Javascript to log location into a file

Question

I would like to use javascript to log Visitor's exact GEO location into a txt file (just cordination is OK). Any Ideas?

JavaScript does not have access to filesystem, so it cannot do any write operations to disk. — A G, May 11 '18 at 07:12

SayJeyHi · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-11T07:21:39.960

You could get user latitude and longitude with HTML5 getolocation and then send it with ajax to your save location api .

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
   <script type="text/javascript">
     function initGeolocation()
     {
        if( navigator.geolocation )
        {
           // Call getCurrentPosition with success and failure callbacks
           navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition( success, fail );
        }
        else
        {
           alert("Sorry, your browser does not support geolocation services.");
        }
     }

     function success(position)
     {

         document.getElementById('long').value = position.coords.longitude;
         document.getElementById('lat').value = position.coords.latitude
     }

     function fail()
     {
        // Could not obtain location
     }
     var $locationForm = $("#LocationSaverForm");
     $locationForm.on("submit" , function(){
     var data = $(this)[0].serailize();
     $.ajax({
       type: "POST",
       url: "locationSaver.php",         
       data: data,
     });
  });
   </script>    
 </head>

 <body onLoad="initGeolocation();">
   <FORM NAME="rd" id="LocationSaverForm" METHOD="POST" ACTION="index.html">
     <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="long" ID="long" VALUE="">
     <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="lat" ID="lat" VALUE="">
   </FORM>
 </body>
</html>

then submit form and get information in backend.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 11 '18 at 07:22

Geolocation.getCurrentPosition() can give the location co-ordinates.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation/getCurrentPosition

here is a StackOverflow post to write data on a file using nodeJS fs module: Writing files in Node.js

combining Geolocation.getCurrentPosition() and fs module coordinates can be saved on a text file.

Javascript to log location into a file

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