Routes API client libraries

This page shows how to get started with the client libraries for Routes API.

Read more about the client libraries in Client Libraries Explained.

Installing the client library

Java

For more information, see Setting Up a Java Development Environment.

See Google Routes API Client for Java for the installation instructions.

Go

go get cloud.google.com/go/maps
For more information, see Setting Up a Go Development Environment.

See Google Routes API Client for Go for the installation instructions.

Node.js

npm install @googlemaps/routing
For more information, see Setting Up a Node.js Development Environment.

For the complete installation instructions, see Google Routes API Client for Node.js

Python

For more information, see Setting Up a Python Development Environment.

For the complete installation instructions, see Google Routes API Client for Python

.Net

For more information, see Setting Up a .Net Development Environment.

For the complete installation instructions, see Google Routes API Client for .Net

Setting up authentication

When you use client libraries, you use Application Default Credentials (ADC) to authenticate. For information about setting up ADC, see Provide credentials for Application Default Credentials. For information about using ADC with client libraries, see Authenticate using client libraries.

Using the client library

Java

Compute Routes example: 

import com.google.maps.routing.v2.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
   
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] arguments) throws IOException {
      RoutesSettings routesSettings = RoutesSettings.newBuilder()
              .setHeaderProvider(() -> {
                  Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
                  headers.put("X-Goog-FieldMask", "*");
                  return headers;
              }).build();
      RoutesClient routesClient = RoutesClient.create(routesSettings);
       
      ComputeRoutesResponse response = routesClient.computeRoutes(ComputeRoutesRequest.newBuilder()
              .setOrigin(Waypoint.newBuilder().setPlaceId("ChIJeRpOeF67j4AR9ydy_PIzPuM").build())
              .setDestination(Waypoint.newBuilder().setPlaceId("ChIJG3kh4hq6j4AR_XuFQnV0_t8").build())
              .setRoutingPreference(RoutingPreference.TRAFFIC_AWARE)
              .setTravelMode(RouteTravelMode.DRIVE).build());
      System.out.println("Response: " + response.toString());
  }
}

Route Matrix example: 

import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ServerStream;
import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ServerStreamingCallable;
import com.google.maps.routing.v2.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
   
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] arguments) throws IOException {
      RoutesSettings routesSettings = RoutesSettings.newBuilder()
              .setHeaderProvider(() -> {
                  Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
                  headers.put("X-Goog-FieldMask", "*");
                  return headers;
              }).build();
      RoutesClient routesClient = RoutesClient.create(routesSettings);
       
      ServerStreamingCallable<ComputeRouteMatrixRequest, RouteMatrixElement> computeRouteMatrix = routesClient.computeRouteMatrixCallable();
      ServerStream<RouteMatrixElement> stream = computeRouteMatrix.call(ComputeRouteMatrixRequest.newBuilder()
              .addOrigins(RouteMatrixOrigin.newBuilder()
                      .setWaypoint(Waypoint.newBuilder().
                              setPlaceId("ChIJeRpOeF67j4AR9ydy_PIzPuM").build()))
              .addDestinations(RouteMatrixDestination.newBuilder()
                      .setWaypoint(Waypoint.newBuilder().setPlaceId("ChIJG3kh4hq6j4AR_XuFQnV0_t8").build())
                      .build()).setTravelMode(RouteTravelMode.DRIVE)
              .build());
      for (RouteMatrixElement element : stream) {
          System.out.println("Response : " + element.toString());
      }
  }
}

Go

Compute Routes example: 

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "os"
     
  routing "cloud.google.com/go/maps/routing/apiv2"
  "cloud.google.com/go/maps/routing/apiv2/routingpb"
  "google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
)
   
func main() {
  ctx := context.Background()
  client, err := routing.NewRoutesClient(ctx)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %v\n", err)
    os.Exit(1)
  }
     
  computeRoutesReq := routingpb.ComputeRoutesRequest{
    Origin: &routingpb.Waypoint{
      LocationType: &routingpb.Waypoint_PlaceId{
        PlaceId: "ChIJeRpOeF67j4AR9ydy_PIzPuM",
      },
    },
    Destination: &routingpb.Waypoint{
      LocationType: &routingpb.Waypoint_PlaceId{
        PlaceId: "ChIJG3kh4hq6j4AR_XuFQnV0_t8",
      },
    },
    RoutingPreference: routingpb.RoutingPreference_TRAFFIC_AWARE,
    TravelMode:        routingpb.RouteTravelMode_DRIVE,
  }
  ctx = metadata.AppendToOutgoingContext(ctx, "X-Goog-FieldMask", "*")
  computeRoutesResponse, err := client.ComputeRoutes(ctx, &computeRoutesReq)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %v\n", err)
    os.Exit(1)
  }
  fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "response: %v\n", computeRoutesResponse)
}

Route Matrix example: 

