Google Place Rest API
A rest API flow that wraps the Google Places API.
This flow makes use of the Google Web Nodes (https://github.com/node-red/node-red-web-nodes/tree/master/google)
Prerequisites
First, you will need to install the Google Web Nodes.
npm install node-red-node-googleThe Google Places API requires a Google Developer API key. You will need to create a project with Google in order to obtain one. (https://code.google.com/apis/console/)
This flow also contains additional swagger documentation. This is to be used with the Node Red Swagger Plugin (https://github.com/node-red/node-red-node-swagger)
npm install node-red-node-swagger
Usage
The flow will create an HTTP endpoint for all three types of Google Places API requests. Each endpoint will direct the user to a different API request. You can make changes to the Google Places node's configuration if you would like to include any information ahead of time, like API key for instance. All properties taken by the Google Places node can be passed as msg level parameters. The Google Places node is heavily documented, and details about possible parameters can be acquired via the info tab. All errors that occur will be relayed back to the user via the catch node.
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