Places Autocomplete Service

AutocompleteService class

google.maps.places.AutocompleteService class

Contains methods related to retrieving Autocomplete predictions.

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. 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 callback:  function(Array<AutocompletePrediction> optional, PlacesServiceStatus): void optional Return Value:  Promise<AutocompleteResponse> optional Retrieves place autocomplete predictions based on the supplied autocomplete request. Note: For the beta release, v=beta, the callback is optional and a Promise is returned. More information is available in the Promises guide.
getQueryPredictions	getQueryPredictions(request, callback) Parameters:  request:  QueryAutocompletionRequest callback:  function(Array<QueryAutocompletePrediction> optional, PlacesServiceStatus): void 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.

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

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.
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.
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).
origin optional	Type:  LatLng|LatLngLiteral optional The location where AutocompletePrediction.distance_meters is calculated from.
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.
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 a list of supported types, see the developer's guide. If nothing is specified, all types are returned. In general only a single type is allowed. The exception is that you can safely mix the 'geocode' and 'establishment' types, but note that this will have the same effect as specifying no types.

AutocompleteResponse class

google.maps.places.AutocompleteResponse class

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

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

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

QueryAutocompletionRequest interface

google.maps.places.QueryAutocompletionRequest interface

An QueryAutocompletion request to be sent to the QueryAutocompleteService.

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

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.

AutocompleteSessionToken class

google.maps.places.AutocompleteSessionToken class

Represents a session token used for tracking an autocomplete session, which can be a series of AutocompleteService.getPlacePredictions calls followed by a single PlacesService.getDetails call.

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

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

ComponentRestrictions interface

google.maps.places.ComponentRestrictions interface

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

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

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.

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

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.

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

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.

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

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.

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

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.

Requires the &libraries=places URL parameter. See Libraries in the Maps JavaScript API.

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.