Place Details

This sample demonstrates how to use the Places service's getDetails() method to retrieve Place Details for a particular place, and add a marker to the map which displays the details when clicked.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

// This example requires the Places library. Include the libraries=places
// parameter when you first load the API. For example:
// <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&libraries=places">

function initMap(): void {
  const map = new google.maps.Map(
    document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement,
    {
      center: { lat: -33.866, lng: 151.196 },
      zoom: 15,
    }
  );

  const request = {
    placeId: "ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4",
    fields: ["name", "formatted_address", "place_id", "geometry"],
  };

  const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
  const service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);

  service.getDetails(request, (place, status) => {
    if (
      status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK &&
      place &&
      place.geometry &&
      place.geometry.location
    ) {
      const marker = new google.maps.Marker({
        map,
        position: place.geometry.location,
      });

      google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "click", () => {
        const content = document.createElement("div");

        const nameElement = document.createElement("h2");

        nameElement.textContent = place.name!;
        content.appendChild(nameElement);

        const placeIdElement = document.createElement("p");

        placeIdElement.textContent = place.place_id!;
        content.appendChild(placeIdElement);

        const placeAddressElement = document.createElement("p");

        placeAddressElement.textContent = place.formatted_address!;
        content.appendChild(placeAddressElement);

        infowindow.setContent(content);
        infowindow.open(map, marker);
      });
    }
  });
}

declare global {
  interface Window {
    initMap: () => void;
  }
}
window.initMap = initMap;
index.ts

JavaScript

// This example requires the Places library. Include the libraries=places
// parameter when you first load the API. For example:
// <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&libraries=places">
function initMap() {
  const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    center: { lat: -33.866, lng: 151.196 },
    zoom: 15,
  });
  const request = {
    placeId: "ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4",
    fields: ["name", "formatted_address", "place_id", "geometry"],
  };
  const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
  const service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);

  service.getDetails(request, (place, status) => {
    if (
      status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK &&
      place &&
      place.geometry &&
      place.geometry.location
    ) {
      const marker = new google.maps.Marker({
        map,
        position: place.geometry.location,
      });

      google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "click", () => {
        const content = document.createElement("div");
        const nameElement = document.createElement("h2");

        nameElement.textContent = place.name;
        content.appendChild(nameElement);

        const placeIdElement = document.createElement("p");

        placeIdElement.textContent = place.place_id;
        content.appendChild(placeIdElement);

        const placeAddressElement = document.createElement("p");

        placeAddressElement.textContent = place.formatted_address;
        content.appendChild(placeAddressElement);
        infowindow.setContent(content);
        infowindow.open(map, marker);
      });
    }
  });
}

window.initMap = initMap;
index.js

CSS

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

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

style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Place Details</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>

    <!-- 
      The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML
      document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,
      and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See
      https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api
      for more information.
      -->
    <script
      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&libraries=places&v=weekly"
      defer
    ></script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

Try Sample

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 -b sample-place-details https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
  cd js-samples
  npm i
  npm start

Other samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with sample-SAMPLE_NAME. 

  git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
  npm i
  npm start

Use the Place Overview component

The Place Overview component displays detailed information about millions of businesses, including opening hours, star reviews, and photos, plus directions and other actions in a premade UI in 5 sizes and formats. It is part of the Extended Component Library, from Google Maps Platform, a set of web components that helps developers build better maps and location features faster.

Use the Place Overview configurator to create embeddable code for a custom Place Overview component, then export it to be used with popular frameworks like React and Angular or no framework at all.