Place geocoding request and response

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This page shows you requests and responses to retrieve an address for a place ID.

Required parameters

• place_id — The place ID of the place for which you wish to obtain the human-readable address. The place ID is a unique identifier that can be used with other Google APIs. For example, you can use the placeID returned by the Roads API to get the address for a snapped point. For more information about place IDs, see the place ID overview..
• key — Your application's API key. This key identifies your application for purposes of quota management. Learn how to get a key.

The optional parameters are the same as those for reverse geocoding.

The following query contains the place ID of a place in Brooklyn:

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?place_id=ChIJd8BlQ2BZwokRAFUEcm_qrcA
&key=YOUR_API_KEY

The above query returns the following result:

{
   "results" : [
      {
         "address_components" : [
            {
               "long_name" : "277",
               "short_name" : "277",
               "types" : [ "street_number" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "Bedford Avenue",
               "short_name" : "Bedford Ave",
               "types" : [ "route" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "Williamsburg",
               "short_name" : "Williamsburg",
               "types" : [ "neighborhood", "political" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "Brooklyn",
               "short_name" : "Brooklyn",
               "types" : [ "political", "sublocality", "sublocality_level_1" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "Kings County",
               "short_name" : "Kings County",
               "types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "New York",
               "short_name" : "NY",
               "types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "United States",
               "short_name" : "US",
               "types" : [ "country", "political" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "11211",
               "short_name" : "11211",
               "types" : [ "postal_code" ]
            }
         ],
         "formatted_address" : "277 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA",
         "geometry" : {
            "location" : {
               "lat" : 40.7142205,
               "lng" : -73.9612903
            },
            "location_type" : "ROOFTOP",
            "viewport" : {
               "northeast" : {
                  "lat" : 40.71556948029149,
                  "lng" : -73.95994131970849
               },
               "southwest" : {
                  "lat" : 40.7128715197085,
                  "lng" : -73.9626392802915
               }
            }
         },
         "place_id" : "ChIJd8BlQ2BZwokRAFUEcm_qrcA",
         "types" : [ "street_address" ]
      }
   ],
   "status" : "OK"
}

For a description of the fields in the response, see Geocoding responses.