Migrate to Place Details (New)

Places API supports the existing Place Details. If you are familiar with the existing Places API, the new version of Place Details makes the following changes:

  • Field masking is required. You must specify which fields you want returned in the response. There is no default list of returned fields. If you omit this list, the methods return an error. For more information, see FieldMask.
  • The new Place Details supports both API keys and OAuth tokens as the authentication mechanism.
  • Only JSON is supported as a response format in the new Place Details.
  • The JSON response format for the Place Details (New) API has changed from the format of the existing APIs. For more details, see Migrate the Places API response.

The following table lists parameters in the existing Place Details that have been renamed or modified for the new Place Details, or parameters that are no longer supported.

Current parameter New parameter Notes
place_id places/PLACE_ID The string places/PLACE_ID is also called the place resource name. In the response from a Place Details (New), Nearby Search (New), and Text Search (New) request, this string is contained in the name field of the response. The standalone place ID is contained in the id field of the response.
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Example request

The following example GET request uses the existing Place Details. In this example, you request a JSON response containing information about a place ID and pass all parameters as URL parameters. This example also uses fields so the response only includes the display name and formatted address of the place:

curl -L -X GET \
'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?place_id=ChIJj61dQgK6j4AR4GeTYWZsKWw&fields=name%2Cformatted_address&key=API_KEY'

With Place Details (New), you make a GET request and pass all parameters in URL parameters and headers as part of the request. This example also uses a field mask so the response only includes the display name and formatted address of the place:

curl -X GET -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "X-Goog-Api-Key: API_KEY" \
-H "X-Goog-FieldMask: displayName,formattedAddress" \
https://places.googleapis.com/v1/places/ChIJj61dQgK6j4AR4GeTYWZsKWw

The string places/PLACE_ID is also called the place resource name. In the response from a Place Details (New), Nearby Search (New), and Text Search (New) request, this string is contained in the name field of the response. The standalone place ID is contained in the id field of the response.