How to use CORS to implement JavaScript Google Places API request

Question

I really do NOT understand how I\'m supposed to make this work:

var requestURL = \'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?placeid=ChIJN1t_tD         


        

Answer 1

@rd3n already answered about why to use Google Maps' SDK, but if you really need to use the API instead of SDK on a web app (reuse code, for exemple), you can bypass CORS using proxy parameter from Webpack's DevServer.

const GMAPS_PLACES_AUTOCOMPLETE_URL = (
  process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
    ? 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json'
    : 'place-api' // on development, we'll use the Webpack's dev server to redirect the request

const urlParams = new URLSearchParams([
  ...
])

const response = await fetch(
  `${GMAPS_PLACES_AUTOCOMPLETE_URL}?${urlParams}`,
  { method: 'GET' }
)

And on your webpack.config.js...

module.exports = {
  devServer: {
    proxy: {
      '/place-api': {
        target: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json',
        changeOrigin: true,
        pathRewrite: { '^/place-api': '' }
      }
    }
  }
}