Right now, we have a flow, where we import Google reviews on sign up and then update them daily. We get the user’s company name and location address:
$requestUri = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?key={key}&input=A+Closer+Look+Residential+Inspections%2C+LLC%2C+9230+Fowler+Ln%2C+Lanham%2C+MD+20706%2C+United+States';
From autocomplete we can get placeId and search for reviews by placeId:
$requestUri = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?key={key}&place_id=ChIJmyUG8bfBt4kRqqn8jPZYhDo';
And this worked fine.
Issue
We have a new user which dont have location address, so we can’t get placeId. The user has reviews on Google if to search for them in the search bar.
Company name is: “Westside Home Inspections Inc.”. Google Map shows that they works in whole LA (not address, but area). Then i tried to get a placeId here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/place-id . But with no luck.
Question:
Is this possible to get Google reviews only by company name?