# Autocomplete using Google Places API? or Canada Post API? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Tags:** api\ **Created:** [August 12, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/autocomplete-using-google-places-api-or-canada-post-api/75609 "2024-08-12T20:02:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![holysheets](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/holysheets/32/66286_2.png) [@holysheets](https://community.glideapps.com/u/holysheets)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/autocomplete-using-google-places-api-or-canada-post-api/75609/1 "2024-08-12T20:02:25Z")
Hello, Has anyone had any luck to enable an autocomplete feature for a place or an address? I have a text entry column where a user enters their hotel name but I want to enable autocomplete to populate the rest of the information. Can Google Places API solve for this? Would love to learn more. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/autocomplete-using-google-places-api-or-canada-post-api/75609/2 "2024-08-13T00:31:08Z")
> [@Radar Address Complete in Form](https://community.glideapps.com/t/radar-address-complete-in-form/63658/8): > > Here’s one example of a “Hybrid Form” in Glide: Kind of a combination of a [form screen](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/guides/other/forms) and a [custom form](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-custom-form/25014). The setup: Helper Table for the form Show New Screen → Helper Table (Or Show Detail Screen → Single Value → Helper Table → Whole Row ) Entry components → User Specific columns for any entry that needs live relations/lookups/calculations Form Container to finish off the form experience After Submit Action → Close Overlay/Show Notification/Etc. You can check this discussion, which feature ideas from @Robert_Petitto . ---
**Author:** ![holysheets](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/holysheets/32/66286_2.png) [@holysheets](https://community.glideapps.com/u/holysheets)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/autocomplete-using-google-places-api-or-canada-post-api/75609/3 "2024-08-13T02:32:20Z")
Yeah but this requires the user to type the half cooked address and then the calculation takes place once it enters the system, but there isn’t an instant auto complete that shows the user they are selecting the right option? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/autocomplete-using-google-places-api-or-canada-post-api/75609/4 "2024-08-13T02:57:43Z")
> [@holysheets](#): > > but there isn’t an instant auto complete that shows the user they are selecting the right option? Isn’t that exactly what Bob shows in his video? You mean like below, yes? ![CleanShot 2024-08-13 at 10.54.29](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/9/99b2974da592d549d0615fb19ac714cbace01e89.gif) I created that one by using Bob’s video as a guide. ---
**Author:** ![holysheets](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/holysheets/32/66286_2.png) [@holysheets](https://community.glideapps.com/u/holysheets)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/autocomplete-using-google-places-api-or-canada-post-api/75609/5 "2024-08-13T03:09:33Z")
Yes, I think I may have explained it wrong. My users particularly won’t be entering the address they would be entering the hotel name — which populates to the address. For example: The Westin Paris Vendome ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/autocomplete-using-google-places-api-or-canada-post-api/75609/6 "2024-08-13T03:23:00Z")
Okay. The Radar API does have a places search, but I’m not sure if it would work for your use case. You may need to experiment with it.