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How to parse freeform street/postal address out of text, and into components
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I have found C# & Perl libraries that look good for Street Address parsing.
https://usaddress.codeplex.com/
http://search.cpan.org/~timb/Geo-StreetAddress-US-1.04/US.pm
Is there ColdFusion code -or- something that can be run from CF to do the same job?
If you need to parse & validate, you could use the SmartyStreets.com LiveAddress API. A ColdFusion CFC from 2011 is available that will connect, validate the address and return a JSON struct of a lot more location-based data for that address.
http://smartystreets.riaforge.org/
SmartyStreets also has javascript Address Autocomplete API so you can include it on any web-based form to ensure that incoming addresses are validated before you ever save it to your back-end database (including the identification & full separation of address parts).
Check out the features... it's more robust than any offline library:
https://smartystreets.com/features
The only downside is that is a paid service and you can only process 250 addresses for free each month:
https://smartystreets.com/free-address-verification
In addition to using the CFC, I use separate wrapper for SmartyStreet's "Smartylist" (a command-line tool). It basically uploads a CSV file and returns the same file with additional columns with the original submitted data.
https://smartystreets.com/docs/smartylist/command-line-tool
"Address Cleaner" is a ColdFusion ColdBox plugin that uses JGeoCoder.
https://github.com/angelseye/Address-Cleaner
http://jgeocoder.sourceforge.net/
Once the JAR file is installed, you can call the CFC using the following methods and it will return matches to the following keys CITY, LINE2, NUMBER, PREDIR, STATE, STREET, TYPE, ZIP. (NOTE: You'll need to modify the CFC if you aren't using the Coldbox framework.):
clearAddressString = addressCleaner.cleanAddress(FullAddressString);
addressStruct = addressCleaner.getAddressStruct(FullAddressString);
Another java option could be used with ColdFusion is "International Address Parser". (Multiple country packs are available, but no prices are listed.)
http://www.address-parser.net/product-java.php
http://address-parser.net/documentation/documentation.php#java
I have written a preliminary parser of address and zip. Here is a snippet to get you started (https://bitbucket.org/snippets/mrrobwad/KR9Mg):
<cfset loc.SOURCETEXT = "123 ABC Street, Any Town, MA 12345">
<cfset loc.array_zip_code = REMatchNoCase("[-:.\s][0-9]{5}([-][0-9]{4})?",loc.SOURCETEXT)>
<cfif ArrayLen(loc.array_zip_code) GT 0>
<cfset loc.ZIP = REReplaceNoCase(loc.array_zip_code[1],"[-:.\s]","","All")>
<b>ZIP:</b>
<cfdump var="#loc.ZIP#">
</cfif>
<br><br>
<cfset loc.street_types = "STREET|ST|DRIVE|DR|AVENUE|AVE|ROAD|RD|LOOP|COURT|CT|CIR|CIRCLE|LANE|LN|BOULEVARD|BLVD">
<cfset loc.array_street_type = REMatchNoCase("(\s)+(#loc.street_types#)[^a-zA-Z]",loc.SOURCETEXT)>
<cfif ArrayLen(loc.array_street_type) GT 0>
<cfset loc.street_address_trimmed = Left(loc.SOURCETEXT,FindNoCase(loc.array_street_type[1],loc.SOURCETEXT)+Len(loc.array_street_type[1]))>
<cfset loc.array_street_address = REMatchNoCase("(\d{1,5})+(\s([a-zA-Z])+)+",loc.street_address_trimmed)>
<cfif ArrayLen(loc.array_street_address) GT 0>
<cfset loc.ADDRESS = loc.array_street_address[1]>
<b>ADDRESS:</b>
<cfdump var="#loc.ADDRESS#">
</cfif>
</cfif>
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I've done a bit of searching but just can't put it all together. Here's what I need:
I'd like someone to surf to:
www.mysite.com/thisPlace
and have it redirect them to
www.mysite.com/template.cfm?pm=ms&loc_id=4
To do so, I somehow need to capture that they didn't request an existing file in their http request and run a .cfm page that queried the database for a record where locationName = 'thisPlace' and then redirect them to a page like
template.cfm?pm=ms&loc_id=4, where 4 is the record id of the row that matched 'thisPlace'
If your default document in IIS is set to index.cfm you could create a folder (directory) called "thisPlace" and place an index.cfm file that contains nothing but a <cflocation> tag and the accompanying query/logic to figure the URL.
Website.com/thisPlace would then function as you describe.
Edit:
You could add a custom 404 page...
Make it a .cfm file instead of html. Scan the template path to see what the user is looking for. If you find it in your database, redirect them there, else redirect them to a general 404 page.
