Places API Text Search

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Text search is part of Google Places API as well.

Text Search Request returns a set of places based on the text query string.

For Example: “Restaurants in Toronto“

Text Search Request Base URL

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/

name	description
JSON or XML	Output format (json recommended)

name	description
key	Your API Key from Google Cloud Platform
query	The value can be single or multiple words. For Example: “Restaurants in Toronto”

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?key=[YOURAPIKEY]&query=restaurants-in-toronto