place-reviews

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

HTML

<!doctype html>
<!--
 @license
 Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-->

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Place Reviews</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <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))})({
                key: "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <gmp-map
            center="42.349134, -71.083184"
            zoom="14"
            map-id="4504f8b37365c3d0">
        </gmp-map>
    </body>
</html>

CSS

/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

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

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

JavaScript

'use strict';
/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

let innerMap;
let infoWindow;
const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');

async function init() {
    // Import the needed libraries.
    const [{ InfoWindow }, { AdvancedMarkerElement }, { Place }] =
        await Promise.all([
            google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
            google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
            google.maps.importLibrary('places'),
        ]);

    innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    // Create a new Place instance.
    const place = new Place({
        id: 'ChIJpyiwa4Zw44kRBQSGWKv4wgA', // Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA
    });

    // Call fetchFields, passing 'reviews' and other needed fields.
    await place.fetchFields({
        fields: ['displayName', 'formattedAddress', 'location', 'reviews'],
    });

    // Create an HTML container.
    const content = document.createElement('div');
    const title = document.createElement('div');
    const rating = document.createElement('div');
    const address = document.createElement('div');
    const review = document.createElement('div');
    const authorLink = document.createElement('a');

    // If there are any reviews display the first one.
    if (place.reviews && place.reviews.length > 0) {
        // Get info for the first review.
        const reviewRating = place.reviews[0].rating;
        const reviewText = place.reviews[0].text;
        const authorName = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution.displayName;
        const authorUri = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution.uri;

        // Safely populate the HTML.
        title.textContent = place.displayName || '';
        address.textContent = place.formattedAddress || '';
        rating.textContent = `Rating: ${reviewRating} stars`;
        review.textContent = reviewText || '';
        authorLink.textContent = authorName;
        authorLink.href = authorUri || '';
       ...