Retrieving location address based on place name and city in Google Spreadsheet

Question

I\'d like to retrieve a place\'s location based on the name and address in Google Sheets, something like:

=PlaceAddress("White House, Washington, DC"         


        

Answer 1

Instead of Google Places API you can also use Google Maps Geocoding API. The code from above just needs to be adjusted a bit:

function mapAddress(address) {
  var API_KEY = 'yourapikeyhere';
  var url = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=' + address + '&lang=en&key=' + API_KEY;
  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url);
  var json = response.getContentText();
  obj = JSON.parse(json);
  addr = obj.results[0].formatted_address;
  return addr;
}