Getting the street address from a google maps geocode call
geocoding, google-maps-api-3, parsing
Solution
Based on the docs `street_address` is an address type, but that does not necessarily mean it's a type of address component - it could just be a tag used for the `types` array - returned with each of the objects in the `results` array:
The `types[]` array within the returned result indicates the address type. These types may also be returned within `address_components[]` arrays to indicate the type of the particular address component.
What you probably should be doing is traversing through your `results` array first and find the one that includes a `street_address` in the `types` array. Then use that object to get the `formatted_address` attribute (as mentioned by Aperçu). As the doc states: "the `formatted_address` is a string containing the human-readable address of this location". When the `type` is `street_address`, the `formatted_address` is equal to a `street_number + route` (followed by whatever other `address_components` are available). So you can either `split(',')` the `formatted_address` string to get the components you need - or use the `address_components` array of that particular object in the `results` array to grab the components that you need (of course doing it this way you'll need to concat the `street_number` and `route` yourself - so added logic is needed).
Problem
I am geocoding an address using google maps API, and I need to get the street address, city, state, and zip in distinct fields. Based on the documentation of the address component types that are returned in the result, this is my code: ``` var address = ""; var city = ""; var state = ""; var zip = ""; geocoder.geocode( { 'address': inputAddress}, function(results, status){ if (status==google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK){ // loop through to get address, city, state, zip $.each(results[0].address_components, function(){ switch(this.types[0]){ case "postal_code": zip = this.short_name; break; case "street_address": address = this.short_name; break; case "administrative_area_level_1": state = this.short_name; break; case "locality": city = this.short_name; break; } }); } else{ alert("Invalid Address"); } }); ``` However, it seems that when I enter addresses, "street_address" is not being returned; instead, it is returned as separate fields, most often "street_number" and "route", occasionally additional fields (such as "subpremise" for apt number). See this example of a geocoding result in the docs. How can I get an address variable that holds any fields related to the street address? For the example in the docs, I would want "1600 Ampitheatre Parkway".