---
title: "Local Start"
method: POST
path: "/jobs/local-start"
---

# Local Start

`POST /jobs/local-start`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mapsharvest.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.mapsharvest.com/jobs/local-start`
- Auth: none declared

Register a local scrape job. Enterprise only.
Returns {job_id, cities: [{city, state}, ...]} so the CLI knows where to scrape.

## Headers

- `authorization` string

## Request body

- LocalStartRequest
  - `query` string, required
  - `states` string, required
  - `cities` string
  - `preset` string
  - `fields` string
  - `name` string
  - `campaign_id` string
  - `max_results_per_city` integer
  - `min_rating` number
  - `min_reviews` integer
  - `max_reviews` integer
  - `require_website` boolean
  - `require_phone` boolean

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/mapsharvest/apis/google-maps-scraper-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/mapsharvest/apis/google-maps-scraper-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/mapsharvest/apis/google-maps-scraper-api/revisions/e564e15bb415?raw)