I am trying to get data, like phone numbers, from a Place Details Request using The Google Places API Web Service. I am unable to get response data that is similar to the one shown in this guide, even though I'm getting the place id from the same address.
The place id I get is different from the one in the guide. My place id is 'ChIJ8UadyjeuEmsRDt5QbiDg720' and theirs is 'ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4'. If I use their place id I get all the data I need.
The only data I can get are: address_components, adr_address, formatted_address, geometry, icon, id, name, place_id, reference, scope, types, url, and vicinity. How can I get data like a phone number from a request?
var placesRequest = $http({ method: "post", url: "" + <my place id>+"&key=<my key>" }); placesRequest.success(function (data) { console.log("data", data); }); Same problem with Google Maps JavaScript API using this code.
function initMap() { var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), { center: {lat: -33.866, lng: 151.196}, zoom: 15 }); google.maps.InfoWindow(); var service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map); service.getDetails({ placeId: $scope.newUserData.address.place_id }, function(place, status) { if (status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) { if(place) { console.log("place", place); } } }); } initMap(); 1 Answer
The phone number is missing in the Google Places API because Google Maps doesn't have a phone number for that particular place. If you request the details for a place with a phone number on Google Maps, it will be returned.
Take a closer look at ChIJ8UadyjeuEmsRDt5QbiDg720. It's an office building called "Workplace 6" — notice that the details say it is of type premise. If you visit the Google Maps URL in the url field () you'll notice there's no phone number listed there either.
The other Place ID, ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4, is for one of the businesses located inside that building (Google). If you compare the address_components or formatted_address you'll see they don't have quite the same address (Google's address is floor 5 of that building).
In general, any field of a place might be absent. This happens if Google Maps doesn't know it, or if it simply doesn't apply (e.g. you won't find opening_hours on France). As the documentation for Place Details Results say:
Each result may contain the following fields:
[Emphasis mine.]
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