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How to get the current location in Javascript?

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To get the current location (latitude and longitude) of the user in JavaScript, you can use the Geolocation API. This API is supported by most modern browsers and enables web applications to access the user’s location information, with the user’s permission.

Here is an example of how to use the Geolocation API to get the current location of the user:

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(success, error);

function success(position) {
  const latitude = position.coords.latitude;
  const longitude = position.coords.longitude;

  console.log(`Your current position is:`);
  console.log(`Latitude : ${latitude}`);
  console.log(`Longitude: ${longitude}`);
}

function error(error) {
  console.error(`Error: ${error.message}`);
}

This code calls the getCurrentPosition() method of the geolocation object, and passes two callback functions as arguments: success and error. If the location information is successfully obtained, the success function will be called with a position object that contains the latitude and longitude of the user’s current location. If an error occurs, the error function will be called with an error object that contains information about the error.

Note that the getCurrentPosition() method may prompt the user for permission to access their location information. The user must grant this permission for the getCurrentPosition() method to succeed.

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