geocoding-place-id

Sample code supporting Google Maps Platform JavaScript API documentation. author(s): Geo Developer IX Documentation Team

HTML

<!doctype html>
<!--
@license
Copyright 2026 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-->

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Retrieving an Address for a Place ID</title>

    <script>
      // prettier-ignore
      (g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})({
            });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <gmp-map center="40.72,-73.96" zoom="8" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID">
      <div id="floating-panel" slot="control-block-start-inline-center">
        <!-- Supply a default place ID for a place in Brooklyn, New York. -->
        <input id="place-id" type="text" value="ChIJd8BlQ2BZwokRAFUEcm_qrcA" />
        <input id="submit" type="button" value="Get Address for Place ID" />
      </div>
    </gmp-map>
  </body>
</html>

CSS

/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2026 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

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

#floating-panel {
  background-color: #fff;
  padding: 5px;
  border: 1px solid #999;
  border-radius: 5px;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  line-height: 30px;
  padding-left: 10px;
  margin-top: 10px;
}

#place-id {
  width: 250px;
}

JavaScript

'use strict';
/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2026 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

// Initialize the map.
async function init() {
  const [{ Geocoder }, { InfoWindow }] = await Promise.all([
    google.maps.importLibrary('geocoding'),
    google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
    google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
  ]);

  const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
  const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;
  const geocoder = new Geocoder();
  const infoWindow = new InfoWindow();

  document.getElementById('submit').addEventListener('click', () => {
    void geocodePlaceId(geocoder, innerMap, infoWindow);
  });
}

// This function is called when the user clicks the UI button.
async function geocodePlaceId(geocoder, map, infoWindow) {
  const placeId = document.getElementById('place-id').value;

  const { AdvancedMarkerElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary('marker');

  const { results } = await geocoder.geocode({ placeId });
  if (results[0]) {
    map.setZoom(11);
    map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);

    const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
      map,
      position: results[0].geometry.location,
    });

    infoWindow.setContent(results[0].formatted_address);
    infoWindow.open(map, marker);
  } else {
    window.alert('No results found');
  }
}

void init();