Rails geocoder gem geocoding using a custom address format

Question

I am using geocoder to get latitude and longitude from address

In model I added

class Clinic < ApplicationRecord
    geocoded_by :full_street_address
    after_validation :geocode

    def full_street_address
      [address_line1, city, state, country].compact.join(', ')
    end
end

and client has provided me addresses like this

{
    "name": "Bahrain Defence Force Royal Medical Services Hospital - Riffa",
    "address_line1": "West Riffa P O Box 28743",
    "country": "Bahrain",
    "state": "Al-Wusta",
    "city": "Riffa"
}

Now when I create a clinic its not returning latitude and longitude,

Seems that issue is with address and than with following line

[address_line1, city, state, country].compact.join(', ')

Is there a way I can specifically provide zipcode etc or how to handle above address?

Bisher · Answer 1 · 2019-03-03T13:48:35.083

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Assuming that you followed the Geocoder documentation and added the longitude and latitude attributes to your model, I tried your code, you just need to add after_validation :geocode or use the method :geocode in any callback you want.

EDIT:

Okay so I think I didn't refresh the page by the time your question was updated, but I tried the exact same code and it worked as expected.

edited Mar 03 '19 at 13:48

answered Mar 03 '19 at 13:11

Bisher

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after_validation :geocode is already in model, I updated question. issue id with handling address, have you tried address I provided? – Muhammad Faisal Iqbal Mar 03 '19 at 13:16
Yes, I used the same data and it gave me back the coordinates, have you tried any other addresses? – Bisher Mar 03 '19 at 13:20
yes, I tried a few address from Pakistan and they are working. – Muhammad Faisal Iqbal Mar 03 '19 at 14:25
you changed "full_street_address" method or used as it is – Muhammad Faisal Iqbal Mar 03 '19 at 14:26
I kept the code as it's, just added the after_validation because it wasn't there, I had a similar issue before but it was related to the lookup service, which one are you using? – Bisher Mar 04 '19 at 04:43
even google not able to understand state "Al-Wusta" & address_line1, can't understand that how it worked for you. – Muhammad Faisal Iqbal Mar 04 '19 at 09:48

Rails geocoder gem geocoding using a custom address format

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