Get only countries to autocomplete from Google Maps API

google-maps, google-maps-api-3, javascript

Solution

There is no quick solution as Google only offers two type collections: ['(cities)'] and ['(regions)']

There is no ['(countries)'] available.

Documentation here: https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/autocomplete#place_types

EDIT:

You could as an alternative use an autocomplete plugin sourced from this url: http://www.geognos.com/api/en/countries/info/all.json

Problem

I'm using Google Maps API to get autocomplete list of cities and countries (without other details), and it works exellent. ``` var input = document.getElementById('newAddress'); var options = { types: ['(cities)'] }; autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, options); ``` Now I want to do exactly the same but to get only countries names. Somthing like replacing `types: ['(cities)']` with `types: ['(countries)']`... (what I tried but didn't work) What should I do in order to get only countries into my autocomplete?

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