topic Re: Search Widget - "Invalid URL" in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Search Widget - "Invalid URL"

SteveCole — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 05:18:40 GMT

Trying to use the Search widget for the first time and I'm getting an "Invalid URL" as I start to type in the widget. The service itself works since I can use it via the REST directory:

I'm modeling my code partly after what's in this thread (April 22nd by John Ritsko). Anyways here's my code:

    var s = new Search({
        map: app.map,
        sources: [{
            locator: new Locator(SERVERPATH + "/transportation/StreetsGeocder/GeocodeServer"),
            singleLineFieldName: "Single Line Input",
            name: "County Geocoding Service",
            localSearchOptions: {
                minScale: 300000,
                distance: 50000},
            placeholder: "Search for Street / Address",
            maxResults: 3,
            maxSuggestions: 6,
            enableSuggestions: true,
            minCharacters: 0
        }]
    },"search");
    s.startup();

Here's the error in the console:

I've tried both an absolute URL to the Geocoder service as well as the relative pathing as shown above. So what gives?

Thanks!

Steve

Re: Search Widget - "Invalid URL"

ChrisSmith7 — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 18:22:26 GMT

Have you tried debugging your code to see the resulting URL on the request? It may be incorrect... I would also have a look at capturing the web traffic using Fiddler - this could shine some light on the issue.

Re: Search Widget - "Invalid URL"

SteveCole — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 18:39:04 GMT

Thanks, Chris. Your response led me in the right direction. I was fixated on the front part of the URL and didn't notice that the actual operation it was requesting ("suggest") did not exist. When I switched the "enableSuggestions" option to false in the constructor, the widget worked as it should.

I need to re-create the geocoder in 10.3 to get it to work with suggestions. Thanks, though!

Steve