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I am doing a city/state/country lookup using JSON from a secure https checkout page on my site. Because I am accessing http://ws.geonames.org/searchJSON, it makes my page not secure. Is there a way to securely access https://ws.geonames.org.....

source: function( request, response ) {
$.ajax({
url: "http://ws.geonames.org/searchJSON",
dataType: "jsonp",
data: {
featureClass: "P",
style: "full",
maxRows: 12,
name_startsWith: request.term
},
success: function( data ) {
response(
$.map( data.geonames,
function( item ) {
return {
label: item.name + (item.adminName1 ? ", " + item.adminName1 : "") + ", " + item.countryName,
value: item.name,
cc: item.countryCode
}
})
);
}
});
},

a secure endpoint is only available for premium users.

Marc

Marc, Thanks for the reply. So if I purchase one of the Best Price Plans to start out with, the only coding I would have to change would be the url and I suppose add a username type field for verification?

yes, the domain is different.

The free services on api.geonames.org actually also require a username, you are just using the deprecated server on ws.geonames.org

Marc

yes, the domain is different.

The free services on api.geonames.org actually also require a username, you are just using the deprecated server on ws.geonames.org

ws.geonames.org is deprecated, use api.geonames.org instead
http://geonames.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/application-identification-for-free-geonames-web-services/

Marc