Integrating JotForm with Zapier now causes a TypeError due to an undefined ‘geometry’ property during a Google geocode API call. It worked before. Help needed.
(function executeGeocoding() {
const token = 'YOUR_API_TOKEN';
const rawAddress = getInputAddress().trim();
const formatted = rawAddress.replace(/\s+/g, '+');
fetch(`https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?key=${token}&address=${formatted}`)
.then(response => response.json())
.then(result => processGeoData(result.results[0].geometry.location))
.catch(error => handleError(error));
})();
I encountered a similar problem where the undefined geometry property was causing my code to fail unexpectedly. The issue turned out to be an unhandled scenario where the API may not return a valid result. In my case, I solved it by adding explicit checks for both the existence of the results array and the geometry property itself. This prevented the error when the API response was empty or malformed. It is important to implement proper validation for each step of device data handling to avoid type errors in your integration.
In my case, I noticed similar issues when the API response did not contain valid data for certain addresses. I eventually traced the problem to a lack of validation on the response object. It ended up that sometimes the geocode API call returns an empty result array or a different structure, which leads to trying to access geometry of an undefined object. A proper check before using the geometry property helped me avoid the error. I recommend adding a condition to ensure result.results exists and contains at least one element before accessing it.