@gojob/google-place

@gojob/google-place

Description

This package is a library for Node.js to consume the Google Place autocomplete & details API. It returns a small subset of their data.

Installation

yarn add @gojob/google-place

Usage

import * as gp from '@gojob/google-place';

Autocomplete API

const results = await gp.autocomplete({
    key: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    input: 'Port-de-Bouc',
    language: 'fr',
    countries: ['fr'],
});

gp.autocomplete(query)

Name	Type	Description
key	string	Google API Key
input	string	Searched entry
language	string	Language to use (optional) Google Code
countries	string[]	Filter on a country (optional) ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2

Returns a list of prediction or throw if an error occurred.

interface IPrediction {
  id: string;
  name: string;
}

As:

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Place id
name	string	Place name

gp.retrieve(query)

const place = gp.retrieve({
    key: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    id: 'ChIJ-RzUxt8ethIRksIaOl-0tJY',
    language: 'fr',
});

As:

Name	Type	Description
key	string	Google API Key
id	string	Searched entry
language	string	Language to use (optional) Google Code

Returns a place or throw if an error occurred.

export interface ILocation {
  lat: number;
  lng: number;
}

export interface IPlace {
  id: string;
  address: string;
  location: ILocation;
  postalCode: string;
  locality: string;
  administrativeAreaLevel1: string;
  administrativeAreaLevel2: string;
  countryCode: string;
  country: string;
}

As:

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Place id
address	string	Formatted address
location	object	Latitude and longitude coordinates
postalCode	string	Postal code
locality	string	Locality name (long or short name)
administrativeAreaLevel1	string	Administrative Area Level 1 (long or short name)
administrativeAreaLevel2	string	Administrative Area Level 2 (long or short name)
countryCode	string	Country short name
stateCode	string	Administrative Area Level 1 (short name)
country	string	Country name (long name)

postalCode, administrativeAreaLevel1 or administrativeAreaLevel2 may be empty string

gp.reverseGeocode(opts)

const place = gp.reverseGeocode({
    key: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    latlng: 'XXX,YYY',
    language: 'fr',
});

As:

Name	Type	Description
key	string	Google API Key
latlng	string	Latitude and longitude coordinates (coma separated)
language	string	Language to use (optional) Google Code

Find an address from a location coordinates. Returns a IPlace.

Changelog

[1.8.0] - 2023-04-20

• include stateCode in retrieve and reverse-geocode