How to predict suggestions based on input
The Suggest API enables applications to complete user queries for places or categories of results. These suggestions can be used directly or refined further with the SearchText API to retrieve additional details and results.
Potential use cases
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Restaurant or park lookup: Locate restaurants, parks, or other places near a specific position.
Examples
- Sample request
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{ "QueryText": "restaura", "BiasPosition": [-124.81035775620968, 49.234628873773985], "AdditionalFeatures": ["Core"] } - Sample response
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{ "ResultItems": [ { "Title": "Restaurant", "SuggestResultItemType": "Query", "Query": { "QueryId": "AQAAAHgAw1x7...", "QueryType": "Category" }, "Highlights": { "Title": [ { "StartIndex": 0, "EndIndex": 8, "Value": "Restaura" } ] } } ], "QueryRefinements": [] } - cURL
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curl --request POST \ --url 'https://places.geo.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v2/suggest?key=Your_Key' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "QueryText": "restaura", "BiasPosition": [-124.81035775620968, 49.234628873773985], "AdditionalFeatures": ["Core"] }' - AWS CLI
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aws geo-places suggest --key ${YourKey} \ --query-text "restaura" \ --bias-position -124.81035775620968 49.234628873773985 \ --additional-features "Core"
- Sample request
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{ "QueryText": "Domin", "BiasPosition": [-124.81035775620968, 49.234628873773985], "AdditionalFeatures": ["Core"] } - Sample response
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{ "ResultItems": [ { "Title": "Domino's", "SuggestResultItemType": "Query", "Query": { "QueryId": "AQAAAHUA4UNp...", "QueryType": "BusinessChain" }, "Highlights": { "Title": [ { "StartIndex": 0, "EndIndex": 5, "Value": "Domin" } ] } } ], "QueryRefinements": [] } - cURL
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curl --request POST \ --url 'https://places.geo.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v2/suggest?key=Your_Key' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "QueryText": "Domin", "BiasPosition": [-124.81035775620968, 49.234628873773985], "AdditionalFeatures": ["Core"] }' - AWS CLI
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aws geo-places suggest --key ${YourKey} \ --query-text "Domin" \ --bias-position -124.81035775620968 49.234628873773985 \ --additional-features "Core"
- Sample request (SearchText)
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{ "QueryId": "<QueryId from Suggest API>", "AdditionalFeatures": ["Core"] } - Sample response
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{ "ResultItems": [ { "PlaceId": "<Redacted>", "PlaceType": "PointOfInterest", "Title": "Domino's", "Address": { "Label": "Domino's, 233 Shelly Rd, Parksville, BC V9P, Canada", "Country": { "Code2": "CA", "Code3": "CAN", "Name": "Canada" }, "Region": { "Code": "BC", "Name": "British Columbia" }, "SubRegion": { "Name": "Nanaimo" }, "Locality": "Parksville", "PostalCode": "V9P", "Street": "Shelly Rd", "StreetComponents": [ { "BaseName": "Shelly", "Type": "Rd", "TypePlacement": "AfterBaseName", "TypeSeparator": " ", "Language": "en" } ], "AddressNumber": "233" }, "Position": [ -124.29334, 49.31669 ], "Distance": 38602, "Categories": [ { "Id": "fast_food", "Name": "Fast Food", "LocalizedName": "Fast Food", "Primary": true }, { "Id": "take_out_and_delivery_only", "Name": "Take Out and Delivery Only", "LocalizedName": "Take Out & Delivery Only", "Primary": false } ], "FoodTypes": [ { "LocalizedName": "Pizza", "Id": "pizza", "Primary": true } ], "BusinessChains": [ { "Name": "Domino's", "Id": "Domino's" } ], "Contacts": { "Phones": [ { "Value": "+12502489296" } ], "Websites": [ { "Value": "http://pizza.dominos.ca/Parksville-British-Columbia-10039" } ] }, "OpeningHours": [ { "Display": [ "Mon-Fri: 11:00 - 24:00", "Sat, Sun: 00:00 - 01:00, 11:00 - 24:00" ], "OpenNow": true, "Components": [ { "OpenTime": "T110000", "OpenDuration": "PT13H00M", "Recurrence": "FREQ:DAILY;BYDAY:MO,TU,WE,TH,SU" }, { "OpenTime": "T110000", "OpenDuration": "PT14H00M", "Recurrence": "FREQ:DAILY;BYDAY:FR,SA" } ] } ], "AccessPoints": [ { "Position": [ -124.29319, 49.31669 ] } ] }, { "PlaceId": "<Redacted>", "PlaceType": "PointOfInterest", "Title": "Domino's", "Address": { "Label": "Domino's, 215 Port Augusta St, Comox, BC V9M, Canada", "Country": { "Code2": "CA", "Code3": "CAN", "Name": "Canada" }, "Region": { "Code": "BC", "Name": "British Columbia" }, "SubRegion": { "Name": "Comox Valley" }, "Locality": "Comox", "PostalCode": "V9M", "Street": "Port Augusta St", "StreetComponents": [ { "BaseName": "Port Augusta", "Type": "St", "TypePlacement": "AfterBaseName", "TypeSeparator": " ", "Language": "en" } ], "AddressNumber": "215" }, "Position": [ -124.92492, 49.67378 ], "Distance": 49528, "Categories": [ { "Id": "fast_food", "Name": "Fast Food", "LocalizedName": "Fast Food", "Primary": true }, { "Id": "take_out_and_delivery_only", "Name": "Take Out and Delivery Only", "LocalizedName": "Take Out & Delivery Only", "Primary": false } ], "FoodTypes": [ { "LocalizedName": "Pizza", "Id": "pizza", "Primary": true } ], "BusinessChains": [ { "Name": "Domino's", "Id": "Domino's" } ], "Contacts": { "Phones": [ { "Value": "+17784310222" } ], "Websites": [ { "Value": "http://pizza.dominos.ca/comox-british-columbia-39035" } ] }, "OpeningHours": [ { "Display": [ "Mon-Thu: 10:30 - 23:00", "Fri: 10:30 - 24:00", "Sat: 00:00 - 01:00, 10:30 - 24:00", "Sun: 00:00 - 01:00, 10:30 - 23:00" ], "OpenNow": true, "Components": [ { "OpenTime": "T103000", "OpenDuration": "PT12H30M", "Recurrence": "FREQ:DAILY;BYDAY:MO,TU,WE,TH,SU" }, { "OpenTime": "T103000", "OpenDuration": "PT14H30M", "Recurrence": "FREQ:DAILY;BYDAY:FR,SA" } ] } ], "AccessPoints": [ { "Position": [ -124.92518, 49.67387 ] } ] }, ... ], "QueryRefinements": [] } - cURL
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curl --request POST \ --url 'https://places.geo.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v2/search-text?key=Your_Key' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "QueryId": "<QueryId from Suggest API>", "AdditionalFeatures": ["Core"] }' - AWS CLI
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aws geo-places suggest --key ${YourKey} \ --query-id "<QueryId from Suggest API>" \ --additional-features "Core"
Developer tips
Use filters such as Filter.IncludeCountries or
Filter.BoundingBox with BiasPosition. These filters
apply to subsequent queries using the QueryId.
{ "QueryText": "Domin", "BiasPosition": [-124.81035775620968, 49.234628873773985], "Filter": { "IncludeCountries": ["CAN"] } }
Use Suggest
Get results for a partially typed or misspelled query