we are attempting to use the new google places api text search to return suggested address completion results as a user types within an input field.
For example, user types In 545 Smi...
and 454 Smith Street, Somewhere, Some City, State...
appears as an option to select.
Currently we are making a POST
request to https://places.googleapis.com/v1/places:searchText?fields=places.id,places.formattedAddress
with testQuery
and regionCode
body keys.
However we are noticing the results returned are very few (and borderline unusable).
Is there a better service to use to accomplish something like this?
Thank you!
If the queries are partial inputs like 545 Smi
or even 454 Smith Street
you should use instead Autocomplete (New) and send requests to https://places.googleapis.com/v1/places:autocomplete
The Text Search (New) API at https://places.googleapis.com/v1/places:searchText is not designed for such queries.