Retrieve Google Maps place photos via pay-per-call MPP on Tempo L2.
What it does
This endpoint provides access to Google Maps Place Photos through the Micropayment Protocol (MPP), settled on the Tempo L2 chain (chainId 4217). Each call costs $0.007 (7,000 base units of pathUSD with 6 decimals) and returns a photo associated with a Google Maps place.
The endpoint is live and responds with a standard MPP 402 Payment Required challenge on unauthenticated GET requests. It is part of a broader Google Maps suite hosted at googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz that wraps various Google Maps Platform capabilities — geocoding, directions, places, routes, tiles, weather, air quality, and more — behind per-call crypto micropayments. The fee payer flag is set to true, meaning the service covers on-chain transaction fees for the caller.
Documentation is sparse: the provider's root domain, /docs, /api, /pricing, and /README all return 404. The endpoint path and challenge description strongly suggest it mirrors the Google Maps Places Photo API, expecting query parameters such as a photo reference and desired dimensions. Without official docs or an OpenAPI schema, exact parameter names and response formats must be inferred from the upstream Google Maps API conventions.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Fetching a photo of a business or point of interest for display in an app
- —Enriching location-based search results with venue imagery
- —Building travel or real-estate tools that show place photos on demand
Fit
Best for
- —AI agents that need on-demand place photos without managing Google API keys
- —Applications requiring pay-per-call access to Google Maps imagery
- —Crypto-native workflows settling on Tempo L2
Not for
- —Bulk downloading large volumes of place photos (per-call cost adds up)
- —Use cases requiring detailed photo metadata or attribution information beyond the image itself
Quick start
curl -i "https://googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz/maps/place/photo?photo_reference=PHOTO_REF&maxwidth=400" \
-H "Authorization: Payment <signed-tempo-token>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live (402 challenge captured) and pricing is clear ($0.007 per call on Tempo L2), but there is no documentation, no OpenAPI schema, and no example request/response available. Parameter names are inferred from upstream Google Maps conventions.
Warnings
- —No documentation found — /docs, /api, /pricing, /README all return 404.
- —No OpenAPI or schema available; request parameters are inferred from Google Maps Places Photo API conventions.
- —Currency address 0x20c0…8b50 assumed to be pathUSD (6 decimals) on Tempo chain 4217; if different, the stated price would be wrong.
Citations
- —Endpoint returns HTTP 402 with MPP challenge, confirming it is live.https://googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz/maps/place/photo
- —Per-call amount is 7000 base units settled via Tempo method on chainId 4217.https://googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz/maps/place/photo
- —Part of a broader Google Maps suite covering geocoding, directions, places, routes, tiles, weather, air quality, and more.https://googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz/maps/place/photo