Google Maps APIs Reverse geocoding - result_type?

Question

I'm really tired from looking into https://developers.google.com/maps/. I have no luck or I am blind i have no clue how to solve my problem.

So I want use reverse geocoding for more specific data in address_component:

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=49.5014564,18.8833393&result_type=administrative_area_level_1&key=api_key - this works perfect, but I have no idea how to set optional result_type using geocoder API

    geocoder.geocode ({
           Location: latlng,
           Result_type: "administrative_area_level_1" // ???? i just don't know
           }, 
           Function (results, status) 
           {
              // check status etc...
           } });

Thx for advice, or hint or whatever.

1. javascript is case sensitive (Function != function, Location != location). 2. there is no Result_type in the [GeocoderRequest](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference#GeocoderRequest). Search SO for an answer on how to parse the results to get the result with the type administrative_area_level_1. Possible duplicate of [google maps geocoder to return state](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6778205/google-maps-geocoder-to-return-state) — geocodezip, Aug 24 '17 at 22:36
1. ok, I know debugger tells me 2. I know how to parse result, but that is not important when result doesn't contains data what i need. **Solution exist** in Optional parameters in a reverse geocoding request [link](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/intro) , but if i am right Google Maps JavaScript API V3 does not contains possibilities for result_type property. -- — Kyre, Aug 25 '17 at 09:46
My only option is try to call request again via some http get request on maps google api, but without using GeocoderRequest. Basically i can use this url, in JS code: https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=49.5014564,18.8833393&result_type=administrative_area_level_1&key=api_key — Kyre, Aug 25 '17 at 10:00

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '17 at 11:46

The feature request has already been filed in Google issue tracker:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/35826518

As you can see the answer from Google engineering was:

result_type filtering can be achieved by simply dropping results that don't match desired types. While it'd be convenient to have this in the JavaScript API, it is not truly necessary.

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Google Maps APIs Reverse geocoding - result_type?

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