Method: geocode.location.geocodeLocation
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This method performs a location geocode, which maps a LatLng to an address. It also provides structured information about the address.
HTTP request
GET https://geocode.googleapis.com/v4beta/geocode/location
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Query parameters
| Parameters |
languageCode |
string
Optional. Language in which the results should be returned.
|
regionCode |
string
Optional. Region code. The region code, specified as a ccTLD ("top-level domain") two-character value. The parameter affects results based on applicable law.
|
types[] |
string
Optional. A set of type tags to restrict the results. Results that do not have any of the specified types are removed. For the complete list of possible values, see Table A and Table B at https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/place-types.
|
granularity[] |
enum (GeocodeResult.Granularity)
Optional. A filter of one or more location granularity enums.
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Union parameter location_input. The location to geocode. location_input can be only one of the following: |
locationQuery |
string
The location in the format of "lat,lng" string. For example, "64.7611872,-18.4705364".
|
location |
object (LatLng)
The location in the structured format.
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Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of GeocodeLocationResponse.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/maps-platform.geocode
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/maps-platform.geocode.location
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Last updated 2025-08-27 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-08-27 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: geocode.location.geocodeLocation\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n\nThis method performs a location geocode, which maps a LatLng to an address. It also provides structured information about the address.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://geocode.googleapis.com/v4beta/geocode/location`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `languageCode` | `string` Optional. Language in which the results should be returned. |\n| `regionCode` | `string` Optional. Region code. The region code, specified as a ccTLD (\"top-level domain\") two-character value. The parameter affects results based on applicable law. |\n| `types[]` | `string` Optional. A set of type tags to restrict the results. Results that do not have any of the specified types are removed. For the complete list of possible values, see Table A and Table B at \u003chttps://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/place-types\u003e. |\n| `granularity[]` | `enum (`[GeocodeResult.Granularity](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/GeocodeResult.Granularity)`)` Optional. A filter of one or more location granularity enums. |\n| Union parameter `location_input`. The location to geocode. `location_input` can be only one of the following: ||\n| `locationQuery` | `string` The location in the format of \"lat,lng\" string. For example, \"64.7611872,-18.4705364\". |\n| `location` | `object (`[LatLng](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/Shared.Types/LatLng)`)` The location in the structured format. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [GeocodeLocationResponse](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/GeocodeLocationResponse).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/maps-platform.geocode`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/maps-platform.geocode.location`"]]
