Fetch google places¶
geo • 3rd party API • integration
Fetch information about the most relevant places surrounding a location.
Given the latitude and longitude coordinates of a location in each row, uses the Google Places API to enrich the dataset with information about the surrounding businesses, their ratings etc. See below for further information about the specific columns to be added by the step.
API integration
To use this step your team needs to have the Google Places integration configured in Graphext. The corresponding credentials are required to connect to a third-party API. See our help center for details on how to configure your team's integrations.
To enable the Google Places integration in particular you will need access to Google's Places API. Follow the instructions here to create the required API key.
Usage¶
The following are the step's expected inputs and outputs and their specific types.
fetch_google_places(
lat: number,
lon: number,
{
"param": value
}
) -> (
places_total: number,
places_number_ratings: number,
places_ratings_mean: number,
places_number_types: number,
places_types: list[category],
places_names: list[category]
)
where the object {"param": value} is optional in most cases and if present may contain any of the parameters described in the
corresponding section below.
Example¶
To search places within a default radius of 1.5km and of arbitrary type
fetch_google_places(ds.lat, ds.lon) -> (
ds.places_total,
ds.places_number_ratings,
ds.places_ratings_mean,
ds.places_number_types,
ds.places_types,
ds.places_names
)
Inputs¶
lat: column:number
Column containing the latitude of each location.
lon: column:number
Column containing the longitude of each location.
Outputs¶
places_total: column:number
Number of places the API returned, maximum 10.
places_number_ratings: column:number
Number of ratings on average for the places found, proxy for place popularity.
places_ratings_mean: column:number
Average of the ratings of the places found, proxy for location index.
places_number_types: column:number
Number of different types of places found.
places_types: column:list[category]
Types of the places found, for possible categories see here.
places_names: column:list[category]
Names of the places found.
Parameters¶
integration: string
radius: number = 1500
Search radius in meters around the given location.
Range: 10 ≤ radius < inf
type: string | null
Search for a specific type of place only. For supported types also see the Google Places documentation here.
Must be one of:
"accounting",
"airport",
"amusement_park",
"aquarium",
"art_gallery",
"atm",
"bakery",
"bank",
"bar",
"beauty_salon",
"bicycle_store",
"book_store",
"bowling_alley",
"bus_station",
"cafe",
"campground",
"car_dealer",
"car_rental",
"car_repair",
"car_wash",
"casino",
"cemetery",
"church",
"city_hall",
"clothing_store",
"convenience_store",
"courthouse",
"dentist",
"department_store",
"doctor",
"drugstore",
"electrician",
"electronics_store",
"embassy",
"fire_station",
"florist",
"funeral_home",
"furniture_store",
"gas_station",
"grocery_or_supermarket",
"gym",
"hair_care",
"hardware_store",
"hindu_temple",
"home_goods_store",
"hospital",
"insurance_agency",
"jewelry_store",
"laundry",
"lawyer",
"library",
"light_rail_station",
"liquor_store",
"local_government_office",
"locksmith",
"lodging",
"meal_delivery",
"meal_takeaway",
"mosque",
"movie_rental",
"movie_theater",
"moving_company",
"museum",
"night_club",
"painter",
"park",
"parking",
"pet_store",
"pharmacy",
"physiotherapist",
"plumber",
"police",
"post_office",
"primary_school",
"real_estate_agency",
"restaurant",
"roofing_contractor",
"rv_park",
"school",
"secondary_school",
"shoe_store",
"shopping_mall",
"spa",
"stadium",
"storage",
"store",
"subway_station",
"supermarket",
"synagogue",
"taxi_stand",
"tourist_attraction",
"train_station",
"transit_station",
"travel_agency",
"university",
"veterinary_care",
"zoo"
keyword: string = ""
Specific keyword to use in the search for places.
Example parameter values:
"burger"