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Place Text Search

  • The sample demonstrates using thesearchByText function to find taco restaurants near Mountain View, California.

  • It displays the search results as markers on a map, automatically adjusting the map's view to encompass all found locations.

  • The sample code is provided in both TypeScript and JavaScript, showcasing how to integrate Google Maps Platform functionalities into your web application.

  • Users can further explore the functionality by cloning the sample code and running it locally using Git and Node.js or by trying it on JSFiddle or Google Cloud Shell.

  • As an alternative, consider utilizing the Place Overview component from the Extended Component Library for a pre-built user interface to display detailed place information.

This example usessearchByText to query for taco restaurants in the MountainView vicinity, and populates a map with markers to show the results.

Read thedocumentation.

TypeScript

letmap;letcenter;asyncfunctioninitMap(){const{Map}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("maps")asgoogle.maps.MapsLibrary;center={lat:37.4161493,lng:-122.0812166};map=newMap(document.getElementById('map')asHTMLElement,{center:center,zoom:11,mapId:'DEMO_MAP_ID',});findPlaces();}asyncfunctionfindPlaces(){const{Place}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("places")asgoogle.maps.PlacesLibrary;const{AdvancedMarkerElement}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("marker")asgoogle.maps.MarkerLibrary;constrequest={textQuery:'Tacos in Mountain View',fields:['displayName','location','businessStatus'],includedType:'restaurant',locationBias:{lat:37.4161493,lng:-122.0812166},isOpenNow:true,language:'en-US',maxResultCount:8,minRating:3.2,region:'us',useStrictTypeFiltering:false,};//@ts-ignoreconst{places}=awaitPlace.searchByText(request);if(places.length){console.log(places);const{LatLngBounds}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("core")asgoogle.maps.CoreLibrary;constbounds=newLatLngBounds();// Loop through and get all the results.places.forEach((place)=>{constmarkerView=newAdvancedMarkerElement({map,position:place.location,title:place.displayName,});bounds.extend(place.locationasgoogle.maps.LatLng);console.log(place);});map.fitBounds(bounds);}else{console.log('No results');}}initMap();
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

letmap;letcenter;asyncfunctioninitMap(){const{Map}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("maps");center={lat:37.4161493,lng:-122.0812166};map=newMap(document.getElementById("map"),{center:center,zoom:11,mapId:"DEMO_MAP_ID",});findPlaces();}asyncfunctionfindPlaces(){const{Place}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("places");const{AdvancedMarkerElement}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("marker");constrequest={textQuery:"Tacos in Mountain View",fields:["displayName","location","businessStatus"],includedType:"restaurant",locationBias:{lat:37.4161493,lng:-122.0812166},isOpenNow:true,language:"en-US",maxResultCount:8,minRating:3.2,region:"us",useStrictTypeFiltering:false,};//@ts-ignoreconst{places}=awaitPlace.searchByText(request);if(places.length){console.log(places);const{LatLngBounds}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("core");constbounds=newLatLngBounds();// Loop through and get all the results.places.forEach((place)=>{constmarkerView=newAdvancedMarkerElement({map,position:place.location,title:place.displayName,});bounds.extend(place.location);console.log(place);});map.fitBounds(bounds);}else{console.log("No results");}}initMap();
Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.

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;}

HTML

<html>  <head>    <title>Text Search</title>    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>  </head>  <body>    <div></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>

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

gitclone-bsample-place-text-searchhttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.gitcdjs-samplesnpminpmstart

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