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JavaScript

Posted by evanritscher
evanritscher
10,209 Points

Implementing callback in geolocation request

I'm trying to access the browser's location and know that I need to implement a callback function but can't seem to get it right.

What obvious thing am I missing so that I can correctly access the lat and long of the browser? 

$(document).ready(function () {
function success(position) {
    var userLatitude = position.coords.latitude
    var userLongitude = position.coords.longitude
}

function goFind() {
    navigator.geoLocation.getCurrentPosition(success, error);

console.log(userLatitude)}
goFind()
});

1 Answer

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

getCurrentPosition() and watchPosition() no longer work on insecure origins. To use this feature, you should consider switching your application to a secure origin, such as HTTPS. See https://goo.gl/rStTGz for more details.

-- Console warning on non-HTTPS server.

Geolocation has been deprecated by Google for non HTTPS proxies. If you are not on a server with SSL then that might be the problem.