A node.js library for the Google Places API
googleplaces.js makes it easy to talk to the Google Places API from your server side Node.js application
Google already maintains a dedicated client side JavaScript library
Yes, fork, hack and send me a PR
- Enable Google Places API on Google API Console
- Create a server side API on Google API Console
- Enable billing for more requests per day
$ npm install googleplaces
# set environment variables
export GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY = "your key here"
export GOOGLE_PLACES_OUTPUT_FORMAT = "json"
var config = require("./config.js");
var GooglePlaces = require("googleplaces");
var googlePlaces = new GooglePlaces(process.env.GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY, process.env.GOOGLE_PLACES_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
var parameters;
/**
* Place search - https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/#PlaceSearchRequests
*/
parameters = {
location:[-33.8670522, 151.1957362],
types:"doctor"
};
googlePlaces.placeSearch(parameters, function (error, response) {
if (error) throw error;
console.log(response.results);
});
var config = require("./config.js");
var GooglePlaces = require("googleplaces");
var googlePlaces = new GooglePlaces(process.env.GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY, process.env.GOOGLE_PLACES_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
var parameters;
/**
* Place details requests - https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/#PlaceDetails
*/
parameters = {
location:[-33.8670522, 151.1957362],
types:"doctor"
};
googlePlaces.placeSearch(parameters, function (error, response) {
if (error) throw error;
googlePlaces.placeDetailsRequest({reference:response.results[0].reference}, function (error, response) {
if (error) throw error;
console.log(response.result);
});
});
var config = require("./config.js");
var GooglePlaces = require("googleplaces");
var googlePlaces = new GooglePlaces(process.env.GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY, process.env.GOOGLE_PLACES_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
var parameters;
/**
* Text search - https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/#TextSearchRequests
*/
parameters = {
query:"restaurants in dublin"
};
googlePlaces.textSearch(parameters, function (error, response) {
if (error) throw error;
console.log(response.results);
});