address validation using google maps - meteor

Question

I'm trying to do address validation using google api within a Meteor Platform. What's the best way to achieve that?
I tried this but I'm facing a lot of trouble. Is there a more structured way to do that in Meteor?
<div class="page">
<div id="main">
<form id="MyForm" name="MyForm" action="form.html">
<div id="map_canvas" style="float: right; height: 200px; width: 400px;"></div>
<div>
<label for="Name">
Name</label>
<input id="Name" name="Name" type="text" />
</div>
<div>
<label for="FullAddress">
Address</label>
<textarea id="FullAddress" name="FullAddress" cols="40" rows="5" class="fulladdressvalidator"></textarea>
</div>
<div>
<input id="Submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" type="button" />
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
// The following code show execute only after the page is fully loaded
$(document).ready(function () {
if ($('#MyForm').exists()) {
// Enable jQuery Validation for the form
$("#MyForm").validate({ onkeyup: false });
// Add validation rules to the FullAddress field
$("#FullAddress").rules("add", {
fulladdress: true,
required: true,
messages: {
fulladdress: "Google cannot locate this address."
}
});
// This function will be executed when the form is submitted
function FormSubmit() {
$.submitForm = true;
if (!$('#MyForm').valid()) {
return false;
} else {
if ($("#FullAddress").data("IsChecking") == true) {
$("#FullAddress").data("SubmitForm", true);
return false;
}
alert('Form Valid! Submit!');
// return true; // Uncomment to submit the form.
return false; // Supress the form submission for test purpose.
}
}
// Attach the FormSubmit function to the Submit button
if ($('#Submit').exists()) {
$("#Submit").click(FormSubmit);
}
// Execute the ForumSubmit function when the form is submitted
$('#MyForm').submit(FormSubmit);
}
});
// Create a jQuery exists method
jQuery.fn.exists = function () { return jQuery(this).length > 0; }
// Position the Google Map
function Map(elementId, geolocation) {
var myOptions = {
zoom: 13,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(elementId), myOptions);
map.setCenter(geolocation);
}
// FullAddress jQuery Validator
function FullAddressValidator(value, element, paras) {
// Convert the value variable into something a bit more descriptive
var CurrentAddress = value;
// If the address is blank, then this is for the required validator to deal with.
if (value.length == 0) {
return true;
}
// If we've already validated this address, then just return the previous result
if ($(element).data("LastAddressValidated") == CurrentAddress) {
return $(element).data("IsValid");
}
// We have a new address to validate, set the IsChecking flag to true and set the LastAddressValidated to the CurrentAddress
$(element).data("IsChecking", true);
$(element).data("LastAddressValidated", CurrentAddress);
// Google Maps doesn't like line-breaks, remove them
CurrentAddress = CurrentAddress.replace(/\n/g, "");
// Create a new Google geocoder
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
geocoder.geocode({ 'address': CurrentAddress }, function (results, status) {
// The code below only gets run after a successful Google service call has completed.
// Because this is an asynchronous call, the validator has already returned a 'true' result
// to supress an error message and then cancelled the form submission. The code below
// needs to fetch the true validation from the Google service and then re-execute the
// jQuery form validator to display the error message. Futhermore, if the form was
// being submitted, the code below needs to resume that submit.
// Google reported a valid geocoded address
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
// Get the formatted Google result
var address = results[0].formatted_address;
// Count the commas in the fomatted address.
// This doesn't look great, but it helps us understand how specific the geocoded address
// is. For example, "CA" will geocde to "California, USA".
numCommas = address.match(/,/g).length;
// A full street address will have at least 3 commas. Alternate techniques involve
// fetching the address_components returned by Google Maps. That code looks even more ugly.
if (numCommas >= 3) {
// Replace the first comma found with a line-break
address = address.replace(/, /, "\n");
// Remove USA from the address (remove this, if this is important to you)
address = address.replace(/, USA$/, "");
// Check for the map_canvas, if it exists then position the Google Map
if ($("#map_canvas").exists()) {
$("#map_canvas").show();
Map("map_canvas", results[0].geometry.location);
}
// Set the textarea value to the geocoded address
$(element).val(address);
// Cache this latest result
$(element).data("LastAddressValidated", address);
// We have a valid geocoded address
$(element).data("IsValid", true);
} else {
// Google Maps was able to geocode the address, but it wasn't specific
// enough (not enough commas) to be a valid street address.
$(element).data("IsValid", false);
}
// Otherwise the address is invalid
} else {
$(element).data("IsValid", false);
}
// We're no longer in the midst of validating
$(element).data("IsChecking", false);
// Get the parent form element for this address field
var form = $(element).parents('form:first');
// This code is being run after the validation for this field,
// if the form was being submitted before this validtor was
// called then we need to re-submit the form.
if ($(element).data("SubmitForm") == true) {
form.submit();
} else {
// Re-validate this property so we can return the result.
form.validate().element(element);
}
});
// The FullAddress validator always returns 'true' when initially called.
// The true result will be return later by the geocode function (above)
return true;
}
// Define a new jQuery Validator method
$.validator.addMethod("fulladdress", FullAddressValidator);
</script>

Answer 1

To achieve this in a Meteor way you should put your html into a template:
<template name="tplExample">
<div class="page">
{{somedata}}
</div>
</template>
Then you can write your events and helpers for this template in a .js file:
Template['tplExample'].events({
//this scopes just elements from tplExample
"submit #Myform": function(e){/*handle the event*/ }
})
Template['tplExample'].rendered = function(){
// The following code show execute only after the page is fully loaded
}
Template['tplExample'].helpers({
//this scopes just elements from tplExample
some_data: function(){ /*handle data validation*/}
})
Take a look here https://www.discovermeteor.com/blog/a-look-at-a-meteor-template/