Search Text

geo_places.search_text
ActionAmazon Web Servicesconnection required

Calls the AWS geo_places API (SigV4).

SearchText searches for geocode and place information. You can then complete a follow-up query suggested from the Suggest API via a query id.

Connection

Required
Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type
API key
Providers
Amazon Location Service Places V2
Secret shape
{"access_key_id", "secret_access_key"}
Config it needs
region
Resolved by
config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

6 fields, none required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultConstraintsExample
region
AWS region (overrides the connection).
stringNo———
query_text
The free text to search for, such as an address or place name. Set this or query_id, not both.
stringNo———
query_id
A query id from Suggest, to complete that suggestion instead of a free-text search.
stringNo———
bias_position
Where to search around, as [longitude, latitude]. AWS requires this or one of the Filter shapes on the Write Action node.
arrayNo—array of number[-122.3321,47.6062]
next_token
Continues a previous run of this node: pass that run's paging token here. Leave blank to start at the first page.
stringNo———
max_results
Maximum items to return.
numberNo50≥ 1—

Example configuration

Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.

{
  "bias_position": [
    -122.3321,
    47.6062
  ],
  "max_results": 50
}

Output

One shape.

result

FieldTypeExample
PricingBucket
string—
ResultItems
array—
NextToken
string—
{
  "NextToken": "",
  "PricingBucket": "",
  "ResultItems": []
}

Related Amazon Location Service Places V2 nodes

See Search Text run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the Amazon Location Service Places V2 connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.