# How to create a list or search bar to select a restaurant from our database (collection) and have it appear in Google Maps

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/how-to-create-a-list-or-search-bar-to-select-a-restaurant-from-our-database-collection-and-have-it-appear-in-google-maps/49907>\
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**Created:** [September 18, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/how-to-create-a-list-or-search-bar-to-select-a-restaurant-from-our-database-collection-and-have-it-appear-in-google-maps/49907 "2024-09-18T15:35:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucasgrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@Lucasgrass](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Lucasgrass)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/how-to-create-a-list-or-search-bar-to-select-a-restaurant-from-our-database-collection-and-have-it-appear-in-google-maps/49907/1 "2024-09-18T15:35:13Z")

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Hello everyone 🙂

We are developing an application on Adalo.  
What we have done so far:

- Integrated the Google Maps API
- Integrated an external restaurant database  
We are able to see the markers on Google Maps, so the API is working correctly.

However, what we would like to do is create a component (like a list or search, for example) to search for one of these restaurants and have it appear on Google Maps so that the user can click on it.

Thank you in advance for your help!

L

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**Author:** ![Ali-Bazzi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/ali-bazzi/32/40359_2.png) [@Ali-Bazzi](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Ali-Bazzi)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/how-to-create-a-list-or-search-bar-to-select-a-restaurant-from-our-database-collection-and-have-it-appear-in-google-maps/49907/2 "2024-09-27T08:00:12Z")

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Hello, in order to implement a search option for a list, you can add an input and connect it to that list. In case your app has an external database, please make sure it’s setup correctly in a way that you can connect it to the apps’s list. You can find out more about external collections here: [https://www.adalo.com/external-collections](https://www.adalo.com/external-collections)

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![edwardjack](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/edwardjack/32/35536_2.png) [@edwardjack](https://forum.adalo.com/u/edwardjack)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/how-to-create-a-list-or-search-bar-to-select-a-restaurant-from-our-database-collection-and-have-it-appear-in-google-maps/49907/3 "2024-10-05T11:44:28Z")

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Great progress so far! To create a search or list component for restaurants that integrates with Google Maps, you could connect your restaurant database to a search feature in Adalo. Once the user selects a restaurant, you can update the map markers accordingly. If you need more help with app development [https://www.redspider.ae/](https://www.redspider.ae/).

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/how-to-create-a-list-or-search-bar-to-select-a-restaurant-from-our-database-collection-and-have-it-appear-in-google-maps/49907/4 "2024-10-15T11:44:47Z")

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