This page shows you requests and responses to retrieve an address for a place ID.
Required parameters
place_id
— The place ID of the place for which you wish to obtain the human-readable address. The place ID is a unique identifier that can be used with other Google APIs. For example, you can use theplaceID
returned by the Roads API to get the address for a snapped point. For more information about place IDs, see the place ID overview..key
— Your application's API key. This key identifies your application for purposes of quota management. Learn how to get a key.
The optional parameters are the same as those for reverse geocoding.
The following query contains the place ID of a place in Brooklyn:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?place_id=ChIJd8BlQ2BZwokRAFUEcm_qrcA
&key=YOUR_API_KEY
The above query returns the following result:
{
"results" : [
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "277",
"short_name" : "277",
"types" : [ "street_number" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Bedford Avenue",
"short_name" : "Bedford Ave",
"types" : [ "route" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Williamsburg",
"short_name" : "Williamsburg",
"types" : [ "neighborhood", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Brooklyn",
"short_name" : "Brooklyn",
"types" : [ "political", "sublocality", "sublocality_level_1" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Kings County",
"short_name" : "Kings County",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "New York",
"short_name" : "NY",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "United States",
"short_name" : "US",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "11211",
"short_name" : "11211",
"types" : [ "postal_code" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "277 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 40.7142205,
"lng" : -73.9612903
},
"location_type" : "ROOFTOP",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 40.71556948029149,
"lng" : -73.95994131970849
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 40.7128715197085,
"lng" : -73.9626392802915
}
}
},
"place_id" : "ChIJd8BlQ2BZwokRAFUEcm_qrcA",
"types" : [ "street_address" ]
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
For a description of the fields in the response, see Geocoding responses.