Question

I have the following code:

     function getLocation()
                {
                if (navigator.geolocation)
                  {
                  navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(start,showError);

                  }
                else{
                error('Geo Location is not supported');
                }
                }

 function start(position) {

                var mySearch = document.getElementById("search").value;           
               var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude);

                map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
                  mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
                  center: latlng,
                  zoom: 12
                });

                var request = {
                  location: latlng,
                  radius: 500,
                  query: mySearch
                };

                 infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
                 service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);
                 service.textSearch(request, callback);
                }

                function callback(results, status) {

                  if (status == google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
                    for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
                      var place = results[i];
                      createMarker(results[i]);

                    }
                  }
                }


              function createMarker(place) {

                var placeLoc = place.geometry.location;
                var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
                  map: map,
                  position: place.geometry.location,


                });

                google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
                  infowindow.setContent(place.name, place.website);
                  infowindow.open(map, this);
                });
              } 

The code works fine however I am trying to retrieve more details about a place. I know about the place details at: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/places#place_details I’m just unsure where and how to adjust my code to say add in the places website. I’m struggling to work out where to get the reference and then how to use it. If someone could write it within my code that would be great.

Answer 1

Adjusted “createMarker” function (not tested):

function createMarker(place) {
    var placeLoc = place.geometry.location;
    if (place.icon) {
      var image = new google.maps.MarkerImage(
            place.icon, new google.maps.Size(71, 71),
            new google.maps.Point(0, 0), new google.maps.Point(17, 34),
            new google.maps.Size(25, 25));
    } else var image = null;

    var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
      map: map,
      icon: image,
      position: place.geometry.location
    });
    var request =  {
      reference: place.reference
    };

    google.maps.event.addListener(marker,'click',function(){
        service.getDetails(request, function(place, status) {
          if (status == google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
            var contentStr = '<h5>'+place.name+'</h5><p>'+place.formatted_address;
            if (!!place.formatted_phone_number) contentStr += '<br>'+place.formatted_phone_number;
            if (!!place.website) contentStr += '<br><a target="_blank" href="'+place.website+'">'+place.website+'</a>';
            contentStr += '<br>'+place.types+'</p>';
            infowindow.setContent(contentStr);
            infowindow.open(map,marker);
          } else { 
            var contentStr = "<h5>No Result, status="+status+"</h5>";
            infowindow.setContent(contentStr);
            infowindow.open(map,marker);
          }
        });
    });
}

working example