Google Maps places API to only return cities?

Question

I am trying to use Google\'s map API to only return cities from their json request:

 https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?input=green%20l         


        

Answer 1

This is an old question, but the accepted answer is not correct for the specific question.

The correct argument for the types parameter to return only cities is (cities). So the complete URL would be:

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?input=green%20lanes&types=(cities)&key= API_KEY_HERE

You can see more information here. Also, I omitted the sensor parameter since it's not needed anymore.