Integrate a custom address locator (geocoder)

[EikeLueders]

We're currently try to implement a custom geocoder in our storytelling-application.

We followed the instructions and added the configuration to the commonConfig.js file in the application folder like this:

geocode: [{url: url_to_geocode_server,
    singleLineFieldName: "SingleLineCityName",
    placefinding: true
}]

However the geocoding never uses our configuration but the standard arcgis-online geocode server. May this be related to the following issue on the basic-viewer-template? https://github.com/Esri/basic-viewer-template/issues/4

Is there any known solution or workaround for this?

[glazou]

Sorry about this, this used to work but following a change in ArcGIS Online the value defined in the config file is always overwritten by the geocoder that you can now configure in ArcGIS Online. If you have an Organization membership, you can add more geocoder through the settings and that's the most simple way.

If you don't have an organization membership or prefer to use the configuration file, I started tracked down the issue. It seems to be working after the following changes:

In commonConfig.js, add two attributes singleLineFieldName (this may be different depending on your geocoder) and placefinding

geocode: [{
    url: location.protocol + "//yourgeocoder",
    suggest: true,
    singleLineFieldName: "SingleLine",
    placefinding: true
}]

In app/storymaps/core/Core.js

• Replace all occurrences of commonConfig.CommonHelperServices by commonConfig.helperService
• Comment out the following lines

//if (app.portal.helperServices.geocode && app.portal.helperServices.geocode.length && app.portal.helperServices.geocode[0].url ) 
    //geocodeServices = app.portal.helperServices.geocode;

I will update the issue once we fixed this

[EikeLueders]

Thank you very much for the workaround your mentioned. I managed to implement our gecoder this way and then compile the template myself. Setting the geocoder in the organization is no option for us since we have different geocoders. Each geocoder should be visibile only in one template.