react-google-reviews

React Google Reviews

Making adding Google reviews to any React app beautiful, easy, and free!

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This React Google Reviews library is brought to you by Featurable, and the following documentation can also be found at https://featurable.com/docs/react-google-reviews

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What is it? React component to display Google reviews on your website. This library is built with React and uses the Google Places API -or- the free Featurable API to fetch and display Google reviews on your website.

Documentation and examples at https://featurable.com/docs/react-google-reviews. Source code at https://github.com/Featurable/react-google-reviews.

Demo

Check out the live demo to see the React Google Reviews library in action.

Features

1. Customizable: Choose from three layout options and customize the appearance of the reviews component
2. SEO-friendly: Include JSON-LD structured data for search engines to index your reviews
3. Responsive: Works on all devices and screen sizes
4. Fast: Caches reviews for quick loading and improved performance
5. Free: No cost to use the Featurable API for fetching reviews
6. Fresh: Automatically updates with new reviews from Google every 48 hours (using Featurable API)
7. Accessible: Built with accessibility in mind (WAI-ARIA compliant)
8. Lightweight: Small bundle size and minimal dependencies

Installation

Install it from npm:

npm install react-google-reviews

Usage

Using the Featurable API (recommended)

Prerequisites:

1. Create a free Featurable account at https://featurable.com
2. Create a new Featurable widget
3. Click Embed > API and copy the widget ID

[!NOTE] The Featurable API is free to use and provides additional features like caching, automatic updates, and more reviews. To prevent abuse, the Featurable API is subject to rate limits.

import { ReactGoogleReviews } from "react-google-reviews";
import "react-google-reviews/dist/index.css";

function Reviews() {
  // Create a free Featurable account at https://featurable.com
  // Then create a new Featurable widget and copy the widget ID
  const featurableWidgetId = "842ncdd8-0f40-438d-9c..."; // You can use "example" for testing

  return (
    <ReactGoogleReviews layout="carousel" featurableId={featurableWidgetId} />
  );
}

Using the Google Places API (limited to 5 reviews)

Prerequisites:

1. Create a Google Cloud Platform account at https://cloud.google.com
2. Create a new project and enable the Google Places API (old version)
3. Find the Google Place ID using the Place ID Finder

import { ReactGoogleReviews, dangerouslyFetchPlaceReviews } from "react-google-reviews";
import "react-google-reviews/dist/index.css";

/**
 * Example using NextJS server component
 */
async function ReviewsPage() {
  const placeId = "ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRU..."; // Google Place ID
  const apiKey = "AIzaSyD..."; // Google API Key

  // IMPORTANT: Only fetch reviews server-side to avoid exposing API key
  const reviews = await dangerouslyFetchPlaceReviews(placeId, apiKey)

  return (
    // Carousel and other layouts require wrapping ReactGoogleReviews in a client component
    <ReactGoogleReviews layout="badge" reviews={reviews} />
  );
}

export default ReviewsPage;

[!NOTE] The Google Places API only returns the 5 most recent reviews. If you need more reviews or want to customize which reviews are returned, consider using the free Featurable API.

Configuration

Layout

There are three layout options currently available:

1. Badge: Display a badge with the average rating, total reviews, and link to Google Business profile

 <ReactGoogleReviews layout="badge" featurableId={featurableWidgetId} />

1. Carousel: An interactive carousel that displays reviews

 <ReactGoogleReviews layout="carousel" featurableId={featurableWidgetId} />

1. Custom renderer: Render reviews using a custom function

<ReactGoogleReviews layout="custom" featurableId={featurableWidgetId} renderer={(reviews) => {
  return (
    <div>
      {reviews.map(({ reviewId, reviewer, comment }) => (
        <div key={reviewId}>
          <h3>{reviewer.displayName}</h3>
          <p>{comment}</p>
        </div>
      ))}
    </div>
  );
}} />

The reviews prop is an array of GoogleReview objects with the following structure:

