I'm trying to plot markers on a google map using data from a Json Response. I have searched Stack Overflow for an answer all day but havn't managed to find a solution that has worked for me.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the way I am extracting the Lat & Lng but just can't put my finger on it. Below are my code and the Json, the Json is from an API.
Where is the error in my code?
<script>
function initialize() {
var myOptions = {
zoom: 4,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(34.397, 150.644),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), myOptions);
};
function getLocations() {
$.getJSON("URL", function (json) {
$.each(json["resultsPage"]["results"]["event"], function(i, entry){
addMarker(entry.location.lat,entry.location.lng);
});
});
}
function addMarker(lat,lng) {
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(lat,lng),
map: map,
});
markersArray.push(marker);
}
</script>
Told to request Json data by using the following code. If I leave the question mark at the end I get an invalid message when I run it through http://jsonlint.com as there is a question mark at the beginning of the Json. Taking that out appears to solve the problem but I'm not 100% sure that that is ok?
$.getJSON("http://api.songkick.com/api/3.0/events.json?location=clientip&apikey={your_api_key}&jsoncallback=?",
function(data){
// data is JSON response object
});
If I leave the question mark at the end I get an invalid message when I run it through http://jsonlint.com as there is a question mark at the beginning of the Json. Taking that out appears to solve the problem but I'm not 100% sure that that is ok?
When I view the code in debugger I get " SyntaxError: Unexpected token ':' ", but this response is coming from an API so I am unsure what I can do about it?
{
"resultsPage": {
"status": "ok",
"results": {
"event": [
{
"type": "Concert",
"status": "ok",
"performance": [
{
"artist": {
"displayName": "Arcade Fire",
"uri": "http://www.songkick.com/artists/66758-arcade-fire?utm_source=16289&utm_medium=partner",
"identifier": [
{
"mbid": "52074ba6-e495-4ef3-9bb4-0703888a9f68",
"href": "http://api.songkick.com/api/3.0/artists/mbid:52074ba6-e495-4ef3-9bb4-0703888a9f68.json"
}
],
"id": 66758
},
"billingIndex": 1,
"billing": "headline",
"displayName": "Arcade Fire",
"id": 29913729
},
{
"artist": {
"displayName": "Doody and Kami",
"uri": "http://www.songkick.com/artists/6334389-doody-and-kami?utm_source=16289&utm_medium=partner",
"identifier": [],
"id": 6334389
},
"billingIndex": 2,
"billing": "support",
"displayName": "Doody and Kami",
"id": 29913734
},
{
"artist": {
"displayName": "Leah Gordon",
"uri": "http://www.songkick.com/artists/6334394-leah-gordon?utm_source=16289&utm_medium=partner",
"identifier": [],
"id": 6334394
},
"billingIndex": 3,
"billing": "support",
"displayName": "Leah Gordon",
"id": 29913739
}
],
"venue": {
"metroArea": {
"country": {
"displayName": "Canada"
},
"state": {
"displayName": "QC"
},
"displayName": "Montreal",
"uri": "http://www.songkick.com/metro_areas/27377-canada-montreal?utm_source=16289&utm_medium=partner",
"id": 27377
},
"lat": 45.5014288,
"displayName": "Phi Center",
"lng": -73.5564459,
"uri": "http://www.songkick.com/venues/1973969-phi-center?utm_source=16289&utm_medium=partner",
"id": 1973969
},
"popularity": 0,
"location": {
"lat": 45.5014288,
"lng": -73.5564459,
"city": "Montreal, QC, Canada"
},
"start": {
"time": null,
"date": "2013-02-23",
"datetime": null
},
"displayName": "Arcade Fire with Doody and Kami and Leah Gordon at Phi Center (February 23, 2013)",
"uri": "http://www.songkick.com/concerts/15215934-arcade-fire-at-phi-center?utm_source=16289&utm_medium=partner",
"id": 15215934
}
]
},
"perPage": 50,
"page": 1,
"totalEntries": 1
}
}
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Was able to reproduce you error.
The API which you are consuming doesn't support callback. you need to create a proxy and have to hit proxy from you code and your proxy will in turn call the api.
here is the code
index.html
function getLocations() {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "http://172.20.6.114/ontrack/data.php?callback=?",
dataType: "jsonp",
success: function(json){
$.each(json["resultsPage"]["results"]["event"], function(i, entry){
PlotMarker(entry.location.lat, entry.location.lng);
});
},
error: function(err){
console.log(err);
}
});
}
function PlotMarker(lat, lon){
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lon),
map: gmap,
draggable: false,
animation: google.maps.Animation.DROP
});
markerLocations.push(marker);
}
Code for data.php
<?
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://api.songkick.com/api/3.0/events.json?location=clientip&apikey={your_api_key}");
// receive server response ...
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$server_output = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $_GET['callback'] . '(' . $server_output . ');';
?>
Then it will show up.