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "os"
     
  routing "cloud.google.com/go/maps/routing/apiv2"
  "cloud.google.com/go/maps/routing/apiv2/routingpb"
  "google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
)
   
func main() {
  ctx := context.Background()
  client, err := routing.NewRoutesClient(ctx)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("error: %v\n", err)
    os.Exit(1)
  }
     
  computeRouteMatrixReq := routingpb.ComputeRouteMatrixRequest{
    Origins: []*routingpb.RouteMatrixOrigin{
      {
        Waypoint: &routingpb.Waypoint{
          LocationType: &routingpb.Waypoint_PlaceId{
            PlaceId: "ChIJeRpOeF67j4AR9ydy_PIzPuM",
          },
        },
      },
    },
    Destinations: []*routingpb.RouteMatrixDestination{
      {
        Waypoint: &routingpb.Waypoint{
          LocationType: &routingpb.Waypoint_PlaceId{
            PlaceId: "ChIJG3kh4hq6j4AR_XuFQnV0_t8",
          },
        },
      },
    },
    TravelMode: routingpb.RouteTravelMode_DRIVE,
  }
  ctx = metadata.AppendToOutgoingContext(ctx, "X-Goog-FieldMask", "*")
  stream, err := client.ComputeRouteMatrix(ctx, &computeRouteMatrixReq)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %v\n", err)
    os.Exit(1)
  }
  for {
    element, err := stream.Recv()
    if err == io.EOF {
      break
    }
    if err != nil {
      fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %v\n", err)
      os.Exit(1)
    }
    fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "element: %v\n", element)
  }
}

Node.js

Compute Routes example: 

// Imports the Routing library
const { RoutesClient } = require("@googlemaps/routing").v2;
const origin = {
  location: {
    latLng: {
      latitude: 37.419734,
      longitude: -122.0827784,
    },
  },
};
const destination = {
  location: {
    latLng: {
      latitude: 37.41767,
      longitude: -122.079595,
    },
  },
};
// Instantiates a client
const routingClient = new RoutesClient();
async function callComputeRoutes() {
  const request = {
    origin,
    destination,
  };
  // Run request
  const response = await routingClient.computeRoutes(request, {
    otherArgs: {
      headers: {
        "X-Goog-FieldMask":
          "routes.duration,routes.distanceMeters,routes.polyline.encodedPolyline",
      },
    },
  });
  console.log(response);
}
callComputeRoutes();

Compute Route Matrix example: 

// Imports the Routing library
const { RoutesClient } = require("@googlemaps/routing").v2;
const origins = [
  {
    waypoint: {
      location: {
        latLng: {
          latitude: 37.420761,
          longitude: -122.081356,
        },
      },
    },
  },
  {
    waypoint: {
      location: {
        latLng: {
          latitude: 37.403184,
          longitude: -122.097371,
        },
      },
    },
  },
];
const destinations = [
  {
    waypoint: {
      location: {
        latLng: {
          latitude: 37.420999,
          longitude: -122.086894,
        },
      },
    },
  },
  {
    waypoint: {
      location: {
        latLng: {
          latitude: 37.383047,
          longitude: -122.044651,
        },
      },
    },
  },
];
// Instantiates a client
const routingClient = new RoutesClient();
async function callComputeRouteMatrix() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    origins,
    destinations,
  };
  // Run request
  const stream = await routingClient.computeRouteMatrix(request, {
    otherArgs: {
      headers: {
        "X-Goog-FieldMask": "*",
      },
    },
  });
  stream.on("data", (response) => {
    console.log(response);
  });
  stream.on("error", (err) => {
    throw err;
  });
  stream.on("end", () => {
    /* API call completed */
  });
}
callComputeRouteMatrix();

Python

# This snippet has been automatically generated and should be regarded as a
# code template only.
# It will require modifications to work:
# - It may require correct/in-range values for request initialization.
# - It may require specifying regional endpoints when creating the service
#   client as shown in:
#   https://googleapis.dev/python/google-api-core/latest/client_options.html
from google.maps import routing_v2


async def sample_compute_routes():
    # Create a client
    client = routing_v2.RoutesAsyncClient()

    # Initialize request argument(s)
    request = routing_v2.ComputeRoutesRequest(
    )

    # Make the request
    response = await client.compute_routes(request=request)

    # Handle the response
    print(response)

.Net

using Google.Maps.Routing.V2;
using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public sealed partial class GeneratedRoutesClientSnippets
{
    /// <summary>Snippet for ComputeRoutesAsync</summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// This snippet has been automatically generated and should be regarded as a code template only.
    /// It will require modifications to work:
    /// - It may require correct/in-range values for request initialization.
    /// - It may require specifying regional endpoints when creating the service client as shown in
    ///   https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/help/client-configuration#endpoint.
    /// </remarks>
    public async Task ComputeRoutesRequestObjectAsync()
    {
        // Create client
        RoutesClient routesClient = await RoutesClient.CreateAsync();
        // Initialize request argument(s)
        ComputeRoutesRequest request = new ComputeRoutesRequest
        {
            Origin = new Waypoint(),
            Destination = new Waypoint(),
            Intermediates = { new Waypoint(), },
            TravelMode = RouteTravelMode.TravelModeUnspecified,
            RoutingPreference = RoutingPreference.Unspecified,
            PolylineQuality = PolylineQuality.Unspecified,
            DepartureTime = new Timestamp(),
            ComputeAlternativeRoutes = false,
            RouteModifiers = new RouteModifiers(),
            LanguageCode = "",
            Units = Units.Unspecified,
            PolylineEncoding = PolylineEncoding.Unspecified,
            OptimizeWaypointOrder = false,
            RequestedReferenceRoutes =
            {
                ComputeRoutesRequest.Types.ReferenceRoute.Unspecified,
            },
            ExtraComputations =
            {
                ComputeRoutesRequest.Types.ExtraComputation.Unspecified,
            },
            RegionCode = "",
            TrafficModel = TrafficModel.Unspecified,
            ArrivalTime = new Timestamp(),
            TransitPreferences = new TransitPreferences(),
        };
        // Make the request
        ComputeRoutesResponse response = await routesClient.ComputeRoutesAsync(request);
    }
}

Additional resources

Java

Go

Node.js

Python

.Net