Address searches via Google Geocoding for the Google Places API. 

Google Places API for Node.js, with convenience methods to search by address or phone number

eastbayjake

google-locations

Address searches via Google Geocoding for the Google Places API

var GoogleLocations = function(key, options) {

    headers: { "User-Agent": 'Google-Locations (https://www.npmjs.org/package/google-locations)' },

GoogleLocations.prototype.search = function(options, cb) {

    location: [37.42291810, -122.08542120],

  options.location = options.location.join(',');

    options.types = options.types.join('|');

  if (options.rankby == 'distance') options.radius = null;

  this._makeRequest(this._generateUrl(options, 'place', 'search'), cb);

  this._makeRequest(this._generateUrl(options, 'place', 'nearbysearch'), cb);

GoogleLocations.prototype.autocomplete = function(options, cb) {

  this._makeRequest(this._generateUrl(options, 'place', 'autocomplete'), cb);

GoogleLocations.prototype.details = function(options, cb) {

  if (!options.placeid) return cb({error: 'placeid string required'});

  this._makeRequest(this._generateUrl(options, 'place', 'details'), cb);

GoogleLocations.prototype.geocodeAddress = function(options, cb) {

  if (!options.address) return cb({error: 'Address string required'});

  options.address = options.address.replace(/\s/g, '+');

  this._makeRequest(this._generateUrl(options, 'geocode', null), cb);

GoogleLocations.prototype.reverseGeocode = function(options, cb) {

    latlng: [37.42291810, -122.08542120],

  options.latlng = options.latlng.join(',');

GoogleLocations.prototype.findPlaceDetailsWithAddress = function(options, cb) {

  if (!options.address) return cb({error: "Address string required"});

  _self.geocodeAddress(options, function(err, result){

    if (err) return cb({message: "Error geocoding address", error: err});

      location = result.results[0].geometry.location;

      return cb({message: "Malformed results -- try a more specific address", error: exp});

    var query = {location: [location.lat, location.lng], rankby: "distance"};

    _self.search(query, function(err, result){

      if (err) return cb({message: "Error searching for places near geocoded location", error: err});

        placeid = result.results[0].place_id;

        return cb({message: "Malformed results -- no place_id found", error: exp});

      _self.details({placeid: placeid}, function(err, result){

        if (err) return cb({message: "Error requesting details for placeid " + placeid, error: err});

GoogleLocations.prototype._makeRequest = function(request_query, cb) {

  // Pass the requested URL as an object to the get request

  https.get(request_query, function(res) {

      .on('data', function(chunk) { data.push(chunk); })

          var dataBuff = data.join('').trim();

            result = JSON.parse(dataBuff);

            result = {'status_code': 500, 'status_text': 'JSON Parse Failed'};

GoogleLocations.prototype._generateUrl = function(query, type, method) {

  //https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?

  //https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?

  //https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?

    pathname: this.config.path + type + '/' + (method ? method + '/' : '') + this.config.format,

  "description": "Address searches via Google Geocoding for the Google Places API",

  "homepage": "http://github.com/eastbayjake/google-locations",

  "author": "Jake McGuire <mcguireghs@gmail.com>",

  "scripts":{"test":"node ./test/index.test.js"},

    "url": "http://github.com/eastbayjake/google-locations.git"

  "devDependencies": ["vows", "node-fakeweb"],

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Google Places + Google Geocoding API module for [node.js](http://nodejs.org). Supports basic functions on the Google Places API -- search, autocomplete, and details -- as well as geocoding and reverse geocoding capabilities with the Google Geocoding API. Under current development: enter an address and search term (like a business name) and find the closest matching Place Detail by turning the address into a geocode, querying for places near that geocode matching the search term, then looking up the details for the most relevant match in that set.

This module requires a valid Google API key and enabled access for Google Places and/or Google Geocoding. Check out the [Google Places API docs](http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/) or [Google Geocoding API docs](http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocode/) for more information.

This is a fork of the [node-google-places](https://www.npmjs.org/package/google-places) module which appears to no longer be actively maintained. Please feel free to submit pull requests for features and additional test coverage!

var GoogleLocations = require('google-locations');

var locations = new GoogleLocations('YOUR_API_KEY');

locations.search({keyword: 'Google', location: [37.42291810, -122.08542120]}, function(err, response) {

  console.log("search: ", response.results);

  locations.details({placeid: response.results[0].place_id}, function(err, response) {

    console.log("search details: ", response.result.website);

    // search details:  http://www.vermonster.com/

locations.autocomplete({input: 'Verm', types: "(cities)"}, function(err, response) {

  console.log("autocomplete: ", response.predictions);

  var success = function(err, response) {

    console.log("did you mean: ", response.result.name);

  for(var index in response.predictions) {

    locations.details({placeid: response.predictions[index].place_id}, success);

To test simply install development dependencies and run:

