google-place-text-search

A simple Ruby gem to search for places using the Google Places Text Search API. Search by query string, optionally biased by location and radius.

Tags: google-places-api, places-api, text-search, geolocation, httparty, rails, deprecated

Installation

Add this line to your Gemfile:

gem 'google-place-text-search'

Then run:

bundle install

Usage

searcher = GooglePlaceTextSearch.new

results = searcher.get_response(
  "YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY",
  5000,                    # radius in meters
  "48.8584,2.2945",        # location as "lat,lng"
  "restaurants near Eiffel Tower"
)

results["results"].each do |place|
  puts place["name"]
  puts place["formatted_address"]
  puts place["rating"]
end

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`api_key`	String	Your Google Places API key
`radius`	Integer	Search radius in meters
`location`	String	Center point as `"lat,lng"`
`query`	String	Text query to search for

Returns the parsed JSON response from the Google Places API, including a results array with place details.

Dependencies

httparty

Contributing

Since this gem is deprecated, open issues are mostly focused on smoothing the migration path to google-api-customization rather than new features — see the open issues list. Some are tagged good first issue if you'd like to help.