Retrieving Autocomplete Predictions

This example executes a query prediction request for the phrase "pizza near Syd" and displays the results as an HTML list.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

// This example retrieves autocomplete predictions programmatically from the
// autocomplete service, and displays them as an HTML list.
// 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 initService(): void {
  const displaySuggestions = function (
    predictions: google.maps.places.QueryAutocompletePrediction[] | null,
    status: google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus
  ) {
    if (status != google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK || !predictions) {
      alert(status);
      return;
    }

    predictions.forEach((prediction) => {
      const li = document.createElement("li");

      li.appendChild(document.createTextNode(prediction.description));
      (document.getElementById("results") as HTMLUListElement).appendChild(li);
    });
  };

  const service = new google.maps.places.AutocompleteService();

  service.getQueryPredictions({ input: "pizza near Syd" }, displaySuggestions);
}
index.ts

JavaScript

// This example retrieves autocomplete predictions programmatically from the
// autocomplete service, and displays them as an HTML list.
// 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 initService() {
  const displaySuggestions = function (predictions, status) {
    if (status != google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK || !predictions) {
      alert(status);
      return;
    }

    predictions.forEach((prediction) => {
      const li = document.createElement("li");

      li.appendChild(document.createTextNode(prediction.description));
      document.getElementById("results").appendChild(li);
    });
  };

  const service = new google.maps.places.AutocompleteService();

  service.getQueryPredictions({ input: "pizza near Syd" }, displaySuggestions);
}

index.js

CSS

style.css

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Retrieving Autocomplete Predictions</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>
    <p>Query suggestions for 'pizza near Syd':</p>
    <ul id="results"></ul>

    <!-- 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=initService&libraries=places&v=weekly"
      async
    ></script>
  </body>
</html>
sample.html
// This example retrieves autocomplete predictions programmatically from the // autocomplete service, and displays them as an HTML list. // 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 initService() { const displaySuggestions = function (predictions, status) { if (status != google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK || !predictions) { alert(status); return; } predictions.forEach((prediction) => { const li = document.createElement("li"); li.appendChild(document.createTextNode(prediction.description)); document.getElementById("results").appendChild(li); }); }; const service = new google.maps.places.AutocompleteService(); service.getQueryPredictions({ input: "pizza near Syd" }, displaySuggestions); }
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Retrieving Autocomplete Predictions</title> <script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=default"></script> <!-- jsFiddle will insert css and js --> </head> <body> <p>Query suggestions for 'pizza near Syd':</p> <ul id="results"></ul> <!-- 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=initService&libraries=places&v=weekly&channel=2" async ></script> </body> </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-places-queryprediction 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