How to get position (latitude and longitude) from a postal (zip) code in react?

Question

I need to know what is the best way to get latitude and longitude from a postal (zip) code in react ?

I try with geocode from google API (with the npm package react-geocode), but I can't do a search based on only the postal code.

So I need your opinion on how to do that. Example of sources code will be also appreciate.

Thank you in advance for all your comments. Regards...

Answer 1

Maybe try something like this and adjust it to your needs as only few context is given:

 var lat = '';
 var lng = '';

// depends on whether you really only have the zip code
 var address = {zipcode} or {city and state};

 geocoder.geocode({ 'address': address}, function(results, status) {
   if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
      lat = results[0].geometry.location.lat();
      lng = results[0].geometry.location.lng();
     });
   } else {
     console.log("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status);
   }
 });
 console.log('Latitude: ' + lat + ' Longitude: ' + lng);