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React hook that retrieves current user position
import React, {useState} from 'react'
const useLocation = () => {
const initialState = {
latitude: '',
longitude: '',
error: '',
accuracy: '',
timestamp: ''
}
const [userCoordinates, setUserCoordinates] = useState(initialState);
function onSuccess(position) {
setUserCoordinates((prevState) => ({
...prevState,
latitude: position.coords.latitude,
longitude: position.coords.longitude,
accuracy: position.coords.accuracy,
timestamp: position.timestamp,
}))
}
function onError() {
setUserCoordinates((prevState) => ({
...prevState,
error: 'Geolocation is not supported by your browser',
}))
}
if (!navigator.geolocation) {
setUserCoordinates(() => ({
...initialState,
error: 'Geolocation is not supported by your browser',
}))
} else {
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(onSuccess, onError);
}
return (
{
latitude: userCoordinates.latitude,
longitude: userCoordinates.longitude,
timestamp: userCoordinates.timestamp,
accuracy: userCoordinates.accuracy,
error: userCoordinates.error,
}
)
}
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