Places Autocomplete Service

AutocompleteService class

google.maps.places.AutocompleteService class

Deprecated: As of March 1st, 2025, google.maps.places.AutocompleteService is not available to new customers. Please use AutocompleteSuggestion instead. At this time, google.maps.places.AutocompleteService is not scheduled to be discontinued, but AutocompleteSuggestion is recommended over google.maps.places.AutocompleteService. While google.maps.places.AutocompleteService will continue to receive bug fixes for any major regressions, existing bugs in google.maps.places.AutocompleteService will not be addressed. At least 12 months notice will be given before support is discontinued. Please see https://developers.google.com/maps/legacy for additional details and https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/places-migration-overview for the migration guide.

Contains methods related to retrieving Autocomplete predictions.

Access by calling const {AutocompleteService} = await google.maps.importLibrary("places").
See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

Constructor
AutocompleteService	AutocompleteService() Parameters:  None Creates a new instance of the AutocompleteService.

Methods
getPlacePredictions	getPlacePredictions(request[, callback]) Parameters:  request:  AutocompletionRequest The autocompletion request. callback:  function(Array<AutocompletePrediction> optional, PlacesServiceStatus): void optional A callback accepting an array of AutocompletePrediction objects and a PlacesServiceStatus value as argument. Return Value:  Promise<AutocompleteResponse> Retrieves place autocomplete predictions based on the supplied autocomplete request.
getQueryPredictions	getQueryPredictions(request, callback) Parameters:  request:  QueryAutocompletionRequest The query autocompletion request. callback:  function(Array<QueryAutocompletePrediction> optional, PlacesServiceStatus): void A callback accepting an array of QueryAutocompletePrediction objects and a PlacesServiceStatus value as argument. Return Value:  None Retrieves query autocomplete predictions based on the supplied query autocomplete request.

AutocompletionRequest interface

google.maps.places.AutocompletionRequest interface

An Autocompletion request to be sent to AutocompleteService.getPlacePredictions.

Properties
input	Type:  string The user entered input string.
bounds optional	Deprecated: bounds is deprecated as of May 2023. Use AutocompletionRequest.locationBias and AutocompletionRequest.locationRestriction instead. Type:  LatLngBounds|LatLngBoundsLiteral optional Bounds for prediction biasing. Predictions will be biased towards, but not restricted to, the given bounds. Both location and radius will be ignored if bounds is set.
componentRestrictions optional	Type:  ComponentRestrictions optional The component restrictions. Component restrictions are used to restrict predictions to only those within the parent component. For example, the country.
language optional	Type:  string optional A language identifier for the language in which the results should be returned, if possible. Results in the selected language may be given a higher ranking, but suggestions are not restricted to this language. See the list of supported languages.
location optional	Deprecated: location is deprecated as of May 2023. Use AutocompletionRequest.locationBias and AutocompletionRequest.locationRestriction instead. Type:  LatLng optional Location for prediction biasing. Predictions will be biased towards the given location and radius. Alternatively, bounds can be used.
locationBias optional	Type:  LocationBias optional A soft boundary or hint to use when searching for places.
locationRestriction optional	Type:  LocationRestriction optional Bounds to constrain search results.
offset optional	Type:  number optional The character position in the input term at which the service uses text for predictions (the position of the cursor in the input field).
origin optional	Type:  LatLng|LatLngLiteral optional The location where AutocompletePrediction.distance_meters is calculated from.
radius optional	Deprecated: radius is deprecated as of May 2023. Use AutocompletionRequest.locationBias and AutocompletionRequest.locationRestriction instead. Type:  number optional The radius of the area used for prediction biasing. The radius is specified in meters, and must always be accompanied by a location property. Alternatively, bounds can be used.
region optional	Type:  string optional A region code which is used for result formatting and for result filtering. It does not restrict the suggestions to this country. The region code accepts a ccTLD ("top-level domain") two-character value. Most ccTLD codes are identical to ISO 3166-1 codes, with some notable exceptions. For example, the United Kingdom's ccTLD is "uk" (.co.uk) while its ISO 3166-1 code is "gb" (technically for the entity of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland").
sessionToken optional	Type:  AutocompleteSessionToken optional Unique reference used to bundle individual requests into sessions.
types optional	Type:  Array<string> optional The types of predictions to be returned. For supported types, see the developer's guide. If no types are specified, all types will be returned.

