Hello wizards, I hope you are doing great. Today in this blog you’ll learn how to create the "User Location Detector" project using HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
Preview
In the above video, you’ve seen the preview of the "User Location Detector" project and I hope now you are able to create this type of project. If not, I have provided all the HTML CSS and JavaScript code below.
User Location Detector [Source Code]
To get the following HTML, CSS & JS code for the User Location Detector project. You need to create three files one is a HTML file, second one is a CSS file and the another one is JS file. After creating these three files then you can copy-paste the given codes on your document.
Remember, you’ve to create a file with .html extension for HTML code, .css extension for CSS code and .js for JavaScript code.
You can also download all source code files from the given download button.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>User Location Detector</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<img src="location-image.png" alt="location-image">
<p class="user-location">Click the "My Location" button below to get your location</p>
<button class="myLocationBtn">My Location</button>
</div>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght@100;200;300;400;500;600;700;800;900&display=swap");
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
}
body {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
min-height: 100vh;
background: yellow;
color: white;
}
.container {
width: 400px;
height: 350px;
display: grid;
place-items: center;
background-color: black;
border-radius: 10px;
padding: 0 0 10px 0;
}
.container img {
width: 200px;
margin-bottom: -20px;
}
.container p {
text-align: center;
width: 80%;
}
.container .myLocationBtn {
width: 180px;
height: 50px;
font-size: 18px;
text-transform: capitalize;
font-weight: 600;
background-color: red;
border: none;
border-radius: 10px;
color: white;
cursor: pointer;
}
.container .myLocationBtn:active {
transform: scale(0.95);
}
let userLocationEl = document.querySelector(".user-location");
let mylocationBtnEl = document.querySelector(".myLocationBtn");
//To get geographical location of the user we use Geolocation API
mylocationBtnEl.addEventListener("click", () => {
//If the Geolocation is supported returns your location
if(navigator.geolocation)
{
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(getLocation);
}
// If the Geolocation is not supported by the browser
else{
userLocationEl.innerText = "The geolocation is not supported in this browser";
}
});
// to get the given API link. search "Openstreetmap.org" API in google
const getLocation = async (position) => {
let response = await fetch(
`https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?lat=${position.coords.latitude}&lon=${position.coords.longitude}&format=json`);
let data = await response.json();
console.log(data)
userLocationEl.innerText = `${data.address.state_district}, ${data.address.state}, ${data.address.country}`;
};