Get LatLng from Zip Code - Google Maps API

Question

All I want is some simple example code that shows me how to obtain a latlng element from an inputted zip code OR a city/state.

Answer 1

Just a hint: zip codes are not worldwide unique so this is worth to provide country ISO code in the request (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2).

e.g looking for coordinates of polish (iso code PL) zipcode 01-210:

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=01210,PL

how to obtain user country code?

if you would like to get your user country info based on IP address there are services for it, e.g you can do GET request on: http://ip-api.com/json