places_service

Description:

places service

Places Service #
A service that Wraps the Google places Api through the google_maps_webservice package and provides an easy interface to work with and handle in your code.
How To use #
Initialise #
To start off you have to call initialise an pass in your api key
_placesService.initialize(
apiKey: 'PUT_YOUR_KEY_HERE',
);
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If you're using the setup recommended by FilledStacks this can be done in the StartUpViewModel.
Get Automcomplete Suggestions #
When this is complete you can get your Suggestions for an address using the getAutoComplete function.
final autoCompleteSuggestions = await _placesService.getAutoComplete('cape town');
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That will return a list of auto complete suggestions to you.
Get Places Details #
Once you have the places id you want to get you can make a request to getPlaceDetails to get all the details google has available for that place.
final placeDetails = await _placesService.getPlaceDetails('ID_FROM_AUTO_COMPLETE');
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