Correct address format to get the most accurate results from google GeoCoding API

Question

Is there any standard format to supply the address string to Google GeoCoding API to get the most accurate results on map.

For Eg. following query not giving correct

Answer 1

I stumbled upon this question and found a solution that worked for me:

I think the answer can be found by using component filtering, look at: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/#ComponentFiltering

An example in Javascript:

var request = require('request');

var url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?" +
    "address=Herengracht 180" +
    "&components=postal_code:1016 BR|country:NL" +
    "&sensor=false";

request(url, function (error, response, body) {
  if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
    console.log(body);
  }
  else {
    console.log('error', error);
  }
});