Struct MapsScraper 

pub struct MapsScraper { /* private fields */ }

The scraper. Holds an active Chrome browser process.

Drop the scraper to close Chrome.

Implementations

impl MapsScraper

pub async fn launch(cfg: ScraperConfig) -> Result<Self>

Launch (or connect to) a Chrome browser and return a ready-to-use scraper.

If ScraperConfig::browserless_url is set (or the BROWSERLESS_URL environment variable is present), this connects to that remote Chrome over the DevTools WebSocket instead of launching a local browser — handy when no local Chrome is available or for high-volume scraping through a managed Chrome service.

pub async fn search(&self, query: &str) -> Result<Vec<Place>>

Run a single Google Maps text search and return the extracted places.

Performance

Each call opens a fresh Chrome tab, visits the Maps homepage (consent dismissal, including a fixed ~3 s settle delay), runs the one query, and closes the tab. Calling this in a loop pays that per-call setup N times. For multiple queries prefer MapsScraper::search_many, which reuses one tab for all of them.

pub async fn search_many(&self, queries: &[&str]) -> Result<Vec<Place>>

Run several queries through one browser session. Results are deduped by website domain (and by maps_url when no website).

pub async fn close(self) -> Result<()>

Close Chrome cleanly. (Drop also works.)

Trait Implementations

impl Drop for MapsScraper

fn drop(&mut self)

Abort the CDP handler task if the scraper is dropped without an explicit close() (e.g. on panic or early return). chromiumoxide::Browser has its own Drop that signals Chrome to shut down, so this just makes sure the background polling task does not outlive the scraper.

fn pin_drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>)

🔬This is a nightly-only experimental API. (pin_ergonomics)

Execute the destructor for this type, but different to Drop::drop, it requires self to be pinned.