Google Maps Places
Allow AI systems to search for places and get business info via Google Maps Places API.
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About
Allow AI systems to search for places and get business info via Google Maps Places API.
Details
- Kind
- MCP servers
- Topic
- Maps, weather & travel
- Publisher
- domdomegg
- Origin
- official
- Category
- ferramentas
- Transport
- local
- Version
- 1.1.2
- Stars
- 1
- Last push
- 2026-09-03T03:22:30Z
- Repository state
- ativo
- Language
- TypeScript
- Added
- 2026-08-29 03:02:43
- Updated
- 2026-08-29 03:02:43
- Origin id
io.github.domdomegg/google-maps-places-mcp
README
# google-maps-places-mcp
MCP server for Google Maps Places API - search for places and get photos.
## Use Cases
**Meeting coordination**: Someone emails "Let's meet at Nando's near the office - what time works best for you?" → your AI assistant looks up the location, checks opening hours, and adds it to your calendar with the address.
**Local recommendations**: Ask "find a quiet café with WiFi near King's Cross for a 2-hour work session" → get places with ratings, hours, and photos to help you decide.
**Address validation**: Confirm or autocomplete partial addresses before sending mail or booking deliveries.
(These are just examples - any workflow that needs place search or business info can use this.)
## Setup
### 1. Create Google OAuth credentials
1. Go to [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/)
2. Create a new project (or use existing)
3. Enable the **Places API (New)**
4. Go to **APIs & Services** → **OAuth consent screen**, set up consent screen
5. Go to **APIs & Services** → **Credentials** → **Create Credentials** → **OAuth client ID**
6. Choose **Web application**
7. Add `http://localhost:3000/callback` to **Authorized redirect URIs**
8. Note your Client ID and Client Secret
### 2. Run the server
```bash
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID='your-client-id' \
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET='your-client-secret' \
MCP_TRANSPORT=http \
npm start
```
The server runs on `http://localhost:3000` by default. Change with `PORT=3001`.
### 3. Add to your MCP client
With the server running, follow the instructions on [install-mcp](https://adamjones.me/install-mcp/?url=http://localhost:3000/mcp), which generates the right config for your MCP client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, VS Code, and more).
## Architecture
This server acts as an **OAuth proxy** to Google:
```mermaid
graph LR
A[MCP client] <--> B[google-maps-places-mcp] <--> C[Google OAuth/API]
```
1. Server advertises itself as an OAuth authorization server via `/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server`
2. `/register` returns the Google OAuth client credentials
3. `/authorize` redirects to Google, encoding the client's callback URL in state
4. `/callback` receives the code from Google and forwards to the client's callback
5. `/token` proxies token requests to Google, injecting client credentials
6. `/mcp` handles MCP requests, using the bearer token to call Places API
The server holds no tokens or state - it just proxies OAuth to Google.
## Tools
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `places_text_search` | Search for places by text query (e.g., "coffee shops near me") |
| `places_photo_get` | Get a photo URL for a place |
## OAuth Scope
- `cloud-platform` - Access to Google Cloud APIs (required for Places API New)
## Contributing
Pull requests are welcomed on GitHub! To get started:
1. Install Git and Node.js
2. Clone the repository
3. Install dependencies with `npm install`
4. Run `npm run test` to run tests
5. Build with `npm run build`
## Releases
Versions follow the [semantic versioning spec](https://semver.org/).
To release:
1. Use `npm version <major | minor | patch>` to bump the version
2. Run `git push --follow-tags` to push with tags
3. Wait for GitHub Actions to publish to the NPM registry.