Automation library · Lead generation

Collect local business leads from Google Maps with ScraperAPI

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Sheets. 12 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

12 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 5Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Create Leads Sheet (run once)Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2On Lead Search RequestForm triggerStarts it
  3. 3Create Leads SpreadsheetGoogle SheetsService
  4. 4ConfigureSetLogic
  5. 5Read Existing LeadsGoogle SheetsService
  6. 6Build Search QueryCodeLogic
  7. 7Fetch Maps Metadata via ScraperAPIScraper ApiService
  8. 8Extract Results URLCodeLogic
  9. 9Fetch Maps Results via ScraperAPIScraper ApiService
  10. 10Extract BusinessesCodeLogic
  11. 11Dedupe New LeadsCodeLogic
  12. 12Append Leads to SheetGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
12
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 12 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 12 steps before you point it at anything that matters.