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// This example displays an address form, using the autocomplete feature
// of the Google Places API to help users fill in the information.
var placeSearch, autocomplete;
var componentForm = {
street_number: 'short_name',
route: 'long_name',
locality: 'long_name',
administrative_area_level_1: 'short_name',
country: 'long_name',
postal_code: 'short_name'
};
function initialize() {
// Create the autocomplete object, restricting the search
// to geographical location types.
autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(
/** @type {HTMLInputElement} */(document.getElementById('autocomplete')),
{ types: ['geocode'] });
// When the user selects an address from the dropdown,
// populate the address fields in the form.
google.maps.event.addListener(autocomplete, 'place_changed', function() {
fillInAddress();
});
}
// [START region_fillform]
function fillInAddress() {
// Get the place details from the autocomplete object.
var place = autocomplete.getPlace();
for (var component in componentForm) {
document.getElementById(component).value = '';
document.getElementById(component).disabled = false;
}
// Get each component of the address from the place details
// and fill the corresponding field on the form.
for (var i = 0; i < place.address_components.length; i++) {
var addressType = place.address_components[i].types[0];
}
}
// [END region_fillform]
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