Problem posting GeoPoint to parse.com

[michartmann]

Can't post a GeoPoint to Parse.com object - if I use the REST Test function I can't insert a "location" using the "second level" but if I post a single level location field with the value "{"__type":"GeoPoint", "latitude":40.0, "longitude":-30.0}" it works - Please help.

[maxkatz]

Can you explain what you mean by "second level"? Do you mean entering JSON-like string?

[michartmann]

[michartmann]

Working with "one" level works when testing the service but not when the second level is used - how is the second level converted into json? maybe it's not what parse.com is expecting?

Hope it makes it easier to understand what I'm having trouble with.

[maxkatz]

Try this:

code
var point = {};
point['location']= { "__type":"GeoPoint", "latitude":40.0, "longitude":-30.0 };
return point;
/code

[michartmann]

Hi Max,
Thanks for your reply.
However I am not sure where to place your javascript?

[maxkatz]

Sorry, when testing the service, you can use this (location is parameter name):

location {"__type":"GeoPoint", "latitude":40.0, "longitude":-30.0}

when using the service on a page, return for mapping:
code
return {"__type":"GeoPoint", "latitude":40.0, "longitude":-30.0};
/code

[David Fung]

Instead of using the fix value, two variables are replaced in the above example. What is the format in javascript?

I tried the following codes without the success.

var map = Tiggr('googlemap1');
var theLat=map.gmap.getCenter().lat();
var theLng=map.gmap.getCenter().lng();

return {"__type":"GeoPoint", "latitude": theLat, "longitude": theLng};

[maxkatz]

As this is JavaScript, the variables would need to be concatenated with +.

[David Fung]

I tried this
return' {"__type":"GeoPoint", "latitude": "'+theLat+'", "longitude": "'+theLng+'"}';
But no success