How to get the details for PlaceId in a specific language - Amazon Location Service
Potential use casesExamples

How to get the details for PlaceId in a specific language

The feature allows you to select a preferred response language from BCP47-compliant codes. It detects the query language based on name variants and uses the preferred language for unmatched tokens and ambiguous cases. If no requested language is stated, the Places API provides results in whatever language the country uses, but it prioritizes the regional language in regions where it differs. As a fallback, Places APIs return addresses in the default language when some address elements are unavailable in the requested language.

Potential use cases

  • Add PlaceId details: Add additional detail in a specified language for a stored place ID.

  • Retrieve PlaceId details for addresses from Autocomplete: Get additional detail in a specific language for a stored PlaceId.

Examples

Sample request
https://places.geo.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v2/place/AQAAAFUAY0R_4qfQ9LZ0j6lpOggbNLAQ31TRf-sESER_bKKjCar9FF6A3UA0HrYWa4yfeUN5V0qkk6NmdrI3y7fB7PZ4vfuo-Z8Wd-u-01an4KNvWaqfYmEh14s22yCV9Nb1yMXl4-HTfpX5D-jWQT14FEIBqoiuKwLq?language=EN&key=Your_Key
Sample response
{
    "PlaceId": "<Redacted>",
    "PlaceType": "PointOfInterest",
    "Title": "Parking Area",
    "Address": {
        "Label": "Parking Area, Al Nahda Sharjah, United Arab Emirates",
        "Country": {
            "Code2": "AE",
            "Code3": "ARE",
            "Name": "United Arab Emirates"
        },
        "SubRegion": {
            "Name": "Sharjah"
        },
        "Locality": "Sharjah",
        "District": "Al Nahda"
    },
    "Position": [
        55.3733,
        25.30388
    ],
    "Categories": [
        {
            "Id": "parking_lot",
            "Name": "Parking Lot",
            "LocalizedName": "Parking Lot",
            "Primary": true
        }
    ],
    "Contacts": {
        "Phones": [
            {
                "Value": "+971507766189"
            }
        ]
    },
    "AccessPoints": [
        {
            "Position": [
                55.37348,
                25.30398
            ]
        }
    ]
}
cURL
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://places.geo.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v2/place/AQAAAFUAY0R_4qfQ9LZ0j6lpOggbNLAQ31TRf-sESER_bKKjCar9FF6A3UA0HrYWa4yfeUN5V0qkk6NmdrI3y7fB7PZ4vfuo-Z8Wd-u-01an4KNvWaqfYmEh14s22yCV9Nb1yMXl4-HTfpX5D-jWQT14FEIBqoiuKwLq?language=EN&key=Your_Key`
AWS CLI
export PLACEID=AQAAAFUAcrFHu947JATTY9gIGcfNlNVzD3UftkkI9ayJjtquaC7IquYz-_FFnJnzJSQ7JePd-sY0MSpA64V0w4aXLc-lB2fZLJKk6uoAMSgtwvwxzg1fvPxFM9zXsx77EaLXarl7F4gSPTyQ6fiEnj0b0ipOXpnOoIsP

aws geo-places get-place --key ${YourKey} \
--place-id ${PLACEID} \
--language "en"