This is an example of using the Google Distance Matrix Api service. This works on NodeJS Express server.
To start trying or using the Google Distance Matrix Api service you need to get your personal ApiKey from Google, for this you need to go to the Google Cloud Console section, create your application and generate ApiKey for it.
✅ When you have your ApiKey it needs to be inserted into the file controllers/distance.js as shown below:
//Please insert your ApiKey in this place
const apiKey='';
✅ Next you need to have NodeJS installed. After that, you need to install all the necessary packages in order to do this by opening the terminal in the root folder of this project and run the following command:
npm install
✅ When the installation is complete, you can start the server with the command:
node server
In the terminal you should see a message:
Server started
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✅ Now you can open your favorite browser and go to:
http://localhost:3000/
The following packages are used here:
Axios is a very convenient package for performing POST and GET requests.
Cors is a plugin for Express to enable CORS support.
Experss is a convenient, simple and small NodeJS server.
Pug is a very handy tool for rendering clean and good HTML.
Bulma is a very cool CSS Framework, I used it for styling.
Good Luck 👌👌👌