# 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. Powered by DataForSEO.

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). |

## Code example

```bash
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/google/business/questions" \
  -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?