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goog-places-api
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Modern library for Google Places https://developers.google.com/places/?hl=ru
Modern library for Google Places https://developers.google.com/places/?hl=ru
npm install goog-places-api --save
or
yarn add goog-places-api
import Api from "goog-places-api";
const api = Api("key1");
// Iterator for all places in area
for await (const loc of api.nearby("55.7494733,37.3523209", 50000, {
keyword: "restaurant",
})) {
// Get detail for current place
const location = await api.details(loc.place_id);
console.log(location.name);
// Get first photo to buffer
const buf = await api.photo(location.photos[0].photo_reference);
// Write photo to file
require("fs").writeFileSync(__dirname + "/1.jpg", buf);
break;
}
npm install
npm test
FAQs
Modern library for Google Places https://developers.google.com/places/?hl=ru
The npm package goog-places-api receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, goog-places-api popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that goog-places-api demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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