node-googleplaces

node-googleplaces

User-friendly and lightweight client for the Google Places JSON API. Supports promises and callbacks.

Features

• All the web services calls from this wrapped up in an easy-to-use NPM.
• Callbacks and promises supported.

Installation

> npm install node-googleplaces

Example

Parameter JSON inputs are exactly as described on the web API page minus the API Key.

import GooglePlaces from 'node-googleplaces';

const places = new GooglePlaces(<API KEY HERE>);
const params = {
  location: '49.250964,-123.102192',
  radius: 1000
};

// Callback
places.nearbySearch(query, (err, res) => {
  console.log(res.body);
});

// Promise
places.nearbySearch(query).then((res) => {
  console.log(res.body);
});

API

GET requests

places.nearbySearch(query[, callback])

places.textSearch(query[, callback])

places.radarSearch(query[, callback])

places.details(query[, callback])

places.autocomplete(query[, callback])

places.queryAutocomplete(query[, callback])

places.photo(query[, callback])

POST requests

places.add(query[, callback])

places.delete(query[, callback])

Testing

> GOOGLE_API_KEY=<API_KEY_HERE> npm test

Note that the tests currently take up 62 quota requests when run with a valid key.

FAQ

Google Places also supports XML output, why doesn't your library have that?

I did mention that this library is opinionated. I like JSON way better than XML. If you use XML you deserve to use something else.

I entered query [query here] into [function here] and it gave me an error. This sucks.

That wasn't a question, and yes it does suck. This library is unassuming, which means it will not fill in any missing required attributes in your query for you. Make sure you read Google's documentation properly before using this.

Credits

Google.

License

MIT