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geocode thru API
February 02, 2013, 02:40:12 am
HI
I am developing some custom form Joomla calls to api to create contacts/org
I was hoping to geocode address thru the api but there doesnt seem to be an API cal to do this
I was wondering if I could trigger one of the scheduled tasks thru the api

Has any one done this?

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Re: geocode thru API
February 02, 2013, 08:12:25 am

1. all the scheduled tasks / jobs have an api interface (entity = Job)

2. for single addresses, if the geocode api does not exist, would help if you can extend the api to do this. Please contact the api team for help in getting started

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Re: geocode thru API
February 12, 2013, 01:52:43 pm
This might seem strange but having now tested this abit , using API create_address is automatically creating lat and long!
Makes me very happy.....

[In fact its easier to write a custom form with API interactions than it is to fight with smarty and civis templates]

cheers Civi!

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Re: geocode thru API
February 12, 2013, 11:03:17 pm
Hi,

Beware than the API is in general doing less validation than the forms. We try to protect against injections, but some of the functional tests (eg. be sure there is either a first and last or an email if individuals) are often still done only at the form level.

But if you are sure about the data you provide to the api, might be a good solution indeed.

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