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>

    <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="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 || '';
    authorLink.target = '_blank';

    content.appendChild(title);
    content.appendChild(address);
    content.appendChild(rating);
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