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Method: findNearbyPlaces
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Find nearby places for a given location.
HTTP request
POST https://locationselection.googleapis.com/v1beta:findNearbyPlaces
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| Fields |
localizationPreferences |
object (LocalizationPreferences)
Required. Preferences used for localizing the texts in response, for example, name and address.
|
searchLocation |
object (LatLng)
Required. Location where places need to be found.
|
maxResults |
integer
Required. Maximum number of results to be returned. Must be greater than 0.
|
wifiAccessPoints[] |
object (WiFiAccessPoint)
WiFi Access points around the request location. Used to provide higher quality search results.
|
Response body
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
Find nearby places for a given location response message.
| JSON representation |
{
"placeResults": [
{
object (PlaceResult)
}
]
} |
| Fields |
placeResults[] |
object (PlaceResult)
Ordered list of places found. May be empty if no places were found around the request location. Ordering is based on a combination of likelihood and distance.
|
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Last updated 2022-11-04 UTC.
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