Place Autocomplete Data Sessions

This example takes user input and displays a list of place predictions. When a selection is made place details are retrieved and the session is concluded.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

let title;
let results;
let input;
let token;

// Add an initial request body.
let request = {
    input: "",
    locationRestriction: { west: -122.44, north: 37.8, east: -122.39, south: 37.78 },
    origin: { lat: 37.7893, lng: -122.4039 },
    includedPrimaryTypes: ["restaurant"],
    language: "en-US",
    region: "us",
};

async function init() {
    token = new google.maps.places.AutocompleteSessionToken();

    title = document.getElementById('title');
    results = document.getElementById('results');
    input = document.querySelector("input");
    input.addEventListener("input", makeAcRequest);
    request = refreshToken(request) as any;
}

async function makeAcRequest(input) {
    // Reset elements and exit if an empty string is received.
    if (input.target.value == '') {
        title.innerText = '';
        results.replaceChildren();
        return;
    }

    // Add the latest char sequence to the request.
    request.input = input.target.value;

    // Fetch autocomplete suggestions and show them in a list.
    // @ts-ignore
    const { suggestions } = await google.maps.places.AutocompleteSuggestion.fetchAutocompleteSuggestions(request);

    title.innerText = 'Query predictions for "' + request.input + '"';

    // Clear the list first.
    results.replaceChildren();

    for (const suggestion of suggestions) {
        const placePrediction = suggestion.placePrediction;

        // Create a link for the place, add an event handler to fetch the place.
        const a = document.createElement('a');
        a.addEventListener('click', () => {
            onPlaceSelected(placePrediction!.toPlace());
        });
        a.innerText = placePrediction!.text.toString();

        // Create a new list element.
        const li = document.createElement('li');
        li.appendChild(a);
        results.appendChild(li);
    }
}

// Event handler for clicking on a suggested place.
async function onPlaceSelected(place) {
    await place.fetchFields({
        fields: ['displayName', 'formattedAddress'],
    });
    let placeText = document.createTextNode(place.displayName + ': ' + place.formattedAddress);
    results.replaceChildren(placeText);
    title.innerText = 'Selected Place:';
    input.value = '';
    refreshToken(request);
}

// Helper function to refresh the session token.
async function refreshToken(request) {
    // Create a new session token and add it to the request.
    token = new google.maps.places.AutocompleteSessionToken();
    request.sessionToken = token;
    return request;
}

declare global {
    interface Window {
      init: () => void;
    }
  }
  window.init = init;
index.ts

JavaScript

let title;
let results;
let input;
let token;
// Add an initial request body.
let request = {
  input: "",
  locationRestriction: {
    west: -122.44,
    north: 37.8,
    east: -122.39,
    south: 37.78,
  },
  origin: { lat: 37.7893, lng: -122.4039 },
  includedPrimaryTypes: ["restaurant"],
  language: "en-US",
  region: "us",
};

async function init() {
  token = new google.maps.places.AutocompleteSessionToken();
  title = document.getElementById("title");
  results = document.getElementById("results");
  input = document.querySelector("input");
  input.addEventListener("input", makeAcRequest);
  request = refreshToken(request);
}

async function makeAcRequest(input) {
  // Reset elements and exit if an empty string is received.
  if (input.target.value == "") {
    title.innerText = "";
    results.replaceChildren();
    return;
  }

  // Add the latest char sequence to the request.
  request.input = input.target.value;

  // Fetch autocomplete suggestions and show them in a list.
  // @ts-ignore
  const { suggestions } =
    await google.maps.places.AutocompleteSuggestion.fetchAutocompleteSuggestions(
      request,
    );

  title.innerText = 'Query predictions for "' + request.input + '"';
  // Clear the list first.
  results.replaceChildren();

  for (const suggestion of suggestions) {
    const placePrediction = suggestion.placePrediction;
    // Create a link for the place, add an event handler to fetch the place.
    const a = document.createElement("a");

    a.addEventListener("click", () => {
      onPlaceSelected(placePrediction.toPlace());
    });
    a.innerText = placePrediction.text.toString();

    // Create a new list element.
    const li = document.createElement("li");

    li.appendChild(a);
    results.appendChild(li);
  }
}

// Event handler for clicking on a suggested place.
async function onPlaceSelected(place) {
  await place.fetchFields({
    fields: ["displayName", "formattedAddress"],
  });

  let placeText = document.createTextNode(
    place.displayName + ": " + place.formattedAddress,
  );

  results.replaceChildren(placeText);
  title.innerText = "Selected Place:";
  input.value = "";
  refreshToken(request);
}

// Helper function to refresh the session token.
async function refreshToken(request) {
  // Create a new session token and add it to the request.
  token = new google.maps.places.AutocompleteSessionToken();
  request.sessionToken = token;
  return request;
}

window.init = init;
index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
#map {
  height: 100%;
}

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

a {
  cursor: pointer;
  text-decoration: underline;
  color: blue;
}

input {
  width: 300px;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Place Autocomplete Data API Session</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <input id="input" type="text" placeholder="Search for a place..." />
    <div id="title"></div>
    <ul id="results"></ul>
    <img
      class="powered-by-google"
      src="https://storage.googleapis.com/geo-devrel-public-buckets/powered_by_google_on_white.png"
      alt="Powered by Google"
    />

    <!-- 
      The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML
      document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,
      and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See
      https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api
      for more information.
      -->
    <script
      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=init&libraries=places&v=weekly"
      defer
    ></script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

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  git clone -b sample-place-autocomplete-data-session https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
  cd js-samples
  npm i
  npm start

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  git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
  npm i
  npm start