The full text description or name of the address component. For example, an address component for the country Australia may have a long name of "Australia".
shortText
string
An abbreviated textual name for the address component, if available. For example, an address component for the country of Australia may have a short name of "AU".
types[]
string
An array indicating the type(s) of the address component.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-13 UTC."],[],[],null,["# GeocodeResult\n\n- [JSON representation](#SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)\n- [GeocodeResult.AddressComponent](#GeocodeResult.AddressComponent)\n - [JSON representation](#GeocodeResult.AddressComponent.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)\n\nA geocode result contains geographic information about a place.\n\n| JSON representation |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"place\": string, \"placeId\": string, \"location\": { object (/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/Shared.Types/LatLng) }, \"granularity\": enum (/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/GeocodeResult.Granularity), \"viewport\": { object (/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/Viewport) }, \"bounds\": { object (/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/Viewport) }, \"formattedAddress\": string, \"postalAddress\": { object (/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/Shared.Types/PostalAddress) }, \"addressComponents\": [ { object (/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/GeocodeResult#GeocodeResult.AddressComponent) } ], \"postalCodeLocalities\": [ { object (/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/Shared.Types/LocalizedText) } ], \"types\": [ string ], \"plusCode\": { object (/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/PlusCode) } } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `place` | `string` The fully qualified place identifier for this result. In the format of \"//places.googleapis.com/places/{placeID}\". See \u003chttps://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/place-id\u003e. for more details. |\n| `placeId` | `string` The place ID for this result. |\n| `location` | `object (`[LatLng](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/Shared.Types/LatLng)`)` The latlng of this address. |\n| `granularity` | `enum (`[GeocodeResult.Granularity](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/GeocodeResult.Granularity)`)` The granularity of the location. |\n| `viewport` | `object (`[Viewport](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/Viewport)`)` A viewport suitable for displaying the geocode result. |\n| `bounds` | `object (`[Viewport](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/Viewport)`)` A bounding box for the address. |\n| `formattedAddress` | `string` The one line formatted address. |\n| `postalAddress` | `object (`[PostalAddress](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/Shared.Types/PostalAddress)`)` The address in postal address format. |\n| `addressComponents[]` | `object (`[GeocodeResult.AddressComponent](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/GeocodeResult#GeocodeResult.AddressComponent)`)` Repeated components for each locality level. |\n| `postalCodeLocalities[]` | `object (`[LocalizedText](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/Shared.Types/LocalizedText)`)` Complete list of localities contained in the postal code. This is only populated when the result is of type \"postal_code\". |\n| `types[]` | `string` A set of type tags for this result. For example, \"political\" and \"administrative_area\". For the complete list of possible values, see Table A and Table B at \u003chttps://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/place-types\u003e. |\n| `plusCode` | `object (`[PlusCode](/maps/documentation/geocoding/reference/rest/v4beta/PlusCode)`)` Plus code of the location in this geocode. |\n\nGeocodeResult.AddressComponent\n------------------------------\n\nThe structured components that form the formatted address, if this information is available.\n\n| JSON representation |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"longText\": string, \"shortText\": string, \"types\": [ string ], \"languageCode\": string } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `longText` | `string` The full text description or name of the address component. For example, an address component for the country Australia may have a long name of \"Australia\". |\n| `shortText` | `string` An abbreviated textual name for the address component, if available. For example, an address component for the country of Australia may have a short name of \"AU\". |\n| `types[]` | `string` An array indicating the type(s) of the address component. See \u003chttps://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/requests-geocoding#Types\u003e for more details. |\n| `languageCode` | `string` The language used to format this components, in CLDR notation. |"]]