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+import { types } from 'sharetribe-sdk';
+
+const { LatLng: SDKLatLng, LatLngBounds: SDKLatLngBounds } = types;
+
+const placeOrigin = place => {
+  if (place && place.geometry && place.geometry.location) {
+    return new SDKLatLng(place.geometry.location.lat(), place.geometry.location.lng());
+  }
+  return null;
+};
+
+const placeBounds = place => {
+  if (place && place.geometry && place.geometry.viewport) {
+    const ne = place.geometry.viewport.getNorthEast();
+    const sw = place.geometry.viewport.getSouthWest();
+    return new SDKLatLngBounds(
+      new SDKLatLng(ne.lat(), ne.lng()),
+      new SDKLatLng(sw.lat(), sw.lng()),
+    );
+  }
+  return null;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Get a detailed place object
+ *
+ * @param {String} placeId - ID for a place received from the
+ * autocomplete service
+ *
+ * @return {Promise<util.propTypes.place>} Promise that
+ * resolves to the detailed place, rejects if the request failed
+ */
+export const getPlaceDetails = placeId => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  const serviceStatus = window.google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus;
+  const el = document.createElement('div');
+  const service = new window.google.maps.places.PlacesService(el);
+
+  service.getDetails({ placeId }, (place, status) => {
+    if (status !== serviceStatus.OK) {
+      reject(
+        new Error(`Could not get details for place id "${placeId}", error status was "${status}"`),
+      );
+    } else {
+      resolve({
+        address: place.formatted_address,
+        origin: placeOrigin(place),
+        bounds: placeBounds(place),
+      });
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+const predictionSuccessful = status => {
+  const { OK, ZERO_RESULTS } = window.google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus;
+  return status === OK || status === ZERO_RESULTS;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Get place predictions for the given search
+ *
+ * @param {String} search - place name or address to search
+ *
+ * @return {Promise<{ search, predictions[] }>} - Promise of an object
+ * with the original search query and an array of
+ * `google.maps.places.AutocompletePrediction` objects
+ */
+export const getPlacePredictions = search => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  const service = new window.google.maps.places.AutocompleteService();
+
+  service.getPlacePredictions({ input: search }, (predictions, status) => {
+    if (!predictionSuccessful(status)) {
+      reject(new Error(`Prediction service status not OK: ${status}`));
+    } else {
+      const results = {
+        search,
+        predictions: predictions || [],
+      };
+      resolve(results);
+    }
+  });
+});