feat: add support for sorting reviews in Place Details requests (#468)

googlemaps/places.py

@@ -396,7 +396,14 @@ def _places(
     return client._request(url, params)
 
 
-def place(client, place_id, session_token=None, fields=None, language=None):
+def place(
+    client,
+    place_id,
+    session_token=None,
+    fields=None,
+    language=None,
+    reviews_sort="most_relevant"
+):
     """
     Comprehensive details for an individual place.
 
@@ -416,6 +423,10 @@ def place(client, place_id, session_token=None, fields=None, language=None):
     :param language: The language in which to return results.
     :type language: string
 
+    :param reviews_sort: The sorting method to use when returning reviews.
+                         Can be set to most_relevant (default) or newest.
+    :type reviews_sort: string
+
     :rtype: result dict with the following keys:
         result: dict containing place details
         html_attributions: set of attributions which must be displayed
@@ -444,6 +455,8 @@ def place(client, place_id, session_token=None, fields=None, language=None):
         params["language"] = language
     if session_token:
         params["sessiontoken"] = session_token
+    if reviews_sort:
+        params["reviews_sort"] = reviews_sort
 
     return client._request("/maps/api/place/details/json", params)
 
@@ -657,4 +670,3 @@ def _autocomplete(
 
     url = "/maps/api/place/%sautocomplete/json" % url_part
     return client._request(url, params).get("predictions", [])
-

tests/test_places.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.type = "liquor_store"
         self.language = "en-AU"
         self.region = "AU"
+        self.reviews_sort="newest"
         self.radius = 100
 
     @responses.activate
@@ -165,11 +166,12 @@ def test_place_detail(self):
             "ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4",
             fields=["business_status", "geometry/location", "place_id"],
             language=self.language,
+            reviews_sort=self.reviews_sort,
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(1, len(responses.calls))
         self.assertURLEqual(
-            "%s?language=en-AU&placeid=ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4"
+            "%s?reviews_sort=newest&language=en-AU&placeid=ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4"
             "&key=%s&fields=business_status,geometry/location,place_id"
             % (url, self.key),
             responses.calls[0].request.url,