Overview

Google Autocomplete lcnz provides the user with autocomplete options when searching for a location. When a location is selected specific location data is then uploaded to a database. Currently only one country can be selected and the data retrieved are: street name and number, suburb, city, country, postal code, place id, latitude, longitude, and establishment name, phone number, website, and google maps URL. 

Documentation

## Google Autocomplete lcnz

Google Autocomplete lcnz is a Mendix widget that utilizes Google Autocomplete Api to provide autocomplete to the user as well as provide place and business information to the database.

## Features

+ Autocomplete.

+ Place Data: street number, street name, suburb, city, country, postal code, and full address.

+ Businesss Data: name, phone number, website, google maps URL.

## Usage

1. Input Api key (necessary).

2. Input country name (only one at this stage, necessary).

3. Input attributes (leave an attribute empty if not needed).

## Issues, suggestions and feature requests

+ Currently autocomplete only handles searching in one country.

## Development and contribution

1. Install NPM package dependencies by using: `npm install`. If you use NPM v7.x.x, which can be checked by executing `npm -v`, execute: `npm install --legacy-peer-deps`.

1. Run `npm start` to watch for code changes. On every change:

    - the widget will be bundled;

    - the bundle will be included in a `dist` folder in the root directory of the project;

    - the bundle will be included in the `deployment` and `widgets` folder of the Mendix test project.

+ When building make sure you set the correct projectPath in package.json.

Contact nick at nick.hunt@lowcode.co.nz