Google Maps API (Node.js)
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JavaScriptReady to use snippet of how to query for Google Places IDs using the official Google Maps API from NPM.
1import googleMapsApi from '@google/maps';
2import Promise from 'bluebird';
3
4class GooglePlacesService {
5 constructor() {
6 this.client = googleMapsApi.createClient({
7 key: process.env.GOOGLE_MAPS_KEY
8 });
9 }
10
11 getGooglePlaceIdFromName(name, location) {
12 return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
13 const request = {
14 input: name,
15 inputtype: 'textquery',
16 locationbias: location ? `point:${location.lon},${location.lat}`: undefined
17 };
18 this.client.findPlace(request, (err, response) => {
19 if(err) return reject(err);
20 const candidate = (response.json.candidates && response.json.candidates.length > 0) ? response.json.candidates[0] : undefined;
21 return resolve(candidate && candidate.place_id ? candidate.place_id : undefined);
22 });
23 })
24 };
25}
26
27// singleton
28export default new GooglePlacesService();Created on 2/28/2019