This example retrieves place details including the first place review, and displays the information in an info window.
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TypeScript
let innerMap; let infoWindow; const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map') as google.maps.MapElement; async function initMap() { // Import the needed libraries. const [{ InfoWindow }, { AdvancedMarkerElement }, { Place }] = await Promise.all([ google.maps.importLibrary( 'maps' ) as Promise<google.maps.MapsLibrary>, google.maps.importLibrary( 'marker' ) as Promise<google.maps.MarkerLibrary>, google.maps.importLibrary( 'places' ) as Promise<google.maps.PlacesLibrary>, ]); 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); content.appendChild(review); content.appendChild(authorLink); } else { content.textContent = `No reviews were found for ${place.displayName}.`; } // Create an infowindow to display the review. infoWindow = new InfoWindow({ content, ariaLabel: place.displayName, }); // Add a marker. const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({ map: innerMap, position: place.location, title: place.displayName, }); innerMap.setCenter(place.location); // Show the info window. infoWindow.open({ anchor: marker, map: innerMap, }); } initMap();
JavaScript
let innerMap; let infoWindow; const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map'); async function initMap() { // 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); content.appendChild(review); content.appendChild(authorLink); } else { content.textContent = `No reviews were found for ${place.displayName}.`; } // Create an infowindow to display the review. infoWindow = new InfoWindow({ content, ariaLabel: place.displayName, }); // Add a marker. const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({ map: innerMap, position: place.location, title: place.displayName, }); innerMap.setCenter(place.location); // Show the info window. infoWindow.open({ anchor: marker, map: innerMap, }); } initMap();
CSS
/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */ gmp-map { height: 100%; } /* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */ html, body { height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
HTML
<html>
<head>
<title>Place Reviews</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
<script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
<!-- prettier-ignore -->
<script>(g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${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: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "weekly"});</script>
</head>
<body>
<gmp-map
center="42.349134, -71.083184"
zoom="14"
map-id="4504f8b37365c3d0">
</gmp-map>
</body>
</html>Try Sample
Clone Sample
Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.
git clone https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.gitcd samples/place-reviewsnpm inpm start