plmrry / places-to-coords

Convert an array of place names into an array of coordinates.

Convert place names to coordinates

Setup

Create a .env file and add a GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY variable:

GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=AIz...ezI

Install stuff:

npm install

Example

node example.js

Usage

Give places-to-coords an array of strings and a callback.

The callback will be called every time a response is received.

const placesToCoords = require('./places-to-coords');
const placeNames = [ 'Germany', 'Arlington, VA' ];
const callback = (err, data) => console.log('Got one.', data)
placesToCoords(placeNames, callback);

The response data will look like this:

{ 
  address: 'New York, NY',
  location: { 
    lat: 40.7127837, 
    lng: -74.0059413 
  } 
}

A Promise is also returned once all the results are collected:

const placesToCoords = require('./places-to-coords');
const placeNames = [ 'Germany', 'Arlington, VA' ];
placesToCoords(placeNames)
  .then(results => {
    console.log("We're all done here.", results);
  });

Note: The order of responses will not match the order of addresses in the array.