# Google Search Business Questions API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/google/business-questions)

> Returns the community Q&A on a Google Business Profile: each question and its answers flattened into one comment list linked by parent_id. Identify the business by keyword, cid, or place_id.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/google/business/questions` costs 5 credits per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `keyword` | no | Business name + location (e.g. 'Starbucks Reserve Roastery New York'). |
| `cid` | no | Google customer id (cid) of the business. |
| `place_id` | no | Google place_id of the business. |
| `location_name` | no | Geographic context as 'City,Region,Country'. |
| `language_name` | no | Result language (default 'English'). |
| `depth` | no | Number of questions to return (default 20). |
| `since` | no | Only rows published on or after this date: YYYY-MM-DD (midnight UTC) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Rows older than it are left off each page. This list is not in date order, so the walk does not stop at the date: keep following `next_cursor`, and each page costs what a page costs even when every row on it is filtered out. A row with no date is kept. `published_after`, `start_date`, `from_date`, `publish_time` (`yesterday`, `this-week`, `this-month`, `last-3-months`, `last-6-months`) and `max_age_days` are accepted and applied as `since`. |
| `until` | no | Only rows published on or before this date: YYYY-MM-DD (that whole UTC day is included) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Newer rows are left off each page and the walk does not stop, so older pages follow. A row with no date is kept. `published_before`, `end_date` and `to_date` are accepted and applied as `until`. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/google/business/questions" \
  --data-urlencode "keyword=Starbucks Reserve Roastery New York" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I get the Q&A on a Google Business Profile?

Send a GET request to /v1/google/business/questions for a business. SocialCrawl returns the community Q&A on that Google Business Profile (each question and its answers) in the unified schema, with answers linked to their question by a parent_id field.

### How are answers linked to questions?

Each answer carries a parent_id that points to its question's id, so you can rebuild the full thread structure. Group records by parent_id to attach every answer under its question, the same way you would reconstruct a comment tree on any other SocialCrawl platform.

### Why is the community Q&A useful?

The Q&A surfaces what real customers ask about a business (parking, hours, accessibility, menu items) and how the owner or other locals answer. It is a rich source for FAQ mining, support automation, and understanding the questions a business gets most often.

### How is this different from reviews?

Questions are forward-looking, people asking before they visit. Reviews are backward-looking, people reporting after. The extended-reviews endpoint returns ratings and review text from Google and third-party sources, while this endpoint returns the question-and-answer threads.

### How much does the Google Business Questions API cost?

Each request costs 5 credits, powered by DataForSEO. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card required, enough for 20 Q&A pulls, or mix with the 1-credit business info and updates endpoints across the same Google surface.

See the full Google Search API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/google

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How to get the community Q&A on a Google Business Profile with an API
- What API returns Google Business questions and answers linked by parent_id?