How do I get a direct link to a place on google maps with the Place Id

Question

I have the Place Id of a place on google maps in my app. Is there a way to put the place Id in a URL and have it directly link to the page? Or does it have to be done through

Answer 1

The URL for a specific Google Place is returned by the places details API endpoint.

If for example you query:

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?placeid=ChIJV2BQ4laeekgRFauLvdXbFXE&key=YOUR_API_KEY

You will see that in the returned JSON there is a key 'url' which points to https://maps.google.com/?cid=8148660811851344661