<!---Up to a certain point (the directory in which you store your code) this will always be the same so you can hard-code your number --->
<cfset QueryConstant = #LEFT(CGI.CF_Template_Path, 22)#>
<!---Find the overall length of the template path. --->
<cfset QueryVariable = #Len(CGI.CF_Template_Path)#>
<!---Take whatever is past your QueryConstant (AKA the string that produces a 404 error.) --->
<cfset theRightNumber = QueryVariable - 22>
<cfset QuerySearchString = #RIGHT(CGI.CF_Template_Path, theRightNumber)#>
<cfquery name="ListOfLocations" datasource="CRM">
SELECT TOP 1 LocationID
FROM LocationTable
WHERE LocationName LIKE '%#QuerySearchString#%'
</cfquery>
<cfif ListOfLocations.recordcount>
<cflocation url="/SomePage.cfm?LocationID=#ListOfLocations.LocationID#">
<cfelse>
<cflocation url="/Regular404page.html">
</cfif>
Thanks guys! Huge help! Using your inputs, here's what I did:
(had to use QUERY_STRING instead of CF_Template_Path, as CF_Template_Path did not pass along anything after the url of the custom error page.
I set up a custom 404 error Execute URL in IIS to a file named check404error.cfm.
When someone looks for www.example.com/thisPlace, IIS sends them to http://www.example.com/check404error.cfm. I use the CGI.QUERY_STRING (404;http://www.example.com:443/thisPlace) to ultimately get the "thisPlace" string to search with.
<!---Up to a certain point (the directory in which you store your code) this will always be the same so you can hard-code your number --->
<cfset QueryConstant = #LEFT(CGI.QUERY_STRING, 31)#>
<!---Find the overall length of the template path. --->
<!---31 is the length of '404;http://www.example.com:443/' --->
<cfset QueryVariable = #Len(CGI.QUERY_STRING)#>
<!---Take whatever is past your QueryConstant (AKA the string that produces a 404 error.) --->
<cfset theRightNumber = QueryVariable - 31>
<cfset QuerySearchString = #RIGHT(CGI.QUERY_STRING, theRightNumber)#>
<cfquery name="ListOfLocations" datasource="#request.dsn#">
SELECT location.id
FROM location WHERE url_name = <cfqueryparam value="#QuerySearchString#" cfsqltype="CF_SQL_VARCHAR" maxlength="255"> LIMIT 1
</cfquery>
<cfif ListOfLocations.recordcount>
<cflocation url="https://example.com/template.cfm?pm=ms&loc_id=#ListOfLocations.id#" addtoken="no" statusCode="301">
<cfelse>
<cflocation url="/404error.cfm" addtoken="no">
</cfif>
This is how most popular MVC Framework work today, by parsing out the URL segments.
Do you have access to any kind of URL rewrite software?
Since you are using IIS it has a built in rewrite engine where you could simply rewrite these kind of requests to a known file saving you the overhead of sending a 404 reply and parsing that out and having more request created as a result of that.
See http://wiki.coldbox.org/wiki/URLMappings.cfm for details. We use the Isapi rewrite version version to do just what you are asking for
Receive request for www.mysite.com/thisPlace
thisPlace isn't a directory
thisPlace isn't a file
Resend to index.cfm or a location of your chosing for additional parsing
Helicon Rewrite sends an HTTP header named HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL with the original requested URL so parsing it out is then very easy.
This all happens inline withing the one request so the client is never redirected.
Anyone know a way to create dynamic subdomains in coldfusion 11 without having to add them to a dns server?
I want to be able to redirect each of my clients in a personalized subdomain every time they log in to my system.
ex: client1.example.com client2.example.com
This works if your site is hosted in a Windows IIS server.
If you are using IIS then the following can help you. Use loops and conditions as your requirements.
<!--- Provide you IIS SiteName --->
<cfset siteName = "Your IIS Site Name">
<!--- Your new domain address --->
<cfset newSiteBinding = "client2.example.com">
<!--- your port address --->
<cfset newSitePort = 80>
<cfset fileID = createUUID()>
<cfsavecontent variable="ex"><cfoutput>cd %windir%\system32\inetsrv
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\APPCMD set site /site.name: #siteName# /+bindings.[protocol='http',bindingInformation='*:#newSitePort#:#newSiteBinding#']</cfoutput>
</cfsavecontent>
<cffile action = "write"
file = "E:\#fileID#.bat"
output = "#ex#"
/>
<cfexecute name="E:\#fileID#.bat"
arguments="/c set"
variable="data"
timeout="10"
/>
<cffile action = "delete"
file = "E:\#fileID#.bat"
>
What we are basically doing is that we are creating a .bat file and executing it using cfexecute. Please note that you need to be careful with the paths because the Directory structure might be different in your server.
