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Geocode

Allow the user to click anywhere on the map to display a popup containing the geocoded information for that particular location. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <script src="https://cdn.smartmaps.cloud/packages/smartmaps/smartmaps-gl/v2/umd/smartmaps-gl.min.js"></script>

        <style>
            body {
                margin: 0;
                padding: 0;
            }

            html,
            body,
            #map {
                height: 100%;
            }
        </style>
    </head>

    <body>
        <div id="map"></div>
        <script>
            const apiKey = "INSERT API-KEY";

            const map = new smartmapsgl.Map({
                apiKey: apiKey,
                container: "map",
                center: { lat: 49.02164948779226, lng: 8.439330018049352 },
                zoom: 10,
                style: smartmapsgl.MapStyle.LIGHT
            });

            map.on('click', async (event) => {
                const coordinates = [event.lngLat.lng, event.lngLat.lat];

                const geocodeRequest = {
                    type: "Feature",
                    properties: {},
                    geometry: {
                        type: "Point",
                        coordinates: coordinates
                    },
                    crs: {
                        type: "name",
                        properties: {
                            name: "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84"
                        }
                    },
                    searchparams: {
                        geocodingType: "REVERSE_GEOCODE",
                        coordFormatOut: "GEODECIMAL_POINT"
                    },
                    authentication: {
                        channel: "Test123"
                    },
                    location: {}
                };

                try {
                    const response = await fetch(`https://www.yellowmap.de/api_rst/v2/geojson/geocode?apiKey=${apiKey}`, {
                        method: 'POST',
                        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                        body: JSON.stringify(geocodeRequest)
                    });

                    const geocodeData = await response.json();
                    const geocodeProperties = geocodeData.features[0].properties;

                    const popupContent = `
                        <strong>Geocoded Data:</strong><br>
                        City: ${geocodeProperties.city}<br>
                        City Part: ${geocodeProperties.cityPart}<br>
                        District: ${geocodeProperties.district}<br>
                        Country: ${geocodeProperties.country}<br>
                        Street: ${geocodeProperties.street}<br>
                        ZIP: ${geocodeProperties.zip}<br>
                    `;

                    new smartmapsgl.Popup()
                        .setLngLat(event.lngLat)
                        .setHTML(popupContent)
                        .addTo(map);
                } catch (error) {
                    console.error('Error during geocoding:', error);
                }
            });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>