Hi, I am new to Thunkable. I want to get the current address ( ie. Flat No, Street Name, City, State, Pincode, etc. ) In App Inventor, the Location Sensor has a get Current Adress property. But in thunkanble, I can only get the Latitude, longitude and altitude. Is there any way to get the Addres…

welcome to our community @sai1910 !! :smile: i think you might try api i guess

You need to use a reverse geocoding API such as this: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/geocoding-reverse . I haven’t used that exact API. My app uses the Open Weather Map API which returns a city name (but not a specific address).

Thanks. But how do I use the API? Can you please give me a demo/ explain the steps in a simple way on how to use it?

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I still didn’t understand how to get and use the API for my need… Can you please explain it to me exactly how do I Get the API Implement it i my app Use it to get the Adress. (Sorry. I am new here.)

@sai1910 Web APIs are definitely an advanced feature of Thunkable. It’s not as simple as 1, 2, 3. In fact, it may take you a few hours to figure out how to configure the API and test it. If you have a programming background, it may not take you that long. There’s also often a fee for using APIs. S…

Ok, So I managed to create an API Key using the instructions at https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key#creating-api-keys What is the next step for me to do?

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