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This example retrieves place details including the first place review, and displays the information in an info window.
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TypeScriptlet map: google.maps.Map; let centerCoordinates = { lat: 42.349134, lng: -71.083184 }; // Boston, MA let infoWindow; let contentString; async function initMap() { const { Map, InfoWindow } = await google.maps.importLibrary('maps') as google.maps.MapsLibrary; const { AdvancedMarkerElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary('marker') as google.maps.MarkerLibrary; const { Place, Review } = await google.maps.importLibrary('places') as google.maps.PlacesLibrary; map = new Map(document.getElementById('map') as HTMLElement, { center: centerCoordinates, zoom: 14, // ... }); // Use a place ID to create a new Place instance. const place = new Place({ id: 'ChIJpyiwa4Zw44kRBQSGWKv4wgA', // Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA }); // Call fetchFields, passing 'reviews' and other needed fields. await place.fetchFields({ fields: ['displayName', 'formattedAddress', 'location', 'reviews'], }); // If there are any reviews display the first one. if (place.reviews && place.reviews.length > 0) { // Get info for the first review. let reviewRating = place.reviews[0].rating; let reviewText = place.reviews[0].text; let authorName = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution!.displayName; let authorUri = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution!.uri; // Format the review using HTML. contentString =` <div id="title"><b>${place.displayName}</b></div> <div id="address">${place.formattedAddress}</div> <a href="${authorUri}" target="_blank">Author: ${authorName}</a> <div id="rating">Rating: ${reviewRating} stars</div> <div id="rating"><p>Review: ${reviewText}</p></div>`; } else { contentString = 'No reviews were found for ' + place.displayName + '.'; } // Create an infowindow to display the review. infoWindow = new InfoWindow({ content: contentString, ariaLabel: place.displayName, }); // Add a marker. const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({ map, position: place.location, title: place.displayName, }); // Show the info window. infoWindow.open({ anchor: marker, map, }); } initMap();Note: Read the guide on using TypeScript and Google Maps. JavaScript
let map; let centerCoordinates = { lat: 42.349134, lng: -71.083184 }; // Boston, MA let infoWindow; let contentString; async function initMap() { const { Map, InfoWindow } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps"); const { AdvancedMarkerElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("marker"); const { Place, Review } = await google.maps.importLibrary("places"); map = new Map(document.getElementById("map"), { center: centerCoordinates, zoom: 14, // ... }); // Use a place ID to create a new Place instance. const place = new Place({ id: "ChIJpyiwa4Zw44kRBQSGWKv4wgA", // Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA }); // Call fetchFields, passing 'reviews' and other needed fields. await place.fetchFields({ fields: ["displayName", "formattedAddress", "location", "reviews"], }); // If there are any reviews display the first one. if (place.reviews && place.reviews.length > 0) { // Get info for the first review. let reviewRating = place.reviews[0].rating; let reviewText = place.reviews[0].text; let authorName = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution.displayName; let authorUri = place.reviews[0].authorAttribution.uri; // Format the review using HTML. contentString = ` <div id="title"><b>${place.displayName}</b></div> <div id="address">${place.formattedAddress}</div> <a href="${authorUri}" target="_blank">Author: ${authorName}</a> <div id="rating">Rating: ${reviewRating} stars</div> <div id="rating"><p>Review: ${reviewText}</p></div>`; } else { contentString = "No reviews were found for " + place.displayName + "."; } // Create an infowindow to display the review. infoWindow = new InfoWindow({ content: contentString, ariaLabel: place.displayName, }); // Add a marker. const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({ map, position: place.location, title: place.displayName, }); // Show the info window. infoWindow.open({ anchor: marker, map, }); } initMap();Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet. CSS
/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */ #map { height: 100%; } /* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */ html, body { height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }HTML
<html> <head> <title>Place Reviews</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="map"></div> <!-- prettier-ignore --> <script>(g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))}) ({key: "AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg", v: "weekly"});</script> </body> </html>Try Sample Clone Sample
Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.
git clone -b sample-place-reviews https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
cd js-samples
npm i
npm start
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Last updated 2025-08-14 UTC.
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