# Local Business & POI Scraper (OpenStreetMap) (`ponderable_hydrometer/osm-pois-scraper`) Actor

Extract local businesses & POIs from OpenStreetMap — name, address, phone, website, hours, coords — by area or bbox. Free Overpass API, no key. A cheap Maps alternative.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ponderable\_hydrometer/osm-pois-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ponderable Hydrometer](https://apify.com/ponderable_hydrometer) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Local Business & POI Scraper (OpenStreetMap)

**Local businesses and points of interest — restaurants, shops, hotels, services and more — for any area, with contact details and coordinates.** From OpenStreetMap via the public Overpass API. Free, keyless, no proxies — a free alternative to expensive Maps-based local-data APIs, without the Google Maps red ocean.

Search by plain place name (`"Heidelberg"`) or a precise bounding box, filter by any OSM tag, and get clean, structured rows ready for lead-gen, directories or mapping.

### What you get

One row per POI:

- **Identity** — `name`, `type` (e.g. `amenity=restaurant`), `brand`, `cuisine`
- **Address** — combined `address`, plus `city`, `postcode`, `country`
- **Contact** — `phone`, `website`, `email`, `openingHours`
- **Geo** — `lat`, `lon`
- **OSM refs** — `osmType`, `osmId`, `osmUrl`, and the full raw `tags` object for anything else you need

### Output sample

```json
{
  "name": "Restaurant Borchardt",
  "type": "amenity=restaurant",
  "address": "Französische Straße, 47, 10117, Berlin",
  "city": "Berlin",
  "postcode": "10117",
  "country": null,
  "phone": "+49 30 81886262",
  "website": "https://www.borchardt.com",
  "email": null,
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 11:30-24:00",
  "cuisine": "german",
  "brand": null,
  "lat": 52.5145,
  "lon": 13.3907,
  "osmType": "node",
  "osmId": 1234567,
  "osmUrl": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1234567",
  "tags": { "...": "full OSM tags" }
}
```

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `filters` | array | `["amenity=restaurant"]` | OSM tags to fetch, e.g. `shop=bakery`, `tourism=hotel`. A bare word = an `amenity` |
| `area` | string | — | Place/city name to search within, e.g. `Heidelberg` |
| `bbox` | string | — | Precise box `south,west,north,east` (overrides `area`) |
| `maxResults` | integer | `500` | Cap on POIs returned |

Provide a location: either `area` (a place name) or `bbox`. Common `filters`:
`amenity=restaurant|cafe|bar|pharmacy|bank|fuel`, `shop=supermarket|bakery|clothes`,
`tourism=hotel`, `leisure=fitness_centre`, `office=*`.

### Example input

```json
{
  "filters": ["amenity=restaurant", "amenity=cafe"],
  "area": "Heidelberg",
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

Precise bounding box:

```json
{ "filters": ["shop=bakery"], "bbox": "52.51,13.37,52.52,13.40" }
```

### Why this actor

- **Friendly area-name UX** — pass a city name, no bounding-box math required.
- **Any category** — filter by any OSM tag, not a fixed list.
- **Contact-rich** — phone, website, email and opening hours where mapped.
- **Keyless & unlimited** — Overpass public API, no key, no anti-bot, far cheaper than Maps scrapers.

### Pricing

Pay per result — **$4.00 per 1,000 results** (one POI = one result). No subscription or platform fees.

### Related actors

- **Open-Meteo Weather Forecast Scraper** — forecasts by city or coordinates.
- **Website Tech Stack Detector** — enrich a business's website with its tech stack.
- **Food & Nutrition Scraper (Open Food Facts)** — product data for retail/CPG.

### Notes & limits

- Data is OpenStreetMap via the public Overpass API — free, no key, no anti-bot.
- Coverage and field completeness depend on OSM contributors (major cities are rich; phone/website present where mapped).
- `area` matches OSM boundary names; for precise control use `bbox`. Very large areas may be slow.
- OpenStreetMap data is © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) — attribute and use accordingly. This actor is an independent tool.

# Actor input Schema

## `filters` (type: `array`):

What to fetch, as OpenStreetMap key=value tags. Examples: "amenity=restaurant", "shop=bakery", "tourism=hotel", "amenity=pharmacy". A bare word is treated as an amenity.

## `area` (type: `string`):

Place/city/region name to search within, e.g. "Heidelberg". Uses OSM boundaries. Use 'bbox' for precise control.

## `bbox` (type: `string`):

Precise geographic box, e.g. "52.51,13.37,52.52,13.40". Overrides 'area'.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on POIs returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "filters": [
    "amenity=restaurant"
  ],
  "bbox": "52.51,13.37,52.52,13.40",
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "filters": [
        "amenity=restaurant"
    ],
    "bbox": "52.51,13.37,52.52,13.40"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ponderable_hydrometer/osm-pois-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "filters": ["amenity=restaurant"],
    "bbox": "52.51,13.37,52.52,13.40",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ponderable_hydrometer/osm-pois-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "filters": [
    "amenity=restaurant"
  ],
  "bbox": "52.51,13.37,52.52,13.40"
}' |
apify call ponderable_hydrometer/osm-pois-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ponderable_hydrometer/osm-pois-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/hE3aqvOURezjL5ihP/builds/6JvkonQdEImwF8i2f/openapi.json