Restrict Google Places Autocomplete to return addresses only

Question

autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, { types: ['geocode'] });

returns streets and cities amongst other larger areas. Is it possible to restrict to streets only?

Astrophysics

hmm, can you explain? Google places gives you list of places by defined radius and category. Please give an example what you tried yet – Albite

Answer 1

This question is old, but I figured I'd add to it in case anyone else is having this issue. restricting types to 'address' unfortunately does not achieve the expected result, as routes are still included. Thus, what I decided to do is loop through the result and implement the following check:

result.predictions[i].types.includes('street_address')

Unfortunately, I was surprised to know that my own address was not being included, as it was returning the following types: { types: ['geocode', 'premise'] }

Thus, I decided to start a counter, and any result that includes 'geocode' or 'route' in its types must include at least one other term to be included (whether that be 'street_address' or 'premise' or whatever. Thus, routes are excluded, and anything with a complete address will be included. It's not foolproof, but it works fairly well.

Loop through the result predictions, and implement the following:

if (result.predictions[i].types.includes('street_address')) {
    // Results that include 'street_address' should be included
    suggestions.push(result.predictions[i])
} else {
    // Results that don't include 'street_address' will go through the check
    var typeCounter = 0;
    if (result.predictions[i].types.includes('geocode')) {
        typeCounter++;
    }
    if (result.predictions[i].types.includes('route')) {
        typeCounter++;
    }
    if (result.predictions[i].types.length > typeCounter) {
        suggestions.push(result.predictions[i])
    }
}

Wedged

Is there a hook that we can place these conditions in? – Lawful

Yeah this is the only way I was able to handle it as well, makes no sense, especially when you specifically tell Google address – Ricardo

Does this logic filter this address Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain which does not have an address, number, and neither postal code? – Vano

Answer 2

I think what you want is { types: ['address'] }.

You can see this in action with this live sample: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/places-autocomplete (use the "Addresses" radio button).

Sunless

Using { types: ['address'] } doesn't restrict results to be only those of type street_address. It also includes results of type route, which are roads without numbers. – Twum

is there a way to exclude route from the results? – Distant

@Twum this behavior is not intuitive. Is this on purpose? I have the same problem but the weirdest thing is that api works ok when server host is located in Europe and it does not work properly when the same code is placed in the machine located in the USA google autocomplete issue – Forbear

Google autocomplete does not guarantee always having a valid address containing street_number and postal_code. They suggest asking the user to type manually in these cases. issuetracker.google.com/issues/225210134 – Vano

Even geocode api does not filter full address, probably only when the user search by postalCode or using lat/long. This returns a Spain address unexpectedly https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=spain&result_type=street_address&location_type=ROOFTOP&key=YOUR_API_KEY – Vano

it does restrict it somewhat – Connect

Answer 3

It seems we can resolve this reasonably well (at least for US addresses) by restricting types to 'street_address' and 'premise', and by not performing the operation unless the first character of the input is a numeral (0-9).

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