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);
      });
    }
  });
}
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);
      });
    }
  });
}

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

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Place Details</title>
    <script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=default"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>

    <!-- Async script executes immediately and must be after any DOM elements used in callback. -->
    <script
      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap&libraries=places&v=weekly"
      async
    ></script>
  </body>
</html>
sample.html
// 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=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&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); }); } }); }
/* 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; }
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Place Details</title> <script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=default"></script> <!-- jsFiddle will insert css and js --> </head> <body> <div id="map"></div> <!-- Async script executes immediately and must be after any DOM elements used in callback. --> <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&libraries=places&v=weekly&channel=2" async ></script> </body> </html>

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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 git@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