Get the Address for a Place ID

  • This example demonstrates how to use the Google Maps JavaScript API's geocoding service to retrieve an address for a given Place ID.

  • It utilizes the Geocoder object to perform the geocoding request, providing the Place ID as input.

  • Upon successful geocoding, the example updates the map's center and zoom level, adds a marker at the retrieved location, and displays the formatted address in an info window.

  • The example is provided in both TypeScript and JavaScript, showcasing how to implement the functionality in either language.

  • Users can try the sample using JSFiddle or Google Cloud Shell, and can also clone and run it locally with Git and Node.js.

This example uses geocoding to retrieve an address for a given place ID.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

// Initialize the map.
async function initMap(): Promise<void> {
  await Promise.all([
    google.maps.importLibrary("maps"),
    google.maps.importLibrary("geocoding"),
    google.maps.importLibrary("marker"),
  ]);

  const mapElement = document.querySelector("gmp-map") as google.maps.MapElement;
  const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;
  const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
  const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();

  (document.getElementById("submit") as HTMLElement).addEventListener(
    "click",
    () => {
      geocodePlaceId(geocoder, innerMap, infowindow);
    }
  );
}

// This function is called when the user clicks the UI button.
function geocodePlaceId(
  geocoder: google.maps.Geocoder,
  map: google.maps.Map,
  infowindow: google.maps.InfoWindow
) {
  const placeId = (document.getElementById("place-id") as HTMLInputElement)
    .value;

  geocoder
    .geocode({ placeId: placeId })
    .then(({ results }) => {
      if (results[0]) {
        map.setZoom(11);
        map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);

        const marker = new google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement({
          map,
          position: results[0].geometry.location,
        });

        infowindow.setContent(results[0].formatted_address);
        infowindow.open(map, marker);
      } else {
        window.alert("No results found");
      }
    })
    .catch((e) => window.alert("Geocoder failed due to: " + e));
}

initMap();
index.ts

JavaScript

// Initialize the map.
async function initMap() {
    await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary("maps"),
        google.maps.importLibrary("geocoding"),
        google.maps.importLibrary("marker"),
    ]);
    const mapElement = document.querySelector("gmp-map");
    const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;
    const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
    const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
    document.getElementById("submit").addEventListener("click", () => {
        geocodePlaceId(geocoder, innerMap, infowindow);
    });
}
// This function is called when the user clicks the UI button.
function geocodePlaceId(geocoder, map, infowindow) {
    const placeId = document.getElementById("place-id")
        .value;
    geocoder
        .geocode({ placeId: placeId })
        .then(({ results }) => {
        if (results[0]) {
            map.setZoom(11);
            map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
            const marker = new google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement({
                map,
                position: results[0].geometry.location,
            });
            infowindow.setContent(results[0].formatted_address);
            infowindow.open(map, marker);
        }
        else {
            window.alert("No results found");
        }
    })
        .catch((e) => window.alert("Geocoder failed due to: " + e));
}
initMap();
index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

#floating-panel {
  background-color: #fff;
  padding: 5px;
  border: 1px solid #999;
  border-radius: 5px;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: "Roboto", "sans-serif";
  line-height: 30px;
  padding-left: 10px;
  margin-top: 10px;
}

#place-id {
  width: 250px;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Retrieving an Address for a Place ID</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <gmp-map center="40.72,-73.96" zoom="8" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID">
      <div id="floating-panel" slot="control-block-start-inline-center">
        <!-- Supply a default place ID for a place in Brooklyn, New York. -->
        <input id="place-id" type="text" value="ChIJd8BlQ2BZwokRAFUEcm_qrcA" />
        <input id="submit" type="button" value="Get Address for Place ID" />
      </div>
    </gmp-map>

    <!-- prettier-ignore -->
    <script>(g => { var h, a, k, p = "The Google Maps JavaScript API", c = "google", l = "importLibrary", q = "__ib__", m = document, b = window; b = b[c] || (b[c] = {}); var d = b.maps || (b.maps = {}), r = new Set, e = new URLSearchParams, u = () => h || (h = new Promise(async (f, n) => { await (a = m.createElement("script")); e.set("libraries", [...r] + ""); for (k in g) e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g, t => "_" + t[0].toLowerCase()), g[k]); e.set("callback", c + ".maps." + q); a.src = `https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?` + e; d[q] = f; a.onerror = () => h = n(Error(p + " could not load.")); a.nonce = m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce || ""; m.head.append(a) })); d[l] ? console.warn(p + " only loads once. Ignoring:", g) : d[l] = (f, ...n) => r.add(f) && u().then(() => d[l](f, ...n)) })
        ({ key: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "weekly" });</script>
  </body>
</html>
index.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 https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git
  cd samples/geocoding-place-id
  npm i
  npm start