n8n-nodes-innate-google-places

An n8n community node that integrates with the Google Places API (New) — Text Search endpoint.

Search for restaurants, landmarks, businesses, or any place on Earth directly from your n8n workflows.

Features

• 🔑 Secure API Key credential — stored encrypted by n8n
• 🗺️ Text Search — search by any natural language query (e.g. "coffee shops in Berlin")
• 🎛️ Field Mask control — only request the fields you need (controls billing!)
• 📊 Flat output — each place is a separate n8n item, ready for downstream nodes
• ⚙️ Advanced filters — max results, language, region, open now, price level, min rating

Prerequisites

1. A Google Cloud project with billing enabled
2. The Places API (New) enabled in your project
3. An API Key (restrict it to the Places API for security)

Get your key: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/get-api-key

Installation

In n8n Desktop / Cloud

1. Go to Settings → Community Nodes
2. Click Install
3. Enter: n8n-nodes-innate-google-places
4. Click Install

Self-hosted n8n (npm)

cd ~/.n8n
npm install n8n-nodes-innate-google-places
# Restart n8n

Setup

1. In n8n, open any workflow and search for "Google Places Search"
2. Click Create new credential → enter your API Key
3. Type your search query and run!

Node Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description | |-----------|----------|-------------| | Text Query | ✅ | Natural language query, e.g. "pizza in London" | | Field Mask | ✅ | Fields to return (affects billing). Default includes common fields. | | Max Result Count | ⬜ | 1–20 results (default: 20) | | Language Code | ⬜ | BCP-47 code, e.g. en, fr | | Region Code | ⬜ | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, e.g. US, GB | | Open Now Only | ⬜ | Filter to currently open places | | Minimum Rating | ⬜ | Only return places rated ≥ this value (0–5) | | Price Levels | ⬜ | Filter by price: Free / Inexpensive / Moderate / Expensive |

Output Fields (default Field Mask)

Each place becomes one n8n output item with these fields:

{
  "id": "ChIJ...",
  "displayName": "Joe's Pizza",
  "formattedAddress": "123 Main St, London, UK",
  "nationalPhoneNumber": "020 7946 0958",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "googleMapsUri": "https://maps.google.com/?cid=...",
  "latitude": 51.5074,
  "longitude": -0.1278
}

Field Mask Examples

| Use Case | Field Mask | |----------|-----------| | Basic info only | places.id,places.displayName,places.formattedAddress | | With contact info | places.id,places.displayName,places.nationalPhoneNumber,places.websiteUri | | With coordinates | places.id,places.displayName,places.location | | Full details | places.id,places.displayName,places.formattedAddress,places.nationalPhoneNumber,places.rating,places.userRatingCount,places.googleMapsUri,places.location,places.priceLevel,places.types |

License

MIT