Example
Difficulty level:
Example: add Google Auto suggest to customer form
Google Places Configuration for Forms
Admin Guide for Field Type googleplaces (Bootstrap 5)
Where to Set This
- Go to Admin > Configuration form.
- Select Entity: customer.
- Open the row of the field that will serve as the search field (usually Address / address1).
- Set Field type to googleplaces.
- Click Advanced and add parameters.
- Save and test with front?mod=registration.
Minimum configuration
API_KEY is required.
- Key: API_KEY
- Value: <your-google-places-api-key>
Parameters and effect
| Key | Required | Example | Effect | Consequence for incorrect/missing value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| API_KEY | Yes | AIza... | Loading Google Places API | No suggestions or API error in browser console |
| COUNTRY_RESTRICTION | No | nl or nl,be,de | Limits results by country code(s) | Too strict: few/no results. Invalid: unexpected filtering |
| COUNTRY_CODES | No | nl,be | Alias of COUNTRY_RESTRICTION | Same as above |
| TYPES | No | address | Filters type of autocomplete results | Invalid type(s): less useful results |
| DEBUG | No | 1 of true | Logs selected place and components to console | No functional problem, but additional console output |
| LOG_SELECTION | No | 1 | Alias of DEBUG | Same as above |
Field mapping (optional)
Only use mapping if your field names deviate from standard customer IDs.
Standard fallback (without mapping)
- address1 -> cust_address1
- housenum -> cust_housenum
- postal -> cust_postal
- city -> cust_city
- country -> cust_country
Mapping table
| Key | Example | Target field | Consequence for wrong value |
|---|---|---|---|
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