Restrict Google Places Autocomplete to return addresses only

This question is old, but I figured I’d add to it in case anyone else is having this issue. restricting types to ‘address’ unfortunately does not achieve the expected result, as routes are still included. Thus, what I decided to do is loop through the result and implement the following check: result.predictions[i].types.includes(‘street_address’) Unfortunately, I was … Read more

Change default text “Enter a Location” In Google Maps Places API

Just set the placeholder attribute of the input element to which you are attaching the autocomplete to whatever you want: <input type=”text” placeholder=”Some new text”> This is detailed in the documentation: By default, the text field created by the Autocomplete service contains standard placeholder text. To modify the text, set the placeholder attribute on the … Read more

Google Places API place_id field length

There’s no documentation on the specific length, but the max I have seen is length 255. This corresponds to address 488 Srinagarindra Rd., Suan Luang, Bangkok, 10250. You can check the place id here. FYI the place id is: ErwBNDg4IOC4luC4meC4mSDguKjguKPguLXguJnguITguKPguLTguJnguJfguKPguYwg4LmB4LiC4Lin4LiHIOC4quC4p-C4meC4q-C4peC4p-C4hyDguYDguILguJUg4Liq4Lin4LiZ4Lir4Lil4Lin4LiHIOC4geC4o-C4uOC4h-C5gOC4l-C4nuC4oeC4q-C4suC4meC4hOC4oyAxMDI1MCDguJvguKPguLDguYDguJfguKjguYTguJfguKI

Google Places Autocomplete – Pick first result on Enter key? [duplicate]

I’ve read the many answers of this question, and of the linked questions’ answers so many times, before finding that the best answer is this one (Nota: sadly, it’s not the accepted answer!). I’ve modified 2 or 3 lines to turn it into a ready-to-use function that you can copy/paste in your code and apply … Read more

Google Places Autocomplete not showing up

For anybody else who may be stuck or having difficulty with this, ignore the ‘autocomplete=”no”‘ value, and don’t use ‘display: block’ to show the ‘.pac-container’. go into your chrome devtools and make sure you can see the .pac-container div. set the z-index of that div in your css. When there is a searched value, google … Read more