How to get country from google maps api?

Question

I use this script:

var place = autocomplete.getPlace();
latitude = place.geometry.location.lat();
longitude = place.geometry.location.lng();

street_number =         


        

Answer 1

You shouldn't rely on index of element in place.address_components array. Instead you have to analyze the "types" field to find the corresponding address component for the country.

It can be done with Array.prototype.filter() and Array.prototype.includes() functions.

var filtered_array = place.address_components.filter(function(address_component){
    return address_component.types.includes("country");
}); 
var country = filtered_array.length ? filtered_array[0].long_name: "";