Ask: address
To ask for a specific piece of information
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To ask for a specific piece of information
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The Ask: Address node allows you to request a user's address within a flow.
The node will ask a user for their address, and will perform a lookup via the Google Maps Geocoding API.
To install the skill you need to provide a Google Maps API key. You can read on how to obtain an API key here. After creating your API key, store it in the 'Integrations - Secrets'.
Via the 'Settings - Google Maps' settings page, you can configure boundaries for addresses.
Enable bias to specified region This enables you to only allow addresses which are located in the specified country.
Enable bias to specific boundary Here you can specifiy two points on the map. The outermost north-east part and the outermost south-western part an area. Together they form a square in which the address must be located.
Components filter expression This allows for an even fine grained expression to which the addresses
Once the address is validated from the user. The following built-in variables are available, making it easier for you to build your flow around different parts of the address:
Full address
The complete address on a single line
Longitude
The longitude of the address location, e.g. 4.897070
Latitude
The latitude of the address location, e.g. 52.377956
Name
In case a POI (Point of Interest) was provided, this will be the name of the POI
Postal Code
The postal code (zipcode) of the address
Country Code
The ISO 3166-2 country code
Country
The full name of the country
City
The city
Subpremise
When an address is split into multiple subpremises, e.g. "E" in 92-E Clapham Street
Street number
The house number on the street
Street
The street name
Question
The initial message to ask for the users' address
Yes
Remember
To store the variable in the user object.
No
Assign to
The variable where the collected zipcode will be stored.
No
