Place ID Finder

The Place ID Finder sample allows a user to find a place based on its address, then it adds a marker for the place to the map, and displays the place's place ID in an info window.

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TypeScript

// This sample uses the Place Autocomplete widget to allow the user to search
// for and select a place. The sample then displays an info window containing
// the place ID and other information about the place that the user has
// selected.

// 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">

async function initMap(): Promise<void> {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const [{ InfoWindow }, { AdvancedMarkerElement }] = await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary('maps') as Promise<google.maps.MapsLibrary>,
        google.maps.importLibrary(
            'marker'
        ) as Promise<google.maps.MarkerLibrary>,
        google.maps.importLibrary(
            'places'
        ) as Promise<google.maps.PlacesLibrary>,
    ]);

    const mapElement = document.querySelector(
        'gmp-map'
    ) as google.maps.MapElement;
    const map = mapElement.innerMap as google.maps.Map;

    const placeAutocomplete = document.querySelector(
        'gmp-place-autocomplete'
    ) as google.maps.places.PlaceAutocompleteElement;

    // Set the map options.
    map.setOptions({
        clickableIcons: false,
        mapTypeControl: false,
        streetViewControl: false,
    });

    // Use the bounds_changed event to bias results to the current map bounds.
    map.addListener('bounds_changed', () => {
        const bounds = map.getBounds();
        if (bounds) {
            placeAutocomplete.locationBias = bounds;
        }
    });

    const infowindow = new InfoWindow();
    const infowindowContent = document.getElementById(
        'infowindow-content'
    ) as HTMLElement;

    infowindow.setContent(infowindowContent);

    const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        map: map,
        collisionBehavior:
            google.maps.CollisionBehavior.REQUIRED_AND_HIDES_OPTIONAL,
    });

    marker.addListener('click', () => {
        infowindow.open(map, marker);
    });

    placeAutocomplete.addEventListener(
        'gmp-select',
        async ({ placePrediction }: any) => {
            infowindow.close();

            const place = placePrediction.toPlace();

            await place.fetchFields({
                fields: ['displayName', 'formattedAddress', 'location', 'id'],
            });

            if (!place.location) {
                return;
            }

            if (place.viewport) {
                map.fitBounds(place.viewport);
            } else {
                map.setCenter(place.location);
                map.setZoom(17);
            }

            // Set the position of the marker using the place ID and location.
            marker.position = place.location;
            // marker.setVisible(true); // AdvancedMarkerElement is visible by default when map and position are set.

            (
                infowindowContent.children.namedItem(
                    'place-name'
                ) as HTMLElement
            ).textContent = place.displayName as string;
            (
                infowindowContent.children.namedItem('place-id') as HTMLElement
            ).textContent = place.id as string;
            (
                infowindowContent.children.namedItem(
                    'place-address'
                ) as HTMLElement
            ).textContent = place.formattedAddress as string;
            infowindow.open(map, marker);
        }
    );
}

initMap();
index.ts

JavaScript

// This sample uses the Place Autocomplete widget to allow the user to search
// for and select a place. The sample then displays an info window containing
// the place ID and other information about the place that the user has
// selected.
// 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">
async function initMap() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const [{ InfoWindow }, { AdvancedMarkerElement }] = await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('places'),
    ]);
    const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
    const map = mapElement.innerMap;
    const placeAutocomplete = document.querySelector('gmp-place-autocomplete');
    // Set the map options.
    map.setOptions({
        clickableIcons: false,
        mapTypeControl: false,
        streetViewControl: false,
    });
    // Use the bounds_changed event to bias results to the current map bounds.
    map.addListener('bounds_changed', () => {
        const bounds = map.getBounds();
        if (bounds) {
            placeAutocomplete.locationBias = bounds;
        }
    });
    const infowindow = new InfoWindow();
    const infowindowContent = document.getElementById('infowindow-content');
    infowindow.setContent(infowindowContent);
    const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        map: map,
        collisionBehavior: google.maps.CollisionBehavior.REQUIRED_AND_HIDES_OPTIONAL,
    });
    marker.addListener('click', () => {
        infowindow.open(map, marker);
    });
    placeAutocomplete.addEventListener('gmp-select', async ({ placePrediction }) => {
        infowindow.close();
        const place = placePrediction.toPlace();
        await place.fetchFields({
            fields: ['displayName', 'formattedAddress', 'location', 'id'],
        });
        if (!place.location) {
            return;
        }
        if (place.viewport) {
            map.fitBounds(place.viewport);
        }
        else {
            map.setCenter(place.location);
            map.setZoom(17);
        }
        // Set the position of the marker using the place ID and location.
        marker.position = place.location;
        // marker.setVisible(true); // AdvancedMarkerElement is visible by default when map and position are set.
        infowindowContent.children.namedItem('place-name').textContent = place.displayName;
        infowindowContent.children.namedItem('place-id').textContent = place.id;
        infowindowContent.children.namedItem('place-address').textContent = place.formattedAddress;
        infowindow.open(map, marker);
    });
}
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;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

#infowindow-content {
    display: none;
}

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

gmp-place-autocomplete {
    position: absolute;
    height: 30px;
    width: 500px;
    top: 10px;
    left: 10px;
    box-shadow: 4px 4px 5px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    color-scheme: light;
    border-radius: 10px;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Place ID Finder</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="-33.8688, 151.2195" zoom="13" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID">
            <gmp-place-autocomplete slot="control-inline-start-block-start"></gmp-place-autocomplete>
        </gmp-map>
        <div id="infowindow-content">
            <span id="place-name" class="title"></span><br />
            <strong>Place ID:</strong> <span id="place-id"></span><br />
            <span id="place-address"></span>
        </div>
</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/places-placeid-finder
  npm i
  npm start