AutocompleteResponse interface

google.maps.places.AutocompleteResponse interface

An Autocomplete response returned by the call to AutocompleteService.getPlacePredictions containing a list of AutocompletePredictions.

Properties
predictions	Type:  Array<AutocompletePrediction> The list of AutocompletePredictions.

QueryAutocompletionRequest interface

google.maps.places.QueryAutocompletionRequest interface

A QueryAutocompletion request to be sent to the QueryAutocompleteService.

Properties
input	Type:  string The user entered input string.
bounds optional	Type:  LatLngBounds|LatLngBoundsLiteral optional Bounds for prediction biasing. Predictions will be biased towards, but not restricted to, the given bounds. Both location and radius will be ignored if bounds is set.
location optional	Type:  LatLng optional Location for prediction biasing. Predictions will be biased towards the given location and radius. Alternatively, bounds can be used.
offset optional	Type:  number optional The character position in the input term at which the service uses text for predictions (the position of the cursor in the input field).
radius optional	Type:  number optional The radius of the area used for prediction biasing. The radius is specified in meters, and must always be accompanied by a location property. Alternatively, bounds can be used.

ComponentRestrictions interface

google.maps.places.ComponentRestrictions interface

Defines the component restrictions that can be used with the autocomplete service.

Properties
country optional	Type:  string|Array<string> optional Restricts predictions to the specified country (ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 country code, case insensitive). For example, 'us', 'br', or 'au'. You can provide a single one, or an array of up to five country code strings.

AutocompletePrediction interface

google.maps.places.AutocompletePrediction interface

Represents a single autocomplete prediction.

Properties
description	Type:  string This is the unformatted version of the query suggested by the Places service.
matched_substrings	Type:  Array<PredictionSubstring> A set of substrings in the place's description that match elements in the user's input, suitable for use in highlighting those substrings. Each substring is identified by an offset and a length, expressed in unicode characters.
place_id	Type:  string A place ID that can be used to retrieve details about this place using the place details service (see PlacesService.getDetails).
structured_formatting	Type:  StructuredFormatting Structured information about the place's description, divided into a main text and a secondary text, including an array of matched substrings from the autocomplete input, identified by an offset and a length, expressed in unicode characters.
terms	Type:  Array<PredictionTerm> Information about individual terms in the above description, from most to least specific. For example, "Taco Bell", "Willitis", and "CA".
types	Type:  Array<string> An array of types that the prediction belongs to, for example 'establishment' or 'geocode'.
distance_meters optional	Type:  number optional The distance in meters of the place from the AutocompletionRequest.origin.

QueryAutocompletePrediction interface

google.maps.places.QueryAutocompletePrediction interface

Represents a single Query Autocomplete prediction.

Properties
description	Type:  string This is the unformatted version of the query suggested by the Places service.
matched_substrings	Type:  Array<PredictionSubstring> A set of substrings in the place's description that match elements in the user's input, suitable for use in highlighting those substrings. Each substring is identified by an offset and a length, expressed in unicode characters.
terms	Type:  Array<PredictionTerm> Information about individual terms in the above description. Categorical terms come first (for example, "restaurant"). Address terms appear from most to least specific. For example, "San Francisco", and "CA".
place_id optional	Type:  string optional Only available if prediction is a place. A place ID that can be used to retrieve details about this place using the place details service (see PlacesService.getDetails).

PredictionTerm interface

google.maps.places.PredictionTerm interface

Represents a prediction term.

Properties
offset	Type:  number The offset, in unicode characters, of the start of this term in the description of the place.
value	Type:  string The value of this term, for example, "Taco Bell".

PredictionSubstring interface

google.maps.places.PredictionSubstring interface

Represents a prediction substring.

Properties
length	Type:  number The length of the substring.
offset	Type:  number The offset to the substring's start within the description string.

StructuredFormatting interface

google.maps.places.StructuredFormatting interface

Contains structured information about the place's description, divided into a main text and a secondary text, including an array of matched substrings from the autocomplete input, identified by an offset and a length, expressed in unicode characters.

Properties
main_text	Type:  string This is the main text part of the unformatted description of the place suggested by the Places service. Usually the name of the place.
main_text_matched_substrings	Type:  Array<PredictionSubstring> A set of substrings in the main text that match elements in the user's input, suitable for use in highlighting those substrings. Each substring is identified by an offset and a length, expressed in unicode characters.
secondary_text	Type:  string This is the secondary text part of the unformatted description of the place suggested by the Places service. Usually the location of the place.