{
    reviewId: string | null;
    reviewer: {
        profilePhotoUrl: string;
        displayName: string;
        isAnonymous: boolean;
    };
    starRating: number;
    comment: string;
    createTime: string | null;
    updateTime: string | null;
    reviewReply?: {
        comment: string;
        updateTime: string;
    } | null;
};

CSS Styling

For the carousel widget to work correctly, you must include the CSS file in your project:

import "react-google-reviews/dist/index.css";

To override the default styles, you can use the CSS props to add custom styles:

<style>
{`
.read-more {
  color: blue;
}
`}
</style>

<ReactGoogleReviews 
  layout="carousel"
  id="example"
  reviewReadMoreClassName="read-more"
  reviewReadMoreStyle={{ color: "blue" }}
/>

Please see the documentation for a list of CSS properties and examples of how to style the component.

View CSS classes and examples

Props

Common Props

Prop	Type	Description
featurableId	string	Featurable widget ID
reviews	GoogleReview[]	Array of reviews to display, fetched using dangerouslyFetchPlaceReviews
layout	"badge" | "carousel" | "custom"	Layout of the reviews component
nameDisplay?	"fullNames" | "firstAndLastInitials" | "firstNamesOnly"	How to display names on reviews
logoVariant?	"logo" | "icon" | "none"	How to display the Google logo
maxCharacters?	number	When collapsed, the maximum number of characters to display in the review body
dateDisplay?	"relative" | "absolute"	How to display the review date
reviewVariant?	"card" | "testimonial"	Review layout variations
theme?	"light" | "dark"	Color scheme of the component
structuredData?	boolean	Whether to include JSON-LD structured data for SEO
brandName?	string	Customize business name for structured data
productName?	string	Customize product name for structured data
productDescription?	string	Optional product description for structured data
accessibility?	boolean	Enable/disable accessibility features
hideEmptyReviews?	boolean	Hide reviews without text
disableTranslation?	boolean	Disables translation from Google to use original review text
totalReviewCount?	number	Total number of reviews on Google Business profile. This is automatically fetched if using featurableId. Otherwise, this is required if passing reviews manually and structuredData is true.
averageRating?	number	Average rating for Google Business profile. This is automatically fetched if using featurableId. Otherwise, this is required if passing reviews manually and structuredData is true.
errorMessage?	React.ReactNode	Custom error message to display if reviews cannot be fetched
loadingMessage?	React.ReactNode	Custom loading message to display while reviews are loading

GoogleReview Model

Prop	Type	Description
reviewId	string | null	Unique review ID
reviewer	{ profilePhotoUrl: string; displayName: string; isAnonymous: boolean; }	Reviewer information
starRating	number	Star rating (1-5)
comment	string	Review text
createTime	string | null	Review creation time
updateTime	string | null	Review update time
reviewReply?	{ comment: string; updateTime: string; } | null	Review reply information

Carousel Props

Prop	Type	Description
carouselSpeed?	number	Autoplay speed of the carousel in milliseconds
carouselAutoplay?	boolean	Whether to autoplay the carousel
maxItems?	number	Maximum number of items to display at any one time in carousel
readMoreLabel?	string	Read more label for truncated reviews.
readLessLabel?	string	Read less label for expanded reviews.
getRelativeDate?	(date: Date) => string	Formatting function for relative dates.
getAbsoluteDate?	(date: Date) => string	Formatting function for absolute dates.
showDots?	boolean	Whether to show/hide navigation dots in the carousel

Badge Props

Prop	Type	Description
profileUrl?	string	Link to Google Business profile, if manually fetching reviews via Place API. Using Featurable API will automatically supply this URL.
badgeLabel?	string	Label for the badge.
badgeSubheadingFormatter?	(totalReviewCount: number) => string	Function to format the badge subheading.

Custom Layout Props

Prop	Type	Description
renderer?	(reviews: GoogleReview[]) => React.ReactNode	Custom rendering function

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details. By using the Featurable API, you agree to the Featurable Terms of Service.

Acknowledgements

This library uses slick-carousel and react-slick for the carousel layout.

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

Issues

Please report any issues or bugs you encounter on the GitHub Issues page.