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Google Maps (Places API) ACTION

Get Place Details

Retrieves detailed information for a specific place using its Place ID. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Read only
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Google Maps (Places API) account once, then configure and run Get Place Details from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "google_maps_platform-get-place-details",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_maps_platform: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    placeId: "Place ID",
    simplified: true,
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Get Place Details inputs
Property Type Description
placeId Place ID string
A textual identifier that uniquely identifies a place, returned from Search Places Action.
Required
simplified Simplified Response boolean
If true, the response will contain a reduced set of fields
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
google_maps_platform-get-place-details
Version
0.0.4
App
Google Maps (Places API)
Authentication
API key
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes