hectorbastida / node-geocoder

nodejs geocoding library

node-geocoder

Node library for geocoding and reverse geocoding. Can be used as a nodejs library or on command line

Installation and usage (geocoder command line)

npm install -g node-geocoder
geocoder --provider google 'Fornino, 187 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211'

Installation (nodejs library)

npm install node-geocoder

Usage example

var geocoderProvider = 'google';
var httpAdapter = 'http';
// optionnal
var extra = {
    apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY', // for Mapquest, OpenCage, Google Premier
    formatter: null         // 'gpx', 'string', ...
};

var geocoder = require('node-geocoder').getGeocoder(geocoderProvider, httpAdapter, extra);

// Using callback
geocoder.geocode('29 champs elysée paris', function(err, res) {
    console.log(res);
});

// Or using Promise
geocoder.geocode('29 champs elysée paris')
    .then(function(res) {
        console.log(res);
    })
    .catch(function(err) {
        console.log(err);
    });

// output :
[{
    latitude: 48.8698679,
    longitude: 2.3072976,
    country: 'France',
    countryCode: 'FR',
    city: 'Paris',
    zipcode: '75008',
    streetName: 'Champs-Élysées',
    streetNumber: '29',
    state: 'Île de France',
    stateCode: 'IDF'
}]

## Advanced usage (only google provider)
geocoder.geocode({address: '29 champs elysée', country: 'France', zipcode: '75008'}, function(err, res) {
    console.log(res);
});

// Reverse example

// Using callback
geocoder.reverse(45.767, 4.833, function(err, res) {
    console.log(res);
});

// Or using Promise
geocoder.reverse(45.767, 4.833)
    .then(function(res) {
        console.log(res);
    })
    .catch(function(err) {
        console.log(err);
    });

Geocoder Provider

• google : GoogleGeocoder. Supports address geocoding and reverse geocoding. Use extra.clientIdand extra.apiKey(privateKey) for business licence. You can also use extra.language and extra.region to specify language and region, respectively. Note that 'https' is required when using an apiKey
• freegeoip : FreegeoipGeocoder. Supports IP geocoding
• datasciencetoolkit : DataScienceToolkitGeocoder. Supports IPv4 geocoding and address geocoding. Use extra.host to specify a local instance
• openstreetmap : OpenStreetMapGeocoder. Supports address geocoding and reverse geocoding
• mapquest : MapQuestGeocoder. Supports address geocoding and reverse geocoding. Needs an apiKey
• openmapquest : Open MapQuestGeocoder (based on OpenStreetMapGeocoder). Supports address geocoding and reverse geocoding. Needs an apiKey
• agol : ArcGis Online Geocoding service. Supports geocoding and reverse. Requires a client_id & client_secret
• tomtom: TomTomGeocoder. Supports address geocoding. You need to specify extra.apiKey
• nominatimmapquest: OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoder. Support address and reverse geocoding
• opencage: OpenCage Geocoder. Uses multiple open sources. Supports address and reverse geocoding. You need to specify extra.apiKey
• smartyStreet: Smarty street geocoder (US only), you need to specify extra.auth_id and extra.auth_token

Http adapter

• http: This adapter uses the Http nodejs library (default)
• https: This adapter uses the Https nodejs library

Formatter

• gpx : format result using GPX format
• string : format result to an String array (you need to specify extra.formatterPattern key)
  • %P country
  • %p country code
  • %n street number
  • %S street name
  • %z zip code
  • %T State
  • %t state code

More

You can improve this project by adding new geocoders or http adapters.

To run tests just npm test.

To check code style install jshint and just run jshint lib test.

Extending node geocoder

You can add new geocoders by implementing the two methods geocode and reverse:

var geocoder = {
    geocode: function(value, callback) { },
    reverse: function(lat, lng, callback) { }
}

You can also add formatter implementing the following interface

var formatter = {
    format: function(data) { return formattedData; },
}