---
title: "Without the facade — Google Places for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Inject the PlacesClient contract for the same API without static calls — google-places has no action classes; the client methods are the use cases."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/google-places-for-laravel/without-facade
language: en
---

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# Without the facade

The facade is the recommended default, not the only way in. In most packages there are three equivalent entry points — the facade, the manager injected through the constructor, and single-purpose action classes. google-places is a remote-API client, so it has no action classes: the client’s methods are the use cases. That leaves two:

- The GooglePlaces facade — the shortest form.
- The client, injected through the constructor — the same API with an explicit dependency and no static calls. The facade root is the RoundlyConsulting\\GooglePlaces\\Contracts\\PlacesClient contract, bound as a singleton to the RoundlyConsulting\\GooglePlaces\\Places implementation.

## Injecting the client

The facade and the contract resolve the same singleton, and GooglePlaces::fake() replaces both — so type-hint the contract, not the concrete Places class, in code you want to fake:

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\GooglePlaces\Contracts\PlacesClient;

final class NearbyCafes
{
    public function __construct(private PlacesClient $places) {}

    public function __invoke(string $query): array
    {
        return $this->places->textSearch($query)->all();
    }
}
```

Handles built by an injected client call back into that client, so they are faked too:

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\GooglePlaces\Contracts\PlacesClient;

final class PlacePhotos
{
    public function __construct(private PlacesClient $places) {}

    public function hero(string $placeId): ?string
    {
        $place = $this->places->details($placeId);

        if ($place === null || $place->photos === []) {
            return null;
        }

        return $this->places->photo($place->photos[0])->url();
    }
}
```

## Facade method → client method

Every facade call maps one-to-one to the same method on PlacesClient:

| Method | Returns | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `details(DetailsQuery\|string)` | `?Place` | One place by id; null when Google answers 404. |
| `autocomplete(AutocompleteQuery\|string)` | `Collection<AutocompletePrediction>` | Place predictions while the user types. Never cached. |
| `session(?string $token = null)` | `PlacesSession` | Autocomplete billing session — autocomplete(), details(), token(), isFinished(). |
| `textSearch(TextSearchQuery\|string)` | `Collection<Place>` | Free-text search, one page. |
| `nearbySearch(NearbySearchQuery)` | `Collection<Place>` | Places within a radius of a point. |
| `textSearchPaginated(TextSearchQuery\|string)` | `SearchPaginator` | Follows nextPageToken for you. |
| `nearbySearchPaginated(NearbySearchQuery)` | `SearchPaginator` | Same paginator shape over nearby search (single page). |
| `findPlace(string, ?Location)` | `?Place` | Best single match for a phrase, optionally biased. |
| `geocode(ReverseGeocodingQuery\|Location\|float, ?float)` | `Collection<ReverseGeocodingResult>` | Coordinates → addresses. |
| `geocodeAddress(GeocodingQuery\|string)` | `Collection<ReverseGeocodingResult>` | Address → coordinates. |
| `distance(DistanceQuery)` | `Distance\|MultipleDistances` | Distance and travel time via the Routes API — one trip per destination. |
| `matrix(array $origins, array $destinations)` | `PendingMatrix` | Fluent matrix builder — driving(), walking(), bicycling(), transit(). |
| `computeMatrix(MatrixQuery)` | `DistanceMatrix` | Full origins × destinations matrix. |
| `photo(string, int = 1600, int = 1600)` | `PendingPhoto` | Photo handle — url(), contents(), save(). |
| `photoUri(string, int = 1600, int = 1600)` | `string` | Key-free media URL, one request. |
| `photoContents(string, int = 1600, int = 1600)` | `string` | Raw image bytes, one request. |
| `photoUrl(string, int = 1600, int = 1600)` | `string` | Keyed media URL built locally, no request — server-side only. |
| `check()` | `list<ApiCheckResult>` | Is each Google API enabled and reachable with the configured key? |
| `GooglePlaces::fake()` | `GooglePlacesFake` | Facade only — swap in the recording test fake. |

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