pseudo api using google content service to mashup urbarama

urbaramaMashup.gs

// this will return data from urbarama mashup of geocoding an urbarama query
// api?address=someaddressneedinggeocoding&within=numberofkilometersfromaddress
function doGet(e) {
    return ContentService
            .createTextOutput(JSON.stringify (urbaramaMashup(e)))
            .setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);     
}
function urbaramaMashup(e) {
  // lets decode the arguments
   var content = null ;
   if (!e.parameter) {
     content = {error: "parameters not found"} ;
   }
   else if (!e.parameter.address) {
     content = {error: "address parameter not found", parameters : e } ;
   }
   else {
     // geocode it
     var s = e.parameter.address;
     // default 20 kms
     var d = e.parameter.within ? mcpher.CDbl (e.parameter.within) : 20;
     var cr = mcpher.restQuery(undefined, "yahoo geocode", s, false,
                    undefined ,undefined , undefined, false, undefined, false) ;
     if(cr) {
       try {
         var lat = mcpher.CDbl(cr.jObject().find("latitude").value()) ;
         var lon = mcpher.CDbl(cr.jObject().find("longitude").value()) ;
       }
       catch (err) {
         content = {error: "could not geocode " + s, errormessage : err, parameters : e } ;
       }
       if (!content) {
         // still no errors.. press on
        var cru = mcpher.generalQuery(undefined, "urbarama", 
              "&miny=" + mcpher.CStr(mcpher.getLatFromDistance(lat, d, -135)) +
              "&minx=" + mcpher.CStr(mcpher.getLonFromDistance(lat, lon, d, -135)) +
              "&maxy=" + mcpher.CStr(mcpher.getLatFromDistance(lat, d, 45)) +
              "&maxx=" + mcpher.CStr(mcpher.getLonFromDistance(lat, lon, d, 45)), false, 
              undefined ,undefined , undefined, false, undefined, false) ;
        
       }
       if (!cr) {
         content = {error: "unable to query " + e.parameter.shortname, parameters: e } ;
       }
       else {
         content = cru.jObject().toNative();
       }
     }
     else {
        content = {error: "could not get geocode rest entry", parameters : e } ;
     }
    }
    return content;
}
// just a tester
function t() {
  var e = { parameter: 
            {address : "london",
             within  : 10
            }
          };
  Logger.log(JSON.stringify(urbaramaMashup(e)));
}

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