Geocode an address with Algolia

This example shows you how to use an autocomplete address smart field to update a PostreSQL geography point (lat, long).
Requirements
An admin backend running on forest-express-sequelize
An algolia account
​algoliasearch npm package
How it works
Directory: /models
This directory contains the events.js file where the model is declared.
models/events.js
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module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
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  const Model = sequelize.define('events', {
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    name: {
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      type: DataTypes.STRING,
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      primaryKey: true,
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    },
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    locationGeo: {
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      type: DataTypes.GEOMETRY('POINT', 4326),
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    },
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    address: {
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      type: DataTypes.STRING,
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    },
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  }, {
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    tableName: 'events',
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    underscored: true,
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    timestamps: false,
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    schema: process.env.DATABASE_SCHEMA,
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  });
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  Model.removeAttribute('id');
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  Model.associate = () => {};
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  return Model;
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};
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Directory: /forest
This directory contains the events.js file where the Smart Field Location setteris declared.

This smart field will be used to update the value of the addressand locationGeo fields.
/forest/events.js
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const algoliasearch = require('algoliasearch');
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​
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const places = algoliasearch.initPlaces(process.env.PLACES_APP_ID, process.env.PLACES_API_KEY);
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​
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async function getLocationCoordinates(query) {
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  try {
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    const location = await places.search({ query, type: 'address' });
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    console.log('search location coordinates result', location.hits[0]._geoloc);
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    return location.hits[0]._geoloc;
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  } catch (err) {
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    console.log(err);
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    return null;
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  }
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}
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​
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async function setEvent(event, query) {
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  const coordinates = await getLocationCoordinates(query);
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  event.address = query;
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  event.locationGeo = `{"type": "Point", "coordinates": [${coordinates.lat}, ${coordinates.lng}]}`;
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  console.log('new address', event.address);
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  console.log('new location', event.locationGeo);
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  return event;
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}
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​
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collection('events', {
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  fields: [{
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    field: 'Location setter',
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    type: 'String',
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    // Get the data to be displayed.
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    get: (event) => event.address,
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    // Update using Algolia.
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    set: (event, query) => setEvent(event, query),
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  }],
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});
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The field Location setter should use the address edit widget to enable address autocomplete.

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