geocoder controller - handles geocoding

app/controllers/geocoder_controller.rb

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+class GeocoderController < ApplicationController
+
+  require 'net/http'
+  require 'rexml/document'
+
+  def search
+    @res_hash = {}
+    @postcode_arr = []
+    
+=begin    if params[:geocode][:place]
+      postcode = params[:geocode][:place]
+      Net::HTTP.start('ws.geonames.org') do |http|
+        res = http.get("/search?q=#{query}&maxRows=10")
+        xml = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
+        xml.elements.each("/geonames/geoname") do |ele|
+          ele.elements.each("name"){ |n| @res_hash['name'] = n.text }
+          ele.elements.each("countryCode"){ |n| @res_hash['country'] = n.text }
+          ele.elements.each("lat"){ |n| @res_hash['lat'] = n.text }
+          ele.elements.each("lng"){ |n| @res_hash['lon']= n.text }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+=end
+
+        if params[:query][:postcode]
+      postcode = params[:query][:postcode]
+      Net::HTTP.start('www.freethepostcode.org') do |http|
+        resp = http.get("/geocode?postcode=#{postcode}")
+        lat = resp.body.scan(/[4-6][0-9]\.?[0-9]+/)
+        lon = resp.body.scan(/[-+][0-9]\.?[0-9]+/)
+        @postcode_array = [lat, lon]
+      end
+      redirect_to "/index.html?lat=#{@postcode_array[0]}&lon=#{@postcode_array[1]}&zoom=14"
+          end
+  end
+end