place-text-search

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>Text Search</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>
    <div id="text-input-card">
      <input type="text" id="text-input" placeholder="Search for a place" />
      <input type="button" id="text-input-button" value="Search" />
    </div>
    <div id="map"></div>
  </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. 
 */
#map {
  height: 100%;
}

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

#text-input-card {
  width: 25%;
  background-color: #fff;
  border-radius: 5px;
  box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35) 0px 5px 15px;
  margin: 10px;
  padding: 5px;
  font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;
  font-size: large;
  font-weight: bold;
}

#text-input {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 10px;
  margin: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

#text-input-button {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-top: 0.5rem;
  width: auto;
  padding: 0.6rem 0.75rem;
  font-size: 0.875rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #2563eb;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 0.375rem;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: background-color 0.15s ease-in-out;
  text-align: center;
}

JavaScript

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

let map;
let markers = {};
let infoWindow;

async function init() {
  const [{ Map, InfoWindow }, { ControlPosition }] = await Promise.all([
    google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
    google.maps.importLibrary('core'),
  ]);

  const center = { lat: 37.4161493, lng: -122.0812166 };
  map = new Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
    center,
    zoom: 11,
    mapTypeControl: false,
    mapId: 'DEMO_MAP_ID',
  });

  const textInput = document.getElementById('text-input');
  const textInputButton = document.getElementById('text-input-button');
  const card = document.getElementById('text-input-card');
  map.controls[ControlPosition.TOP_LEFT].push(card);

  textInputButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
    void findPlaces(textInput.value);
  });

  textInput.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
    if (event.key === 'Enter') {
      void findPlaces(textInput.value);
    }
  });

  infoWindow = new InfoWindow();
}

async function findPlaces(query) {
  const [{ Place }, { AdvancedMarkerElement }] = await Promise.all([
    google.maps.importLibrary('places'),
    google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
  ]);

  const request = {
    textQuery: query,
    fields: ['displayName', 'location', 'businessStatus'],
    includedType: '', // Restrict query to a specific type (leave blank for any).
    useStrictTypeFiltering: true,
    locationRestriction: map.getBounds(),
    isOpenNow: true,
    language: 'en-US',
    maxResultCount: 8,
    minRating: 1, // Specify a minimum rating.
    region: 'us',
  };

  const { places } = await Place.searchByText(request);

  if (places.length) {
    const { LatLngBounds } = await google.maps.importLibrary('core');
    const bounds = new LatLngBounds();

    // First remove all existing markers.
    for (const id in markers) {
      markers[id].map = null;
    }
    markers = {};

    // Loop through and get...