Autocomplete prediction type fields should be optional

[samruston]

Hi,

The autocomplete response type currently lists types & place_id as required properties: https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-js/blob/e6cd0e77f1f0ecbfe08062e763bbf4e5235c03dc/src/places/autocomplete.ts#L148

However according to the docs, these properties are optional: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/autocomplete#PlacesAutocompleteResponse

This caught us off guard recently as we had queries that would not return types, such as Rua ch 13. However I'm not sure under what circumstances a place_id would not be returned. However I believe the types should accurately reflect the response returned.

[wangela]

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