Places Widgets

Autocomplete class

google.maps.places.Autocomplete class

A widget that provides Place predictions based on a user's text input. It attaches to an input element of type text, and listens for text entry in that field. The list of predictions is presented as a drop-down list, and is updated as text is entered.

This class extends MVCObject.

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

Constructor
Autocomplete	Autocomplete(inputField[, opts]) Parameters:  inputField:  HTMLInputElement The <input> text field to which the Autocomplete should be attached. opts:  AutocompleteOptions optional Options. Creates a new instance of Autocomplete that attaches to the specified input text field with the given options.

Methods
getBounds	getBounds() Parameters:  None Return Value:  LatLngBounds optional The biasing bounds. Returns the bounds to which predictions are biased.
getFields	getFields() Parameters:  None Return Value:  Array<string> optional Returns the fields to be included for the Place in the details response when the details are successfully retrieved. For a list of fields see PlaceResult.
getPlace	getPlace() Parameters:  None Return Value:  PlaceResult The Place selected by the user. Returns the details of the Place selected by user if the details were successfully retrieved. Otherwise returns a stub Place object, with the name property set to the current value of the input field.
setBounds	setBounds(bounds) Parameters:  bounds:  LatLngBounds|LatLngBoundsLiteral optional The biasing bounds. Return Value:  None Sets the preferred area within which to return Place results. Results are biased towards, but not restricted to, this area.
setComponentRestrictions	setComponentRestrictions(restrictions) Parameters:  restrictions:  ComponentRestrictions optional The restrictions to use. Return Value:  None Sets the component restrictions. Component restrictions are used to restrict predictions to only those within the parent component. For example, the country.
setFields	setFields(fields) Parameters:  fields:  Array<string> optional Return Value:  None Sets the fields to be included for the Place in the details response when the details are successfully retrieved. For a list of fields see PlaceResult.
setOptions	setOptions(options) Parameters:  options:  AutocompleteOptions optional Return Value:  None
setTypes	setTypes(types) Parameters:  types:  Array<string> optional The types of predictions to be included. Return Value:  None Sets the types of predictions to be returned. For a list of supported types, see the developer's guide. If no type is specified, all types will be returned. The setTypes method accepts a single element array.
Inherited: addListener, bindTo, get, notify, set, setValues, unbind, unbindAll

Events
place_changed	function() Arguments:  None This event is fired when a PlaceResult is made available for a Place the user has selected. If the user enters the name of a Place that was not suggested by the control and presses the Enter key, or if a Place Details request fails, the PlaceResult contains the user input in the name property, with no other properties defined.

AutocompleteOptions interface

google.maps.places.AutocompleteOptions interface

The options that can be set on an Autocomplete object.

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

Properties
bounds optional	Type:  LatLngBounds|LatLngBoundsLiteral optional The area in which to search for places.
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.
fields optional	Type:  Array<string> optional Fields to be included for the Place in the details response when the details are successfully retrieved, which will be billed for. If ['ALL'] is passed in, all available fields will be returned and billed for (this is not recommended for production deployments). For a list of fields see PlaceResult. Nested fields can be specified with dot-paths (for example, "geometry.location"). The default is ['ALL'].
placeIdOnly optional	Notice: placeIdOnly is deprecated as of January 15, 2019, and will be turned off on January 15, 2020. Use AutocompleteOptions.fields instead: fields: ['place_id', 'name', 'types']. Type:  boolean optional Whether to retrieve only Place IDs. The PlaceResult made available when the place_changed event is fired will only have the place_id, types and name fields, with the place_id, types and description returned by the Autocomplete service. Disabled by default.
strictBounds optional	Type:  boolean optional A boolean value, indicating that the Autocomplete widget should only return those places that are inside the bounds of the Autocomplete widget at the time the query is sent. Setting strictBounds to false (which is the default) will make the results biased towards, but not restricted to, places contained within the bounds.
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.

SearchBox class

google.maps.places.SearchBox class

A widget that provides query predictions based on a user's text input. It attaches to an input element of type text, and listens for text entry in that field. The list of predictions is presented as a drop-down list, and is updated as text is entered.

This class extends MVCObject.

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

Constructor
SearchBox	SearchBox(inputField[, opts]) Parameters:  inputField:  HTMLInputElement opts:  SearchBoxOptions optional Creates a new instance of SearchBox that attaches to the specified input text field with the given options.

Methods
getBounds	getBounds() Parameters:  None Return Value:  LatLngBounds optional Returns the bounds to which query predictions are biased.
getPlaces	getPlaces() Parameters:  None Return Value:  Array<PlaceResult> optional Returns the query selected by the user to be used with places_changed event.
setBounds	setBounds(bounds) Parameters:  bounds:  LatLngBounds|LatLngBoundsLiteral optional Return Value:  None Sets the region to use for biasing query predictions. Results will only be biased towards this area and not be completely restricted to it.
Inherited: addListener, bindTo, get, notify, set, setValues, unbind, unbindAll

Events
places_changed	function() Arguments:  None This event is fired when the user selects a query, getPlaces should be used to get new places.

SearchBoxOptions interface

google.maps.places.SearchBoxOptions interface

The options that can be set on a SearchBox object.

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

Properties
bounds optional	Type:  LatLngBounds|LatLngBoundsLiteral optional The area towards which to bias query predictions. Predictions are biased towards, but not restricted to, queries targeting these bounds.