.BAT file content Example
cd %windir%\system32\inetsrv
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\APPCMD set site /site.name: example /+bindings.[protocol='http',bindingInformation='client2.example.com:80:*']
How the command works. Notice the + at /+bindings?
That means adding a new binding and /-bindings tries to remove an existing binding.
I have an cfmail function set-up in a particular file, email_output.cfm, which requires an ID passed to it to work properly, like email_output.cfm?ID=1. I want to set up a cron job that runs through a query returning the various needed IDs to pass. In testing, I can do the following:
<cflocation url="email_output.cfm?ID=10" >
But, since cflocation stops all other execution and opens another page, I can't loop through it. How would I pass parameters from a query to a single CF page multiple times?
Thanks - Joe
A custom tag sample implementation of this...
If this is your first time using a custom tag, it's easiest to put it in the same folder as the page calling it. There are a few options for putting it in a different directory, but let's start simple.
EmailMembers.cfm
<cfquery name="GetUIDs">
select userid from users
</cfquery>
<cfoutput query="GetUIDs">
<cf_maileach uid="#userID#">
</cfoutput>
Notice how I called my tag cf_maileach?
In the same directory, place maileach.cfm, see how the names match?
maileach.cfm
<cfif StructKeyExists(attributes,"uid") and val(attributes.uid) gt 0>
<cfquery name="getinfo">
select fname,lname,email
from users
where userID = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_integer" value="#attributes.uid#">
</cfquery>
<cfmail to="#getinfo.email#" subject="Hi #getinfo.fname#">...</cfmail>
</cfif>
Notes
Depending on your version of cf, and whether you're using application.cfc or not, there are several ways to place a custom tag in an outside directory. There is also <cfmodule>
This is a sample only, something this basic is redundant, I was just trying to mimic what asker outlined. In this sample, I'm calling a query that could get all the data, only to use it to query row by row.
If you're not familiar with <cfqueryparam>, look it up, use it, love it.
Edit: While a CFHTTP method can serve this purpose, it suffers a few problems
Sessions are not automatically passed (even if the requesting server and destination server are the same.).
The page is accessed like a browser request. Application/OnRequestEnd are processed (and since session info is passed as well, this can cause problems trying to access files in secured areas.
Because of the above, the page would need to be in a folder with its own Application file to negate any application files above it in the directory hierarchy.
To combat 1, 2, and 3, You'd need to code in a layer of security, similar to your application's own security, so that the file is not vulnerable should the url be found.
Each call to the file via cfhttp would need to invoke some extra security checking.
It is significantly slower. In a very simple test with a zero-content application.cfc, the custom tag method was executing in literally <= 1/100th of the time. As actual function is added to the method, the difference in results would change.
Here is some sample code to test this yourself.
Contents of folder "safe":
Application.cfc
[ blank file, to negate my testing site's actual application.cfc ]
Testrun.cfm
<cfoutput><cfset starttick = GetTickCount()>
<cfloop from="1" to="20" index="i">
<cfhttp url="http://mysamesite.com/safe/http.cfm?u=#i#" method="get" result="test">
#test.filecontent#<br>
</cfloop>
CFHTTP Execution Time: #(GetTickCount() - starttick)#<br><br>
<cfset starttick = GetTickCount()>
<cfloop from="1" to="20" index="i">
<cf_testtag u="#i#"><br>
</cfloop>
CustomTag Execution Time: #(GetTickCount() - starttick)#<br><br>
</cfoutput>
testtag.cfm
<cfoutput>The ID entered was #attributes.u#</cfoutput>
http.cfm
<cfoutput>The ID entered was #url.u#</cfoutput>
Results (in milliseconds)
Each test was 20 passes at HTTP and 20 Passes at the custom tag.
CFHTTP Tag
661ms 6ms
1624 5
616 5
460 4
522 6
816 4
You can do this by using cfhttp also
<cfquery name="GetUIDs">
select userid from users
</cfquery>
<cfloop query="GetUIDs">
<cfhttp url="http://localhost:8500/cf10/test.cfm?id=#userid#" method="get" result="test">
</cfloop>
After trying for about an hour without success... (coldfusion8) a dummy question, but I*m stuck:
My URL (Jquery Mobile, no pushstate, that's why it looks like it is):
http://www.page.de/test/mem/search.cfm#/test/mem/search.cfm?id=9900000003869
If I output:
<cfdump output="e:\website\dump.txt" label="catch" var="#url#">
I get this:
catch - struct
ID: 9900000003869
But how do i access it... I'm trying forever, nothing works:
<cfdump output="e:\website\dump.txt" label="catch" var="#id#">
<cfdump output="e:\website\dump.txt" label="catch" var="#ID#">
<cfdump output="e:\website\dump.txt" label="catch" var="#url.id#">
<cfdump output="e:\website\dump.txt" label="catch" var="#url.ID#">
<cfdump output="e:\website\dump.txt" label="catch" var="#StructGetValue(url,"id")d#">
...
