Place Autocomplete

This example shows you how to add an Autocomplete widget to a Google map.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map') as google.maps.MapElement;
const placeAutocomplete = document.querySelector(
  'gmp-place-autocomplete'
) as google.maps.places.PlaceAutocompleteElement;
let innerMap;
let marker: google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement;
let infoWindow: google.maps.InfoWindow;
let center = { lat: 40.749933, lng: -73.98633 }; // New York City
async function initMap(): Promise<void> {
  // Request needed libraries.
  const [] = await Promise.all([
    google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
    google.maps.importLibrary('places'),
  ]);

  // Get the inner map.
  innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;
  innerMap.setOptions({
    mapTypeControl: false,
  });

  // Use the bounds_changed event to restrict results to the current map bounds.
  google.maps.event.addListener(innerMap, 'bounds_changed', async () => {
    placeAutocomplete.locationRestriction = innerMap.getBounds();
  });

  // Create the marker and infowindow.
  marker = new google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement({
    map: innerMap,
  });

  infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({});

  // Add the gmp-placeselect listener, and display the results on the map.
  //@ts-ignore
  placeAutocomplete.addEventListener('gmp-select', async ({ placePrediction }) => {
      const place = placePrediction.toPlace();
      await place.fetchFields({
        fields: ['displayName', 'formattedAddress', 'location'],
      });

      // If the place has a geometry, then present it on a map.
      if (place.viewport) {
        innerMap.fitBounds(place.viewport);
      } else {
        innerMap.setCenter(place.location);
        innerMap.setZoom(17);
      }

      let content = document.createElement('div');
      let nameText = document.createElement('span');
      nameText.textContent = place.displayName;
      content.appendChild(nameText);
      content.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
      let addressText = document.createElement('span');
      addressText.textContent = place.formattedAddress;
      content.appendChild(addressText);

      updateInfoWindow(content, place.location);
      marker.position = place.location;
    }
  );
}

// Helper function to create an info window.
function updateInfoWindow(content, center) {
  infoWindow.setContent(content);
  infoWindow.setPosition(center);
  infoWindow.open({
    map: innerMap,
    anchor: marker,
    shouldFocus: false,
  });
}

initMap();
index.ts

JavaScript

const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
const placeAutocomplete = document.querySelector('gmp-place-autocomplete');
let innerMap;
let marker;
let infoWindow;
let center = { lat: 40.749933, lng: -73.98633 }; // New York City
async function initMap() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const [] = await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('places'),
    ]);
    // Get the inner map.
    innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;
    innerMap.setOptions({
        mapTypeControl: false,
    });
    // Use the bounds_changed event to restrict results to the current map bounds.
    google.maps.event.addListener(innerMap, 'bounds_changed', async () => {
        placeAutocomplete.locationRestriction = innerMap.getBounds();
    });
    // Create the marker and infowindow.
    marker = new google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement({
        map: innerMap,
    });
    infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({});
    // Add the gmp-placeselect listener, and display the results on the map.
    //@ts-ignore
    placeAutocomplete.addEventListener('gmp-select', async ({ placePrediction }) => {
        const place = placePrediction.toPlace();
        await place.fetchFields({
            fields: ['displayName', 'formattedAddress', 'location'],
        });
        // If the place has a geometry, then present it on a map.
        if (place.viewport) {
            innerMap.fitBounds(place.viewport);
        }
        else {
            innerMap.setCenter(place.location);
            innerMap.setZoom(17);
        }
        let content = document.createElement('div');
        let nameText = document.createElement('span');
        nameText.textContent = place.displayName;
        content.appendChild(nameText);
        content.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
        let addressText = document.createElement('span');
        addressText.textContent = place.formattedAddress;
        content.appendChild(addressText);
        updateInfoWindow(content, place.location);
        marker.position = place.location;
    });
}
// Helper function to create an info window.
function updateInfoWindow(content, center) {
    infoWindow.setContent(content);
    infoWindow.setPosition(center);
    infoWindow.open({
        map: innerMap,
        anchor: marker,
        shouldFocus: false,
    });
}
initMap();
index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
gmp-map {
  height: 100%;
}

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.place-autocomplete-card {
  background-color: #fff;
  border-radius: 5px;
  box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35) 0px 5px 15px;
  margin: 10px;
  padding: 5px;
  font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;
  font-size: large;
  font-weight: bold;
}

gmp-place-autocomplete {
  width: 300px;
}

#infowindow-content .title {
  font-weight: bold;
}

#map #infowindow-content {
  display: inline;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Place Autocomplete map</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
    <!-- prettier-ignore -->
    <script>(g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})
        ({key: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "weekly"});</script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <gmp-map center="40.749933,-73.98633" zoom="13" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID">
      <div
        class="place-autocomplete-card"
        slot="control-inline-start-block-start">
        <p>Search for a place here:</p>
        <gmp-place-autocomplete></gmp-place-autocomplete>
      </div>
    </gmp-map>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

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Clone Sample

Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application. 

  git clone https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git
  cd samples/place-autocomplete-map
  npm i
  npm start