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Pablo T
Pablo T

Reputation: 11

Not working trigger place_changed of Google places autocomplete

This is my input html

 <input id="autocomplete" type="text" class="postulantes_search_location" 
    value="" onFocus="geolocate()">

it's work fine when i write an address and select an option of the dropdown. The problem is when i set a text, for example:

$('#autocomplete').val($(this).children('.saved-location').text());

and execute the trigger:

google.maps.event.trigger(autocomplete, 'place_changed');

and then, the function autocomplete.getPlace() return undefined !

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1271

Answers (1)

SMSk
SMSk

Reputation: 705

If it's still relevant, your problem is that google.maps.event.trigger actually has three parameters, and you don't pass a place with your trigger: 

google.maps.event.trigger(autocomplete, 'place_changed', {...} /*actual place data*/)

but you probably don't want that, because you don't have a place, just a string, so you shouldn't trigger the event, and should write your own processor, that, e.g., makes a request to google maps api, like this:

$http.get('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=' + $('#autocomplete').value() + '&key=' + GOOGLE_API_KEY

or any other method you'd like

Upvotes: 1

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