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Make sandboxed JSONP calls to the Census geocoder
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| function jsonp(url, callback = "callback") { | |
| return new Promise((ok, fail) => { | |
| let iframe = document.createElement("iframe"); | |
| let onmessage = function(e) { | |
| if (e.source == iframe.contentWindow) { | |
| iframe.remove(); | |
| window.removeEventListener("message", onmessage); | |
| ok(e.data.response); | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| window.addEventListener("message", onmessage); | |
| iframe.style.width = "1px"; | |
| iframe.style.height = "1px"; | |
| iframe.style.position = "absolute"; | |
| iframe.style.left = "-1000px"; | |
| iframe.sandbox = "allow-scripts"; | |
| let doc = ` | |
| <script> | |
| window.${callback} = function(response) { | |
| let message = { response }; | |
| window.parent.postMessage(message, "${window.location.origin}"); | |
| }; | |
| let script = document.createElement("script"); | |
| let params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search); | |
| script.src = "${url}"; | |
| document.documentElement.append(script); | |
| </script> | |
| `; | |
| iframe.srcdoc = doc; | |
| document.body.append(iframe); | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| export async function geocode(address) { | |
| let searchType = "address"; | |
| let params = { | |
| format: "jsonp", | |
| callback: "callback", | |
| benchmark: "Public_AR_Current" | |
| }; | |
| if (typeof address == "string") { | |
| searchType = "onelineaddress"; | |
| params.address = address; | |
| } else { | |
| Object.assign(params, address); | |
| } | |
| let url = new URL(`https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/locations/${searchType}`); | |
| for (var k in params) { | |
| url.searchParams.set(k, params[k]); | |
| } | |
| let response = await jsonp(url.toString()); | |
| return response?.result?.addressMatches[0]; | |
| } |
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