Bill, As Mike mentioned, the API call returns image data, so set the filename of an image to the url. Here’s the script from a working demo:
on mouseUp put urlEncode(fld "address") into tAddress put urlEncode(fld "city") into tCity put urlEncode(fld "state") into tState put the thumbposition of scrollbar "scale" into tScale put the hilitedButtonName of group "maptype" into tType put "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap" into tBaseURL put "?center=" into tArgList if tAddress is empty then --put empty into tArgList else put tAddress & comma after tArgList end if put tCity & comma & tState after tArgList put "&zoom=" & tScale & "&size=512x512&maptype=" & tType after tArgList # build marker put urlEncode(fld "m_address") into tMAddress put urlEncode(fld "m_city") into tMCity put urlEncode(fld "m_state") into tMState put the label of btn "color" into tMColor put toUpper(char 1 of fld "label") into tMLabel put "&markers=" & "color:" & tMColor & "|label:" & tMLabel & "|" & tMAddress,tMCity,tMState after tArgList put tBaseURL & tArgList into fld "urlfld" set the filename of img "map" to fld "urlfld" end mouseUp Most of the script is building a URL string with the proper arguments. The last two statements are where you actually display the image. One thing I will say its that if you want to use it for other than just occasional demos, you will have to register with Google for an API key, when gets tacked on to the end of the argument list for the URL. If you’d like you can grab the working stack here (from the message box): go stack URL "http://dight310.byu.edu/lesson_materials/14-Web_services/googleMaps.livecode" Hope this helps. Devin On Apr 27, 2017, at 2:49 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Folks: Turns out there is a Google Static Map api. I’m trying to use it, but get no response from my code that indicates an error. The Static Maps API URL is: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/static-maps/?csw=1 <https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/static-maps/?csw=1> From the dictionary, it looks like I can do this: (this is the example in the google docs. It gives me a map when I put the URL into the browser). on mouseUp put mapURL() into tURL put tURL put URL tURL into x put x into image “myGMap” —This, obviously won’t work. See below. end mouseUp function mapURL put "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=Berkeley,CA&zoom=14&size=400x400&key=AIzaSyCO423QzwaEEBmiw4XjPKzz4Tcg_5bjHv4" into retURL return retURL end mapURL I get text back that looks like that below. It is obviously in some format I can decode in Livecode. I’ve just reached my comfort level with this. How should I decode this. so I can set the imagedata to it? Tnx, Bill P —start of returned text âPNG ��� IHDR��ê��ê���∑a∆˛��ùPLTE<84{<,KKKLLLNNNSPLPPPRRRTTTVVVYYY^^^aaabbbdddfffkgchhhmmmssstttxxxzzz4®S�õ⁄BÖÙDÑÚEÜÚIäÒNäÚOçÚPçÚSèÚTêÚXíZíÛYîÙaóÙbòıjùÙmûıt£Û{•}™Úó{WãocÍC5ËD8ËE:ÈG9ÈJ:ÈL? _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Devin Asay Director Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode