Geocoder: if response is over query limit

Question

How can I ask a Geocoder gem address if the API query limit has been reached?

csv.each_with_index do |row, i|
  if !row[:location_1].nil?
    coords = row[:location_1]
    g = Geocoder.address(coords)
    row[:address] = g
  end

  if g.include?('over query limit')
    p "limit hit"
  end
end

I'm not sure which object to ask. The error comes through in the console:

Google Geocoding API error: over query limit.

But I'm not sure how to check for that in code. Any help?

Answer 1

You probably want to wrap your Geocoder.address in a begin/rescue block:

csv.each_with_index do |row, i|
  if !row[:location_1].nil?
    coords = row[:location_1]
    begin
      g = Geocoder.address(coords)
      row[:address] = g
    rescue Geocoder::OverQueryLimitError
      p "limit hit"
    end
  end
end

Just a note, you'll probably want to break out of the loop in the rescue clause once you hit this so you don't spam the geocoding web service with bad requests.

See Geocoder errors.