topic Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button? in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

MartinNitschke — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:56:52 GMT

I have looked at the sample code which creates something far more complex than I am looking for. I'd like to be able to click a link containing the address, which goes to my page with the Map on it. I'd like to see the particular address marker, just as if you had typed in the Search widget, but without the necessity to even see a Search widget. I am successfully able to load the map, but unable to figure out how to set a location by address. Thanks.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

ThomasSolow — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:07:33 GMT

Take a look at the world geocoder information: World Geocoding Service—ArcGIS REST API: World Geocoding Service | ArcGIS for Developers

You should be able to send requests to the AGOL world geocoder to handle this for you.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

MartinNitschke — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:27:51 GMT

I still do not see how to pass the result to the map to plot the point returned. There are no code samples, just samples on how to call the API. Thanks for your patience.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

ThomasSolow — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:53:56 GMT

Here's a sample that makes a request to the geocoding service and asks for 1 result and plots that on the view: https://codepen.io/solowt/pen/LzoQPe

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

MartinNitschke — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:44:37 GMT

When I copy that code into an HTML page, it only loads a blank page. No map and nothing happens.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

ThomasSolow — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 21:10:47 GMT

Are you hosting the page with a web server? If you're not there are different rules about whether your browser can make HTTP requests.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

MartinNitschke — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 21:20:38 GMT

No. I just created an HTML page on my computer and tried to open it. I could move it to a server to try it. I did select Allow All Content when prompted.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

MartinNitschke — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 21:25:11 GMT

Put it on the server and still a blank page.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 22:38:17 GMT

Martin,

What does your browsers web console say. Are there any errors there.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

ThomasSolow — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:58:59 GMT

Make sure to host it and access the page via localhost.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

MartinNitschke — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:06:23 GMT

SCRIPT1002: Syntax error

}).then(response => {

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

MartinNitschke — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:16:47 GMT

I did that, received the same Syntax error as I posted above.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

ThomasSolow — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:34:05 GMT

Gotcha, try this: https://codepen.io/solowt/pen/LzoQPe

Older browsers/IE 11 don't support arrow functions so I'm guessing that's the issue.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

MartinNitschke — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:44:54 GMT

I was using IE 11. Its the standard browser here. I will look at the new post.

Re: How to plot an address without using Search and Location Button?

MartinNitschke — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:54:10 GMT

The page displays now, even on the codepen page! Yesterday that page was blank too. Thanks so much for all the information!