A nearby search finds places within a given radius of a location using the places service. The location typically represents a point on a map or the geolocation of a device.
To perform a nearby search, you use the places package from ArcGIS REST JS. With the results of the search, you can make another request to the service and return place attributes including the name, categories, ratings, and store hours.
Prerequisites
You need an ArcGIS Developer or ArcGIS Online account to access the developer dashboard and create an API key.
Steps
Create a new pen
- If you are using the CDN libraries, to get started.
Get an API Key
To access location services, you need an API key or OAuth 2.0 access token. To learn how to create and scope your key, visit the Create an API key tutorial.
- Go to your dashboard to get an API key. The API key must be scoped to access the services used in this tutorial.
- In CodePen, update
api
to use your key.Key
Request nearby places
Copy and paste the code below, following the steps to make a request to the Places service.
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Reference the ArcGIS REST JS libraries either through CDN, ES Modules, or Node JS.
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Set the
api
with the API key from your dashboard.Key -
Define the parameters needed for the request.
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Call the Places service and handle the results.
<!-- require ArcGIS REST JS libraries from https://unpkg.com -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@esri/arcgis-rest-request@4.0.0/dist/bundled/request.umd.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@esri/arcgis-rest-places@1.0.0/dist/bundled/places.umd.js"></script>
<script>
/* when including ArcGIS REST JS all exports are available
from the same arcgisRest global */
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";
const authentication = arcgisRest.ApiKeyManager.fromKey(apiKey);
arcgisRest.findPlacesNearPoint({
x: -118.46651, // Venice Beach, CA
y: 33.98621,
categoryIds:["16000"], // Arts and Outdoors category
radius:750,
authentication
})
.then((response) => {
console.log("Search results:", response.results);
document.getElementById("result").textContent = JSON.stringify(response.results, null, 2);
});
</script>
The service will return a list of up to 20 nearby places that match the search criteria.
The places service returns a maximum of 20 search results at a time. To find more places that match your query, you can paginate through place results by making additional requests with a formatted URL. To learn how to do this, go to the Paginate search results example in the Places introduction.
Request place details
Each place returned from the places service includes a unique Place ID. Use this ID and ArcGIS REST JS to request additional information about one of the places returned in the previous step.
<!-- require ArcGIS REST JS libraries from https://unpkg.com -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@esri/arcgis-rest-request@4.0.0/dist/bundled/request.umd.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@esri/arcgis-rest-places@1.0.0/dist/bundled/places.umd.js"></script>
<script>
/* when including ArcGIS REST JS all exports are available
from the same arcgisRest global */
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";
const authentication = arcgisRest.ApiKeyManager.fromKey(apiKey);
arcgisRest.findPlacesNearPoint({
x: -118.46651, // Venice Beach, CA
y: 33.98621,
categoryIds:["16000"], // Arts and Outdoors category
radius:750,
authentication
})
.then((response) => {
console.log("Search results:", response.results);
document.getElementById("result").textContent = JSON.stringify(response.results, null, 2);
getDetails(response.results[0].placeId);
});
function getDetails(placeId) {
arcgisRest.getPlaceDetails({
placeId: placeId,
requestedFields: ["all"],
authentication
}).then((response) => {
console.log("Place details:", response.placeDetails);
document.getElementById("result").textContent += JSON.stringify(response.placeDetails, null, 2);
});
}
</script>
Result
Below are the responses from the places service:
Nearby results
[
{
"place": {
"placeId": "3ab8fd70a4af0ea5ee52fd16a030ae93",
"location": {
"x": -118.466722,
"y": 33.984622
},
"categories": [
{
"categoryId": "16037",
"label": "Playground"
}
],
"name": "Linnie Canal Park",
"parentPlaceId": null,
"distance": 177.7
},
"distance": 177.7
},
{
"place": {
"placeId": "bed7c3f80c0a3094ecc4149f2353182c",
"location": {
"x": -118.46656,
"y": 33.984562
},
"categories": [
{
"categoryId": "16009",
Place details
{
"place": {
"placeId": "3ab8fd70a4af0ea5ee52fd16a030ae93",
"location": {
"x": -118.466722,
"y": 33.984622
},
"categories": [
{
"categoryId": "16037",
"label": "Playground"
}
],
"name": "Linnie Canal Park",
"parentPlaceId": null
},
"description": null,
"address": {
"streetAddress": "2401 Dell Ave",
"extended": "# 2418",
"locality": "Venice",
"designatedMarketArea": "Los Angeles",
"region": "CA",
"postcode": "90291",
"poBox": null,
"country": "US",
"adminRegion": null,
"postTown": null,
"neighborhood": ["Venice"],
"censusBlockId": "060372739024009"
What's next?
Learn how to use additional ArcGIS location services in these tutorials:
Find places in a bounding box
Perform a text-based search to find places within a bounding box.
Find place addresses
Find coffee shops, gas stations, restaurants and other nearby places by accessing the Geocoding service.
Find a route and directions
Find a route and directions for an origin and destination by accessing the route service.