Question

I have been trying to use the new Geolocation API. I got an API key too.
But somehow, the output is given as ‘Not found’.
Can someone please tell me where the error is?

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'
require 'httparty'


lac=50039
mnc=86
cid=15471
mcc=404
rssi=-69


    cell_towers = [{:cellId => cid,
  :locationAreaCode => lac,
  :mobileCountryCode => mcc,
  :mobileNetworkCode => mnc,
  :signalStrength => rssi }] 

    param = {:cellTowers => cell_towers}
   puts param.to_json
   #puts "https://www.googleapis.com/maps/api/geolocation/v1/geolocate?key=#{api_key}"

      response = HTTParty.post("https://www.googleapis.com/maps/api/geolocation/v1/geolocate?key=my_key",
      :body => param.to_json, 
      :header => {"Content-Type" => "application/json"})
      puts response
      temp= response.body
      puts temp

The output the above code gives is :

{“cellTowers”:[{“cellId”:15471,”locationAreaCode”:50039,”mobileCountryCode”:404,”mobileNetworkCode”:86,”signalStrength”:-69}]}
Not Found
Not Found

The link to the documentation of Google Maps Geolocation API :
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/business/geolocation/

When I create a json object manually and run it on command prompt using ‘curl’ command, the output is coming out right.

Answer 1

So I was struggling with this exact same issue, but using a simple http post in .Net…

Seems the API documentation concerning the URL is wrong.

Instead of: https://www.googleapis.com/maps/api/geolocation/v1/geolocate?key=API_key

It’s actually: https://www.googleapis.com/geolocation/v1/geolocate?key=API_key

Hope this helps!