Photo_reference from Google Places Api

Question

I saw that the json response from google places returns a field photo_reference. Does anyone know how to get the image associated?

  "icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/restaurant-71.png",
         "id" : "320d77fa60610f618058bd58b8ba46e340c615b8",
         "name" : "The Meat & Wine Co",
         "opening_hours" : {
            "open_now" : true
         },
         "photos" : [
            {
               "height" : 968,
               "html_attributions" : [],
               "photo_reference" : "CoQBeQAAAAgOdveT3dRtzoJ42BTBZfCdZptWsqLN3bROkP4FVHNNX-qjxBiw0vdGpDaX_lVb3rcaQf5hBVvrEdMUMDKB2gcsIOaVNII_zLvY-5Kf4rOuTXElOgSHb5vxJoB-o70Oh0Bs-zxxUpHM0Ji_BPk2RpXoKdf8jG_QLPaulXWoC7TcEhDSLjj-4_l3hJpD0W_qBtoMGhT1MK1GRVFH1dnJolimMP7Z8a2tZA",
               "width" : 1296
            }
         ],
         "rating" : 3.90,

Check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13524834/google-place-api-placedetails-photo-reference/13774957#13774957 — Pavel Kostenko, Dec 09 '12 at 17:32

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '14 at 09:14

google also providing place photo api to retrieve photo from google map using photo_reference

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/photo?maxwidth=400&photoreference=photo_reference&key=AddYourOwnKeyHere

key :- pass your application api key here.

maxwidth & maxheight :- the maximum desired height or width when it will returned by api

photoreference :- pass your photo reference here.

send request to this api. and it will return you image.

image type will be depend upon the type of the originally submitted photo.

for more info goto :- https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/photos

Phil · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-13T17:57:34.763

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I've been wondering the same thing. I read about the Picasa API, that seems like a logical storage place for these images.

UPDATED 03-13-2013

This feature has been released as part of the Places API. See the link for documentation. https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/photos

edited Mar 13 '13 at 17:57

answered Dec 06 '12 at 16:36

Phil

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is there a way to get this data? – Claudio Barbera Dec 07 '12 at 11:26

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '16 at 20:44

Interpolate the photo_reference value in a HTML img tag

var photo_reference_goes_here = ['icon']['photos'][0]['photo_reference']

<img class="rig-img" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/photo?maxwidth=400&photoreference=photo_reference_goes_here&key=GOOGLE_KEY" alt="Pic From Google">

Photo_reference from Google Places Api

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