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var GoogleLocations = require('../lib/google-locations'),

  uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=37.4229181%2C-122.0854212&radius=10&language=en&rankby=prominence&key=fake_key',

  uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=37.4229181%2C-122.0854212&radius=10&name=A&language=en&rankby=prominence&key=fake_key',

  body: '{"results" : [{"name": "Google", "place_id":"ABC123"}], "status" : "OK"}'

  uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=37.4229181%2C-122.0854212&rankby=distance&radius=&language=en&key=fake_key',

  uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=37.4229181%2C-122.0854212&rankby=distance&radius=&name=A&language=en&key=fake_key',

  uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?language=en&key=fake_key',

  body: '{"predictions" : [{"description": "Google", "id":"1"}, {"description": "Goodfellas Bar & Grill", "id":"2"}, {"description": "Goose Farm", "id": "3"}], "status" : "OK"}'

  uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?placeid=ABC123&language=en&key=fake_key',

  body: '{"result" : {"name": "Google", "rating": 2.5}, "status" : "OK"}'

  uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=1600%2BAmphitheatre%2BPkwy%2C%2BMountain%2BView%2C%2BCA&language=en&key=fake_key',

  body: '{"results" : [{"address_components" : [], "formatted_address" : "1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA", "geometry" : {"location" : {"lat" : 37.42291810, "lng" : -122.08542120}}}], "status" : "OK"}'

  uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=40.714224%2C-73.961452&language=en&key=fake_key',

  body: '{"results" : [{"address_components" : [], "formatted_address" : "277 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA", "geometry" : {"location" : { "lat" : 40.714232, "lng" : -73.9612889}}}], "status": "OK"}'

vows.describe('URL Generation').addBatch({

    topic: new GoogleLocations('fake_key'),

    'should have a default url for place search': function(topic) {

      assert.equal(topic._generateUrl({}, 'place', 'search').href, 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?key=fake_key');

    'should have a default url for place autocomplete': function(topic) {

      assert.equal(topic._generateUrl({}, 'place', 'autocomplete').href, 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?key=fake_key');

    'should have a default url for geocode address lookup': function(topic) {

      assert.equal(topic._generateUrl({}, 'geocode', null).href, 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?key=fake_key');

    'should have my key as a query param': function(topic) {

      assert.equal(topic._generateUrl({key: 'fake_key'}, 'search').query, 'key=fake_key');

vows.describe('Places Search').addBatch({

      new GoogleLocations('fake_key').search({}, this.callback);

    'should not have an error': function(err, response){

    'should be status OK': function(err, response){

      assert.equal(response.status, 'OK');

    'should include location description': function(err, response){

      assert.equal(response.results[0].name, 'Google');

vows.describe('Places Autocomplete').addBatch({

      new GoogleLocations('fake_key').autocomplete({}, this.callback);

      // console.log(response); process.exit();

    'should include description for predictions': function(err, response){

      assert.equal(response.predictions[0].description, 'Google');

vows.describe('Place Details').addBatch({

      new GoogleLocations('fake_key').details({placeid: 'ABC123'}, this.callback);

    'should get details': function(err, response){

      assert.equal(response.result.rating, 2.5);

vows.describe('Geocode Address').addBatch({

      new GoogleLocations('fake_key').geocodeAddress({address: '1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA'}, this.callback);

		{
		"name": "google-locations",
		"description": "Address searches via Google Geocoding for the Google Places API",
		"version": "0.0.1",
		"version": "0.0.2",
		"homepage": "http://github.com/eastbayjake/google-locations",
		@@ -6,0 +6,0 @@ "author": "Jake McGuire <mcguireghs@gmail.com>",

		@@ -59,2 +59,3 @@ [![build status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/eastbayjake/google-locations.png)](http://travis-ci.org/eastbayjake/google-locations)
		Copyright (C) 2012 Vermonster LLC

		Copyright (C) 2014 Jake McGuire
		@@ -61,0 +62,0 @@

		@@ -34,2 +34,3 @@ var https = require('https'),
		radius: 10,
		name: 'A',
		language: 'en',
		@@ -49,3 +50,3 @@ rankby: 'prominence',

		this._makeRequest(this._generateUrl(options, 'place', 'search'), cb);
		this._makeRequest(this._generateUrl(options, 'place', 'nearbysearch'), cb);
		};
		@@ -152,3 +153,3 @@
		GoogleLocations.prototype._generateUrl = function(query, type, method) {
		//https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?
		//https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?
		//https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?
		@@ -155,0 +156,0 @@ _.compact(query);

		@@ -10,3 +10,3 @@ var GoogleLocations = require('../lib/google-locations'),
		fakeweb.registerUri({
		uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=37.4229181%2C-122.0854212&radius=10&language=en&rankby=prominence&key=fake_key',
		uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=37.4229181%2C-122.0854212&radius=10&name=A&language=en&rankby=prominence&key=fake_key',
		body: '{"results" : [{"name": "Google", "place_id":"ABC123"}], "status" : "OK"}'
		@@ -16,3 +16,3 @@ });
		fakeweb.registerUri({
		uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=37.4229181%2C-122.0854212&rankby=distance&radius=&language=en&key=fake_key',
		uri: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=37.4229181%2C-122.0854212&rankby=distance&radius=&name=A&language=en&key=fake_key',
		body: '{"results" : [{"name": "Google", "place_id":"ABC123"}], "status" : "OK"}'
		@@ -19,0 +19,0 @@ });

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