How to find the distance between two ZIP codes using Google API?

Often times, enterprises require quantifiers that indicate service reach and measure willingness to travel. This is especially true of fulfillment centers and service outlets. Distance measurements drawn from Google’s API serve as good initial impressions for measuring such potential.

Further, this facilitates crucial one-views before assigning resources to investigate demographic heatmaps and prospects. It constitutes the very first step that spawns delivery charge policy and appointment of the delivery staff, as well as supports helpdesk decision making.

So in the sections that follow, we’ve included setup procedure, code snippets, and a live demo for you to review the API in action through a minimal interface.

Steps involved in the overall Setup:

  • Develop Apex Classes
  • Develop Lightning Component

API SETUP:

  • We need to have Google Developer account where we will be creating a Project.
  • We need to have Places API enabled.
  • The API documentation to setup the API on Google is – API documentation.

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Step 1- Create Apex Wrapper Class

Step 2- Create an Apex Class Controller:

Step 3 – Create Lightning Component

Step 4 – JS Controller

Step 5- lightning App

Conclusion:

Above is the implementation of a minimal Lightning Component that lets us find the distance between two zip codes through a Google API. We have used wrapper classes to send data to Google’s API.

For any assistance or queries concerning Lightning Experience readiness, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].

Also, to find out how to use the lightning:map component to display a map of one or more locations using Google Maps with external JS, read up on this article.

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