# Geokit Plugin On Hosted Server **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 9, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geokit-plugin-on-hosted-server/192960 "2010-08-09T07:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![globalxolutions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@globalxolutions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/globalxolutions)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geokit-plugin-on-hosted-server/192960/1 "2010-08-09T07:23:05Z")
Hi, I am new here, but I hope somebody have a clue about this issue. I am using rails 2.2.2 and the geokit gem. It works very good for a while, but for unknown reason it stopped working on my hosting server, but it still working alright on my developer machine. Here it is what I got on script/console -bash-3.2$ script/console production Loading production environment (Rails 2.2.2) > > include Geokit::Geocoders > > =\> Object > > > res = GoogleGeocoder.geocode ‘New York’ > > =\> #\ > @all=[#\], @lng=nil, @success=false, > > @state=nil, @lat=nil, @province=nil, @city=nil, @country\_code=nil, > > @street\_address=nil, @full\_address=nil\> But, on my local machine: script/console production Loading production environment (Rails 2.2.2) > > include Geokit::Geocoders > > =\> Object > > > res = GoogleGeocoder.geocode ‘New York’ > > =\> #\ > @suggested\_bounds=#\ > @ne=#\, > > @sw=#\\>, > > @precision=“city”, @country\_code=“US”, @street\_address=nil, @accuracy=4, > > @full\_address=“New York, NY, USA”, @provider=“google”, @zip=nil, > > @all=[#\], @lng=-74.0059731, @success=true, > > @state=“NY”, @lat=40.7143528, @province=“New York”\> Any suggestion or clue ?? ---
**Author:** ![globalxolutions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@globalxolutions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/globalxolutions)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geokit-plugin-on-hosted-server/192960/2 "2010-08-09T11:57:44Z")
On 9 August 2010 06:23, Ariel De la rosa [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Loading production environment (Rails 2.2.2) > > @full\_address=“New York, NY, USA”, @provider=“google”, @zip=nil, > @all=[#\], @lng=-74.0059731, @success=true, > @state=“NY”, @lat=40.7143528, @province=“New York”\> > > Any suggestion or clue ?? I seem to remember that you have to initialise Geokit with the necessary information about your API keys for various geolocation services. It looks here like the server hasn’t got that configuration, so it’s not returning as many (or any) results. Is it possible your deployment process to the server swaps out the configuration file or something like that, and the one that the server ends up using doesn’t have the right API credentials in it? Chris ---
**Author:** ![globalxolutions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@globalxolutions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/globalxolutions)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geokit-plugin-on-hosted-server/192960/3 "2010-08-09T16:05:16Z")
Chris M. wrote: > On 9 August 2010 06:23, Ariel De la rosa [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Loading production environment (Rails 2.2.2) > > > > @full\_address=“New York, NY, USA”, @provider=“google”, @zip=nil, > > @all=[#\], @lng=-74.0059731, @success=true, > > @state=“NY”, @lat=40.7143528, @province=“New York”\> > > > > Any suggestion or clue ?? > > I seem to remember that you have to initialise Geokit with the > necessary information about your API keys for various geolocation > services. It looks here like the server hasn’t got that configuration, > so it’s not returning as many (or any) results. Is it possible your > deployment process to the server swaps out the configuration file or > something like that, and the one that the server ends up using doesn’t > have the right API credentials in it? > > Chris HI chris, thanks for your fast reply! I looked at the apis key, but they seems to be working. In my config I have: config/gmaps\_api\_key.yml development: A-here-is-my-api-key-for-development-environment-g test: production: ABA-here-is-my-api-key-for-production-environment-gMQ \*\*\* EOF \*\*\* and config/initilializers/geokit\_config.rb if defined? Geokit # These defaults are used in Geokit::Mappable.distance\_to and in acts\_as\_mappable Geokit::default\_units = :miles Geokit::default\_formula = :sphere # This is the timeout value in seconds to be used for calls to the geocoder web # services. For no timeout at all, comment out the setting. The timeout unit # is in seconds. Geokit::Geocoders::request\_timeout = 3 # These settings are used if web service calls must be routed through a proxy. # These setting can be nil if not needed, otherwise, addr and port must be # filled in at a minimum. If the proxy requires authentication, the username # and password can be provided as well. Geokit::Geocoders::proxy\_addr = nil Geokit::Geocoders::proxy\_port = nil Geokit::Geocoders::proxy\_user = nil Geokit::Geocoders::proxy\_pass = nil # This is your yahoo application key for the Yahoo Geocoder. # See [http://developer.yahoo.com/faq/index.html#appid](http://developer.yahoo.com/faq/index.html#appid) # and [http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html](http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html) Geokit::Geocoders::yahoo = ‘REPLACE\_WITH\_YOUR\_YAHOO\_KEY’ # This is your Google Maps geocoder key. # See [Google Maps প্ল্যাটফর্ম FAQ  |  Google Maps Platform  |  Google for Developers](http://www.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html) # and [http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/#Geocoding\_Examples](http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/#Geocoding_Examples) Geokit::Geocoders::google = ‘REPLACE\_WITH\_YOUR\_GOOGLE\_KEY’ # This is your username and password for [geocoder.us](http://geocoder.us). # To use the free service, the value can be set to nil or false. For # usage tied to an account, the value should be set to username:password. # See [http://geocoder.us](http://geocoder.us) # and [http://geocoder.us/user/signup](http://geocoder.us/user/signup) Geokit::Geocoders::geocoder\_us = false # This is your authorization key for geocoder.ca. # To use the free service, the value can be set to nil or false. For # usage tied to an account, set the value to the key obtained from # Geocoder.ca. # See [http://geocoder.ca](http://geocoder.ca) # and [geocoder.ca: geocoding for North America - USA and Canada](http://geocoder.ca/?register=1) Geokit::Geocoders::geocoder\_ca = false # Uncomment to use a username with the Geonames geocoder #Geokit::Geocoders::geonames=“REPLACE\_WITH\_YOUR\_GEONAMES\_USERNAME” # This is the order in which the geocoders are called in a failover scenario # If you only want to use a single geocoder, put a single symbol in the array. # Valid symbols are :google, :yahoo, :us, and :ca. # Be aware that there are Terms of Use restrictions on how you can use the # various geocoders. Make sure you read up on relevant Terms of Use for each # geocoder you are going to use. Geokit::Geocoders::provider\_order = [:google] # The IP provider order. Valid symbols are :ip,:geo\_plugin. # As before, make sure you read up on relevant Terms of Use for each # Geokit::Geocoders::ip\_provider\_order = [:geo\_plugin,:ip] end I played around with both, putting the key directly on geokit\_config.rb and taking it out from gmaps\_api\_key.yml but, when I moved the key from the yml file I started to receive the google API Key Alert. Definitely, is not the api key issue. ☹