wip: create rough draft geocoding function

src/config.ts

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ export const REDIS_HOST = process.env.REDIS_HOST || 'localhost';
 export const REDIS_PORT = parseNumber(process.env.REDIS_PORT) || 6379;
 export const REDIS_PASSWORD = process.env.REDIS_PASSWORD || '';
 export const GOOGLE_RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY = process.env.GOOGLE_RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY || '';
+export const GOOGLE_GEOCODING_SECRET_KEY = process.env.GOOGLE_GEOCODING_SECRET_KEY || '';

src/utils.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import fetch from 'cross-fetch';
+import { GOOGLE_GEOCODING_SECRET_KEY } from 'config';
+
 export function parseNumber(str?: string): number | undefined {
     const parsed = Number(str);
 
@@ -7,3 +10,26 @@ export function parseNumber(str?: string): number | undefined {
 export function _throw(msg: string): never {
     throw msg;
 }
+
+export async function useThisFunctionWheneverYouFindYourselfInTheSituationWhereYouHaveAnAddressButYouWantCoordinates(address: string): Promise<object> {
+     // Prepare the address for submission to Google's API
+    address = address.replace(/ /g, "%20");
+    let requestUrl: string = `https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=${address}&key=${GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY}`
+
+    // Submit it to the API
+    const geocodingRes = await fetch(requestUrl)
+        .catch(err => {
+            console.log(err);
+        });
+
+    console.log(geocodingRes);
+
+    // Process the response
+    const coordinates: object = {
+        lat: geocodingRes.geometry.location.lat,
+        lng: geocodingRes.geometry.location.lng
+    };
+
+    // Output the resulting Coordinates
+    return coordinates;
+}