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Google Maps Geolocation API for Node.js (unofficial)
You need a Google API key with access to the Google Maps Geolocation API.
const geolocation = require ('google-geolocation') ({
key: 'api key'
});
// Configure API parameters
const params = {
wifiAccessPoints: [
{
macAddress: '01:23:45:67:89:AB',
signalStrength: -65,
signalToNoiseRatio: 40
}
]
};
// Get data
geolocation (params, (err, data) => {
if (err) {
console.log (err);
return;
}
console.log (data);
});
npm install google-geolocation --save
param | type | required | default | :-------|:-------|:---------|:--------|:--------------------- key | string | yes | | Google API key timeout | number | no | 5000 | Request timeout in ms
const geolocation = require ('google-geolocation') ({
key: 'abc123',
timeout: 2000
});
message | description | props |
---|---|---|
api error | API returned an error | .error (array), .statusCode |
invalid response | API returns invalid data | .error (string), .statusCode |
request failed | Request failed | .error |
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Google Maps Geolocation API for Node.js (unofficial)
The npm package google-geolocation receives a total of 9 weekly downloads. As such, google-geolocation popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that google-geolocation demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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