Response

Full Response
GET
https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?engine=google_maps_directions_search_along_route&q=Gas&search_along_route_token=W3sibiI6IkxvcyBBbmdlbGVzLCBDYWxpZm9ybmlhIiwidCI6IjFGMU1GTUthaGJuMENFWWxiOTh2NGhQYUo5eGR4OEtBIiwieSI6MzQuMDU0OTA3NiwieCI6LTExOC4yNDI2NDMsImMiOiJ1cyJ9LHsibiI6IkxhcyBWZWdhcywgTmV2YWRhIiwidCI6InJsZVBGZDhxWDd1amViUFY1dFhNT3RGOTlhU0N0NzZBIiwieSI6MzYuMTcxNTYzLCJ4IjotMTE1LjEzOTEwMDksImMiOiJ1cyJ9XQ
Request
import requests

url = "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search"
params = {
  "engine": "google_maps_directions_search_along_route",
  "q": "Gas",
  "search_along_route_token": "W3sibiI6IkxvcyBBbmdlbGVzLCBDYWxpZm9ybmlhIiwidCI6IjFGMU1GTUthaGJuMENFWWxiOTh2NGhQYUo5eGR4OEtBIiwieSI6MzQuMDU0OTA3NiwieCI6LTExOC4yNDI2NDMsImMiOiJ1cyJ9LHsibiI6IkxhcyBWZWdhcywgTmV2YWRhIiwidCI6InJsZVBGZDhxWDd1amViUFY1dFhNT3RGOTlhU0N0NzZBIiwieSI6MzYuMTcxNTYzLCJ4IjotMTE1LjEzOTEwMDksImMiOiJ1cyJ9XQ"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)
Response
{
  "search_metadata": {
    "id": "search_6QNVPZBKo24jc9vOp8y471M9",
    "status": "Success",
    "created_at": "2026-06-08T17:04:31Z",
    "request_time_taken": 3.54,
    "parsing_time_taken": 0.0,
    "total_time_taken": 3.54,
    "request_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Los+Angeles%2C+California/Las+Vegas%2C+Nevada",
    "html_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_6QNVPZBKo24jc9vOp8y471M9.html",
    "json_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_6QNVPZBKo24jc9vOp8y471M9"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_maps_directions_search_along_route",
    "q": "Gas",
    "search_along_route_token": "W3sibiI6IkxvcyBBbmdlbGVzLCBDYWxpZm9ybmlhIiwidCI6IjFGMU1GTUthaGJuMENFWWxiOTh2NGhQYUo5eGR4OEtBIiwieSI6MzQuMDU0OTA3NiwieCI6LTExOC4yNDI2NDMsImMiOiJ1cyJ9LHsibiI6IkxhcyBWZWdhcywgTmV2YWRhIiwidCI6InJsZVBGZDhxWDd1amViUFY1dFhNT3RGOTlhU0N0NzZBIiwieSI6MzYuMTcxNTYzLCJ4IjotMTE1LjEzOTEwMDksImMiOiJ1cyJ9XQ",
    "hl": "en"
  },
  "search_information": {
    "query_displayed": "Gas",
    "state": "Showing results for original spelling."
  },
  "local_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "ludocid": "18397237333291194343",
      "place_id": "ChIJg3xXj-HFwoAR51dgw-EdUP8",
      "kgmid": "/g/11c328rv8g",
      "data_id": "0x80c2c5e18f577c83:0xff501de1c36057e7",
      "title": "Sinclair Gas Station",
      "address": "918 N Soto St, Los Angeles, CA 90033",
      "city": "Los Angeles, CA",
      "country_code": "US",
      "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
      "fuel_price": "$5.80/Regular",
      "detour": {
        "duration": 205,
        "formatted_duration": "3 min",
        "distance": 334,
        "formatted_distance": "0.2 mi"
      },
      "phone": "(323) 268-2497",
      "rating": 3.5,
      "website": "https://stations.sinclairoil.com/ca/los-angeles/918-n-soto-st?utm_source=google&utm_medium=yext",
      "domain": "stations.sinclairoil.com",
      "gps_coordinates": {
        "latitude": 34.0526507,
        "longitude": -118.2038177
      },
      "type": "Gas station",
      "types": [
        "Gas station",
        ...
      ],
      "open_state": "Open",
      "hours": "Open · Closes 11 PM",
      "open_hours": {
        "monday": "5 AM–11 PM"
      },
      "extensions": [
        {
          "title": "Accessibility",
          "items": [
            {
              "title": "Wheelchair accessible restroom",
              "value": "Has wheelchair accessible restroom"
            },
            ...
          ]
        },
        ...
      ]
    },
    ...
  ]
}