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Localities Widget Reference 2.0

Localities Javascript Widget Reference 2.0
  1. Autocomplete class
  2. AutocompleteParameters Interface
  3. AutocompleteResponse Interface
  4. AutocompleteResponseItem Interface
  5. ComponentRestrictions Interface
  6. DetailsResponseItem Interface

Autocomplete class

woosmap.localities.Autocomplete
This class extends AutocompleteElementsHandler.

Autocomplete

Constructor
Autocomplete
Autocomplete(inputId, customConfig?)
Parameters:
  • inputId: String id attribute for the input hosting the Autocomplete widget
  • customConfig: AutocompleteParameters config object

Methods
addListener
addListener(eventName, callback)
Parameters:
  • eventName: String name of the event
  • callback: Function executed through addEventListener
Return Type: Event

Adds an event listener to the widget Can be removed using removeListener() with the same arguments

removeListener
removeListener(eventName, callback)
Parameters:
  • eventName: String name of the event
  • callback: Function callback to remove, exactly as added to addListener

Removes given event listener from the widget

getSelectedSuggestionDetails
getSelectedSuggestionDetails()
Parameters: None
Return Type: DetailsResponseItem | "boolean"

Returns the latest user-selected locality among search results

getAutocompleteSuggestions
getAutocompleteSuggestions()
Parameters: None
Return Type: AutocompleteResponse

Returns the latest search results

setTypes
setTypes(types)
Parameters:
  • types: String | String[] The types queried (example ‘locality’, ‘postal_code’, ‘country’ ; omit param for ‘locality’ + ‘postal_code’)

Sets the types to query

setCustomDescription
setCustomDescription(customDescription)
Parameters:
  • customDescription: String The customDescription

Sets the custom description to query

setComponentRestrictions
setComponentRestrictions(components)
Parameters:

Sets the component restrictions

setOptions
setOptions(customConfig)
Parameters:

Sets new config options

AutocompleteParameters Interface

Properties
components
Type: ComponentRestrictions

restricts predictions to selected components
customDescription
Type: String

This parameter allows to choose the description format for all or some of the suggestion types selected. The custom formats are described as follows:

JavaScript
        custom_description=type_A:"{field_1}, {field_2}, [...]"|type_B:"{field_1}, {field_2}, [...]"
data
Type: String

Defaults to ‘standard’, can be set to ‘advanced’ to retrieve postal codes outside western Europe
debounceTime
Type: Number

prevents autocomplete requests from being sent unnecessarily often. Default is no debounce.
extended
Type: String

can be set to ‘postal_code’ to search localities by name or postal codes
firstTabIndex
Type: Number

all tabindexes in Autocomplete will start from that tabindex. Defaults to 0.
language
Type: String

expected response language. Default is the country local or browser language
location
Type: LatLngLiteral

This parameter is used to add a bias to the autocomplete feature. The location defines the point around which to retrieve results in priority.
minLength
Type: Number

Number of characters before sending request to Localities API
types
Type: String | String[]

The types queried (example ‘locality’, ‘postal_code’, ‘country’ ; omit param for ‘locality’ + ‘postal_code’)

AutocompleteResponse Interface

Properties
localities
Type: AutocompleteResponseItem

Array with Autocomplete items

AutocompleteResponseItem Interface

Properties
description
Type: String

The suggested formatted answer
matched_substrings
Type: array

Contains an array with offset value and length. These describe the location of the entered term in the prediction result text, so that the term can be highlighted if desired.
public_id
Type: String

Item identifier
type
Type: String

requested prediction type (‘locality’, ‘postal_code’, ‘country’, ‘admin_level’, ‘train_station’, ‘metro_station’, ‘shopping’, ‘airport’, ‘museum’, ‘zoo’, ‘amusement_park’, ‘art_gallery’, ‘tourist_attraction’, ‘address’)

ComponentRestrictions Interface

Properties
country
Type: String | String[]

Restricts predictions to the specified country (ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 country code, case insensitive). For example, ‘fr’, ‘gb’, or ‘es’. You can provide a single one, or an array of country code strings.

DetailsResponseItem Interface

Properties
address_components
Type: array

Array containing the separate components applicable to this address. Each component has a long name (full text description or name of the address component), a short name (abbreviated textual name for the address component, if available) and types (array indicating the type of the address component like locality, street_number…)
formatted_address
Type: string

String containing the human-readable address of this item.
geometry
Type: object

Item geometry ({location:{lat, lng}, viewport: {northeast: {lat, lng}, southwest: {lat, lng}}})
name
Type: string

Item name
public_id
Type: string

Item identifier
types
Type: array

Types of the given item (like locality or postal_code)

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