I am looking for business name, addy, phone number and business URL within the Google Places API. My test url string is https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/xml?query=restaurants+in+Grand+Rapids+Michigan&url=true&sensor=true&key=MYKEY I'm not receiving phone number or Business website (URL). However the businesses that are being returned have that info in the google listing. I'm new to this and just trying to get a handle on how to do the search query.
Any help is appreciated!
I believe phone number and website URL are only available in Place Details requests. You would take the reference from the results of the textsearch and send it in the details request.
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As we are moving from the classic google analytics to the Universal google analytics for the marketing requirement, i need to find out from where the customer is coming from. If he is coming from the marketing campaigns then we have the param utm_source from url. So with this I can find out the customer visit. But if the customer is from the google results, then there will be no extra parameters added to the URL.
Because of this, I am unable to differentiate whether the customer is from the Google Results or from the direct URL visit. My idea is to use, HTTP_REFERRER. But this will result in lot of requests to server for each page load which results in unnecessary load on server.
Universal google analytics does support _utmz cookies. It will only supported in classic google analytics. So is there any better way to differentiate the customer visit from the google results and the direct URL visit.
I think your idea to use the referrer is as solid as it gets. You do not need any server roundtrips, since you can access the referrer via Javascript using document.referrer - if that is empty you have a direct type-in/bookmark, else you can check against a list of hostnames of search engines. This might not match to 100% with Google Analytics attribution, but should give you a usable approximation (it will obviously only work on the landing page, after that the referrer is your own site).
I am little bit confused interpreting the Google Book API terms. In this page it is written that
Note: Performing a search does not require authentication, so you do
not have to provide the Authorization HTTP header with the GET
request. However, if the call is made with authentication, each Volume
will include user-specific information, such as purchased status.
Does that mean I don't need to use an API key for searching book info or linking cover from google books (to be used in Android App)?
Thanks
For searching only the informations about books (author, title, etc..) you can write code without have any API key. But probably for the payment service or other (write a book and insert that in google book api) you should have an API Key (with sign up).
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For searching only the informations about books (author, title, etc..) you can write code without have any API key. But sometimes google books API gives back HTTP 403. HTTP Status Code 403: The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it. So it is advisable you use the API key generated and also try to mention your country code in it. As sometimes it fails to recognize where the request is coming from so it gives you access denied (403) error.
https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=intitle:${bookTitle}&key=${googleKey}&country=${countryName}
This query was used by me in a React application as sometimes without key or country name i got HTTP 403 error. countryName is of the form US or UK, etc.
I have a review site where user can search using google places api autocomplete textbox to find a specific business and write reviews for it on my site.
The google api returns back bunch of stuff along with 5 reviews for the place searched.
is it ok for me to show the reviews the api returns on my site?
Edit:
If yes,
do i need to put a disclamer or give credit to google for the
reviews shown?
google place api also returns the review's author name, can i to
show it? do i need any permission?
is it ok for me to copy the google api reviews to my site?
If you are showing a Map, along with that data, the Map must be a Google Map(i.e. that data cannot be accompanied with openstreetmap etc.)
If you are only displaying the reviews, you must show "Powered by Google" with them.
If your application displays Google Places API Web Service data on a map, that map must be provided by Google.
If your application displays Google Places API Web Service data on a page or view that does not also display a Google Map, you must show a "Powered by Google" logo with that data. For example, if your application displays a list of places on one tab, and a Google Map with those places on another tab, the first tab must show the "Powered by Google" logo.
More details here: https://developers.google.com/places/webservice/policies
at www.movylo.com we're trying to integrate Google Places. We let merchants create a mobile store and want to post the store via APIs to Google Places. IT seems we can't post more than name of direction, so not possible to send URL, phone number, ...Anyone can help?
I looked into the same thing in the past but it looks like the only items you can add are the location, name and type, at least for now that is.
Is there a way to get Email/Website of a particular place using Google Places API? If this is not possible is there a way other than using Google API?
To retrieve a places website address using Google Places API, you could perform a Places Autocomplete Request with the input parameter value set to the name of the place: e.g.input=Amoeba
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?input=Amoeba&sensor=false&key=your_api_key
Then using the reference from the response you could perform a Places Details Request: e.g.
reference=ClRMAAAAVzPUTLym999EXs4mKkpTqEmzX0a2kfXCUs4enTvWMHDd06VLvlzsGOdfrRd2QvkiRWs4sNkraAAJlMdytt4O4kYGoJZn4ENL5Ig5QYyeJmMSECDOGMO1MnDFtqzdqD8oDk0aFJr8_s-Y946QOz24YubPUsmoC2vl
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?reference=ClRMAAAAVzPUTLym999EXs4mKkpTqEmzX0a2kfXCUs4enTvWMHDd06VLvlzsGOdfrRd2QvkiRWs4sNkraAAJlMdytt4O4kYGoJZn4ENL5Ig5QYyeJmMSECDOGMO1MnDFtqzdqD8oDk0aFJr8_s-Y946QOz24YubPUsmoC2vl&sensor=false&key=you_api_key
This would return the details for Amoeba including if available, the parameter website which would contain the places website address.
Google Places API provides Details requests and responses using your API key.
The tag allows for the google places url for that places
e.g.
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=10704550479004381649
If you wish to harvest website, fax and opening hours information, it can only be done here.
There is no direct api in the Google Places API that will provide that info.
Just as addressComponents are part of the Details response, i assume tags will be added to the Place Details responses from the API to address this problem.
I have been trying to use Google Places API, and I have successful queries, fetching Places details, which has all the address information for the place I want to find, but ironically, there is NO WEBSITE attribute in the returned JSON!
The first version of Local search was MUCH better, and always accurate for searches when you know the business name.