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MaxC
MaxC

Reputation: 97

Google Places autocomplete Australia-only restriction

How do I restrict Google Places to Australia only?

Here is the code I'm using:

function initialize() {

  var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
  var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input);
}

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5896

Answers (2)

geocodezip
geocodezip

Reputation: 161384

From the autocomplete documentation:

Restrict the search to a specific country

Use the componentRestrictions option to restrict the autocomplete search to a particular country. The following code restricts the results to cities within France.

var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
var options = {
  types: ['(cities)'],
  componentRestrictions: {country: 'fr'}
};

autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, options);

For Australia use 'au':

function initialize() {
  var options = {
    componentRestrictions: {country: 'au'}
  };

  var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
  var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, options);
}

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);

code snippet:

function initialize() {
  var options = {
    componentRestrictions: {country: 'au'}
  };

  var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
  var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, options);
}

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places&key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk"></script>
<input id="searchTextField" type="text" />

Upvotes: 10

Dawesi
Dawesi

Reputation: 586

Just know that you can enter bogus addresses into Google places search

Just use 19320483920489230 Station Street for example (any suburb).

If you need an address checking service, there are far better solutions, Google places is quick and 'dirty', not quick and 'clean' data.

Upvotes: 0

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