how to get the photo in google places search api with radius tag

Question

Google Places API
when I use radius=5000 as parameter with this api, it does not provide the photos tag in response, whereas if I use rank=distance it provides the photos tag, but the result only comes across the limited radius.

• https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=26.2773008,73.0336478&rankby=distance&types=bar&key=XXXXXXX

• In the above url we get the photos tag , but we get only limited radius records.

• https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=26.2773008,73.0336478&radius=50000&types=bar&key=XXXXXXXX

• And if I use above url it does not provide the photos tag.
  How can I got the photos tag with desired radius?
  If it is not possible then please let me know.

Answer 1

I'm facing the same problem and the only workaround for me is to call Details api with the "place_id" from search and check if the place has or not photos. Of course, this is not a proper solution because it needs to make unnecessary calls and it's way too slow.

PS. You should not post you API Key.