Geocoder: Over query limit Javascript Fix

search.html.haml

= form_tag :search, method: :get, id:'search' do |f|
  = text_field_tag :q, '', placeholder:'City, address, or zip code'
  = hidden_field_tag :c, ''
  = submit_tag "Go"

search.js.erb

function loadGeocoder() {

  var searchForm = $('form#search');
  var query = searchForm.find('input[name="q"]');
  var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();

  var coordinates = searchForm.find('input[name="c"]');
  query.change(function() { coordinates.val(""); }); // clear coordinates on query change

  searchForm.submit(function(event) {
    if (coordinates.val() === "") {
      event.preventDefault();

      if ( geocoder ) {
        geocoder.geocode({'address':searchForm.find('input[name="q"]').val()}, function(results, status) {
          if ( status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
            // Submit with new coordinates
            coordinates.val(results[0].geometry.location);
            searchForm.submit();
          }
        });
      }
    }
  });
}

function loadScript() {
  if ( typeof google === 'undefined' ) {
    var script = document.createElement("script");
    script.type = "text/javascript";
    script.src = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?<%= "key=#{ENV['MAPS_API_KEY']}&" if Rails.env.production? %>sensor=false&callback=loadGeocoder";
    document.body.appendChild(script);
  } 
  else {
    loadGeocoder();
  }
}

window.onload = loadScript;

search_controller.rb

class SearchController < ApplicationController

  def search
    Place.near(params[:search][:c] || params[:search][:q])
  end
  
end

@kurioscreative I like this approach, but If I need to store the city, state, country of the location based of the lat long coordinates - i'm having a terrible time parsing each api response because based on the input, there are a different number of responses ( Russia - responds with far more matches than - 1234 big walk way, Venice beach, California) - am I doomed to pay $10/ mo for quota guard?
https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/quotaguard

Thanks for the post though.