Video 36

weather-app/utils/geocode.js

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+const request = require('request')
+
+const geocode = (address, callback) => {
+  const url = 'https://api.mapbox.com/geocoding/v5/mapbox.places/' + encodeURIComponent(address) + '.json?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiamF5d2xsIiwiYSI6ImYyZjkyMGNlOTgyNGQ5ZWM5ZDExN2FjNGYwMDZmNTQ4In0.y3lv5ddmGhVNSL7wfMpB0g&limit=1'
+
+  request({ url: url, json: true }, (error, response) => {
+    if (error) {
+      callback('Unable to connect to location services!', undefined)
+    } else if (response.body.features.length === 0) {
+      callback('Unable to find location. Try another search.', undefined)
+    } else {
+      callback(undefined, {
+        latitude: response.body.features[0].center[1],
+        longitude: response.body.features[0].center[0],
+        location: response.body.features[0].place_name
+      })
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = geocode