Place Reviews

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

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

/* 
 * 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>
  <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 -->
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        ({key: "AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg", v: "weekly"});</script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

Get reviews for a place

To get review data for a place, include the reviews field in your fetchFields() request parameters. The resulting Place instance contains an array of Review objects, from which you may access the needed review information.

The following example shows making a Place Details request for reviews.

// 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,
});
index.js

The Review instance contains the following:

• An AuthorAttribution
• The rating given by the user.
• The publishTime (Date), and relativePublishTimeDescription (review time relative to the current time for example "a month ago").
• The review text.
• The textLanguageCode indicating the language in which the review is written.

To get the overall rating for the place, use the Place.rating property (you must request the rating field in your fetchFields() request parameters).

Author attributions

When you display a review, you must also display the author attributions for the review. Use the AuthorAttribution class to return attributions. An attribution includes the author's name (displayName), a URI for their Google Maps profile (uri), and a URI for the author's photo (photoURI). The following snippet shows returning the displayName, uri, and photoURI for an attribution.

  let authorName = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution!.displayName;
  let authorUri = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution!.uri;
  let authorPhoto = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution!.photoURI;