places-autocomplete

places-autocomplete

This library provides an autocomplete component for the Mapbox Geocoding API.

Getting Started

Install the package:

npm install --save places-autocomplete

Import and initialize the autocomplete:

import mapboxgl from 'mapbox-gl';
import PlacesAutocomplete from 'places-autocomplete';
import 'places-autocomplete/index.css';

mapboxgl.accessToken = 'pk.abcd1234...';

const mapboxglMap = new mapboxgl.Map({
  container: document.getElementById('my-map-container'),
  style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v12'
});

const autocomplete = new PlacesAutocomplete({
  mapboxToken: mapboxgl.accessToken,
  mapInstance: mapboxglMap,
  debounce: 300
});

const inputEl = document.getElementById('my-input');
autocomplete.attachTo(inputEl);

The example above configures the autocomplete with a mapbox-gl map instance, allowing the autocomplete to sync the map's position to the selected autocomplete result. You can view the Mapbox GL JS docs for more information on the mapbox-gl package.

Options

The autocomplete can be configured with the following options upon initialization:

Option	Description	Default
input	An input DOM element to attach the autocomplete to.	-
mapboxToken	The Mapbox access token used for the API requests (required).	-
mapInstance	A mapboxgl.Map instance, syncs map position to autocomplete.	-
className	Specifies the class name for the autocomplete suggestions container.	-
minLength	Minimum number of characters needed to trigger autocomplete.	2
debounce	Time in milliseconds to delay the autocomplete between keystrokes.	200
preventSubmit	If true, prevents the input from submitting its form on Enter.	false
limit	Number of results to return in the autocomplete.	6
language	Language of returned Mapbox autocomplete results.	browser language
proximity	Favor results that are closer to this location. Given as a string of two comma-separated coordinates ("lon,lat"). If a mapInstance is specified then the map's current center position will be used instead.	-
featureTypes	Filter results to include only a subset of the available feature types. Multiple types can be comma-separated. Options are: country, region, postcode, district, place, locality, neighborhood, address, and poi.	-
additionalResultsPrepend	If true, prepends additionalResults entries to autocomplete suggestions.	false
onClear	Function called when input is cleared.	-
onSelect	Function called when autocomplete item is selected (args: [item]).	-
additionalResults	Function called before updating autocomplete results, should return array of results (args: [query]).	-
customize	Function called before rendering autocomplete results (args: [input, inputRect, container, maxHeight]).	-

License

The library is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Changelog

0.4.1

• Fix for options handling when building request