Place Reviews

This example retrieves place details including the first place review, and displays the information in an info window.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

let map: google.maps.Map;
let centerCoordinates = { lat: 42.349134, lng: -71.083184 }; // Boston, MA
let infoWindow;
let contentString;

async function initMap() {
    const { Map, InfoWindow } = await google.maps.importLibrary('maps') as google.maps.MapsLibrary;
    const { AdvancedMarkerElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary('marker') as google.maps.MarkerLibrary;
    const { Place, Review } = await google.maps.importLibrary('places') as google.maps.PlacesLibrary;

    map = new Map(document.getElementById('map') as HTMLElement, {
        center: centerCoordinates,
        zoom: 14,
        // ...
    });

    // Use a place ID to create a new Place instance.
    const place = new Place({
        id: 'ChIJpyiwa4Zw44kRBQSGWKv4wgA', // Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA
    });

    // Call fetchFields, passing 'reviews' and other needed fields.
    await place.fetchFields({
        fields: ['displayName', 'formattedAddress', 'location', 'reviews'],
    });

    // If there are any reviews display the first one.
    if (place.reviews && place.reviews.length > 0) {
        // Get info for the first review.
        let reviewRating = place.reviews[0].rating;
        let reviewText = place.reviews[0].text;
        let authorName = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution!.displayName;
        let authorUri = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution!.uri;

        // Format the review using HTML.
        contentString =`
            <div id="title"><b>${place.displayName}</b></div>
            <div id="address">${place.formattedAddress}</div>
            <a href="${authorUri}" target="_blank">Author: ${authorName}</a>
            <div id="rating">Rating: ${reviewRating} stars</div>
            <div id="rating"><p>Review: ${reviewText}</p></div>`;
    } else {
        contentString = 'No reviews were found for ' + place.displayName + '.';
    }

    // Create an infowindow to display the review.
    infoWindow = new InfoWindow({
        content: contentString,
        ariaLabel: place.displayName,
    });

    // Add a marker.
    const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        map,
        position: place.location,
        title: place.displayName,
    });

    // Show the info window.
    infoWindow.open({
        anchor: marker,
        map,
    });
}

initMap();
index.ts

JavaScript

let map;
let centerCoordinates = { lat: 42.349134, lng: -71.083184 }; // Boston, MA
let infoWindow;
let contentString;

async function initMap() {
  const { Map, InfoWindow } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps");
  const { AdvancedMarkerElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("marker");
  const { Place, Review } = await google.maps.importLibrary("places");

  map = new Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    center: centerCoordinates,
    zoom: 14,
    // ...
  });

  // Use a place ID to create a new Place instance.
  const place = new Place({
    id: "ChIJpyiwa4Zw44kRBQSGWKv4wgA", // Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA
  });

  // Call fetchFields, passing 'reviews' and other needed fields.
  await place.fetchFields({
    fields: ["displayName", "formattedAddress", "location", "reviews"],
  });
  // If there are any reviews display the first one.
  if (place.reviews && place.reviews.length > 0) {
    // Get info for the first review.
    let reviewRating = place.reviews[0].rating;
    let reviewText = place.reviews[0].text;
    let authorName = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution.displayName;
    let authorUri = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution.uri;

    // Format the review using HTML.
    contentString = `
            <div id="title"><b>${place.displayName}</b></div>
            <div id="address">${place.formattedAddress}</div>
            <a href="${authorUri}" target="_blank">Author: ${authorName}</a>
            <div id="rating">Rating: ${reviewRating} stars</div>
            <div id="rating"><p>Review: ${reviewText}</p></div>`;
  } else {
    contentString = "No reviews were found for " + place.displayName + ".";
  }

  // Create an infowindow to display the review.
  infoWindow = new InfoWindow({
    content: contentString,
    ariaLabel: place.displayName,
  });

  // Add a marker.
  const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
    map,
    position: place.location,
    title: place.displayName,
  });

  // Show the info window.
  infoWindow.open({
    anchor: marker,
    map,
  });
}

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 Reviews</title>

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

    <!-- 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: "AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg", v: "weekly"});</script>
  </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 -b sample-place-reviews 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.