---
title: "Google Place Photos"
method: GET
path: "/v1/places/photos"
tags: ["Google Places"]
---

# Google Place Photos

`GET /v1/places/photos`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apidirect.io`
- URL: `https://apidirect.io/v1/places/photos`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Get photos and videos for a place by `place_id`. Returns photo URLs (standard and high-resolution), capture coordinates, and timestamps. Filter on the `type` field if you only want photos or only videos. Each page returns up to 10 items and is billed as one request, up to 10 pages per call.

**Price:** $0.01 per page. **Free tier:** 20 requests/month.

## Query parameters

- `place_id` string, required
- `pages` integer
- `country` string
- `language` string

## Response `200`

Successful response

- PlacePhotosResponse: Inferred from a live response. Any field can be null or absent, and new fields may be added at any time.
  - `photos` object[], nullable
    - `photo_id` string, nullable
    - `type` string, nullable
    - `photo_url` string, nullable
    - `photo_url_large` string, nullable
    - `video_thumbnail_url` string, nullable
    - `latitude` number, nullable
    - `longitude` number, nullable
    - `photo_datetime_utc` string, nullable
    - `photo_timestamp` number, nullable
  - `count` number, nullable
  - `pages` number, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: missing or invalid parameters
- `401`: Unauthorized: invalid or missing API key
- `402`: Free tier used up for this endpoint and no payment method on file (`payment_required`).
- `403`: Account blocked after a failed payment (`account_blocked`).
- `404`: Place not found
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded or too many concurrent requests
- `500`: Internal server error
- `502`: Temporary failure retrieving Places data. Please retry shortly.
- `503`: Service temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
- `504`: The request timed out

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