Google Places API

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I'm trying to call Google Places API1 using jQuery but it seems to be failing because of a cross-domain security issue. I've tried to make this request a JSONP request and it runs but the server returns straight up JSON so the parsing fails within jQuery. Has anyone found a solution for this?

var requestUrl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=" +
                   location.coords.latitude + "," + location.coords.longitude + "&radius=100&types=restaurant&sensor=false&key=<<api key here>>";

// Called with
$.getJSON(requestUrl + "&callback=?", onLocateRestaurants);
// or
$.ajax({
    url: requestUrl,
    type: 'GET',
    dataType: 'jsonp',
    crossDomain: true,
    callback: 'test',
    contentType: 'application/json',
    success: onLocateRestaurants2,
    error: defaultErrorHandler
});

possible duplicate? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6104122/querying-google-places-api-using-jquery — Ken Browning, Jul 29 '11 at 19:28
The Places API does not support JSON-P. See the question linked to by Ken above for more details. — monsur, Jul 29 '11 at 21:10
Can you put these responses as answers so I can close the question? — Jeremy Edwards, Jul 31 '11 at 00:15

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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@Jeremy: I can post the closing answer for you.

The Places API does not support JSON-P. See the following question (as linked to by Ken Browning) for more details:

Querying Google Places API using jQuery

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Sep 22 '11 at 21:40

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