Google Places · JSON Structure

Text Search Request Structure

Request body for a Text Search.

Type: object Properties: 9 Required: 1
RestaurantGeolocationGoogleLocationsMapsPlacesPoints of Interest

TextSearchRequest is a JSON Structure definition published by Google Places, describing 9 properties, of which 1 is required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

textQuery includedType maxResultCount rankPreference openNow minRating languageCode regionCode locationBias

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-places/refs/heads/main/json-structure/text-search-request-structure.json",
  "name": "TextSearchRequest",
  "description": "Request body for a Text Search.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "textQuery": {
      "description": "The free-form text query to search for.",
      "example": "Google Building 40",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "includedType": {
      "description": "Restrict results to a single place type.",
      "example": "restaurant",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "maxResultCount": {
      "description": "The maximum number of results to return (1-20).",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 20,
      "example": 128,
      "type": "int32"
    },
    "rankPreference": {
      "description": "How results are ranked.",
      "enum": [
        "RELEVANCE",
        "DISTANCE"
      ],
      "example": "RELEVANCE",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "openNow": {
      "description": "Restrict results to places that are currently open.",
      "example": true,
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "minRating": {
      "description": "Restrict results to places with at least this average rating.",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 5,
      "example": 4.5,
      "type": "double"
    },
    "languageCode": {
      "description": "The language in which to return results.",
      "example": "en",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "regionCode": {
      "description": "The region code used to format and bias the response.",
      "example": "US",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "locationBias": {
      "description": "The region to bias results toward, expressed as a circle.",
      "properties": {
        "circle": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Circle"
        }
      },
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "textQuery"
  ]
}

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