Thanks for helping!
Ok... This works:
URL = http://www.page.de/test/mem/search.cfm#/test/mem/search.cfm?id=9900000003869
<cfset objRequest = GetPageContext().GetRequest() />
<cfset strUrl = right( objRequest.GetRequestUrl().Append( "?" & objRequest.GetQueryString() ).ToString(), 13)>
Credit
If someone finds an easier, please post. I will check as answer.
You're trying to read this from a txt file?
Can you not simply use:
<cfdump label="catch" var="#url.id#" />
Does that work?
EDIT:
Could you try capturing and formatting what you need first then after, writing it to the file?
For example, try using:
<cfsavecontent variable="myFileContents">
<cfoutput>#url.id#</cfoutput>
</cfsavecontent>
<cffile action="Write" file="e:\website\dump.txt" output="#myFileContents#" />
I have not tested this code, but give it a go and see!
Might want to put a check on that URL variable too using isDefined()
Good luck.
Doing some research on fragment identifiers (which is a new term to me :( )prompted by Peter and Duncan's comments, I've found from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragment_identifier
The fragment identifier functions differently than the rest of the
URI: namely, its processing is exclusively client-side with no
participation from the server — of course the server typically helps
to determine the MIME type, and the MIME type determines the
processing of fragments. When an agent (such as a Web browser)
requests a resource from a Web server, the agent sends the URI to
the server, but does not send the fragment. Instead, the agent waits
for the server to send the resource, and then the agent processes the
resource according to the document type and fragment value.
now, being your client IS sending the fragment and the url variable is accessible to you for some reason, using it is done by my original post to follow.
<cfoutput>
is generally how you output a variable or other evaluations to the screen.
<cfset myName = "Travis">
<cfoutput>Hello, my name is #myName#</cfoutput>
You can also access the variable by using it in a statement that doesn't output anywhere.
<cfset myFullName = myName & " Mak">
You can also use the variables in a query
<cfquery name = "qSomeQuery" datasource = "#application.dsn#">
select * from table where id = #url.id#
</cfquery>
However, that's the bad way to use it in a query, you should always use cfquery param.
<cfquery name = "qSomeQuery" datasource = "#application.dsn#">
select * from table where id = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_integer" value="#url.id#">
</cfquery>
The problem you're having in testing the variable is due to incorrect syntax.
<cfif isDefined("url.id")> verses <cfif isDefined(url.id)> a more accurate test is <cfif structKeyExists(url, "id")>
For some reason my CF server truncates everything in the url after the # but yours doesn't seem to have this problem. As your cfdump states, you can see your url variables so "accessing" the url variable is as easy as using it: #url.id# or testing it <cfif isDefined("url.id")>
I am using ColdFusion 8.0.1.
I created a UDF library and put it in a CFC. I load the library in the APPLICTION scope like this:
// CREATE STRUCTURE OBJECTS
if (not isDefined("APPLICATION.AppOBJ") or not isStruct(APPLICATION.AppOBJ)) {
APPLICATION.AppOBJ = structNew();
APPLICATION.AppOBJ.udf_library = createObject("component", "udf.udf_library");
}
The library works great! But I want to reduce the code needed to access the functions, to shorten the reference. Currently, I have to access the functions like this:
APPLICATION.AppOBJ.udf_library.myFunction();
I want to be able to reference this library object as "UDF", like this:
UDF.myFunction();
In another ColdFusion 9 project (Again, this is a CF8 project!), I am able to do this right after I create the ojbect
<cfset udf = APPLICATION.AppOBJ.udf_library>
In the current project, this doesn't work in the application.cfm file. It DOES however, work when I put it on the page that it is being used.
My question is how far upstream can I put this last line of code to have the variable available on any page in the application? Is there a difference between CF8 and CF9 for this type of thing? Is the difference because I am working in application.CFM versus application.CFC?
Thanks!!!
-- EDIT -- MORE INFORMATION ---
The files that I am trying to access the APPLICATION.AppOBJ.udf_library object are within a custom tag. Might that matter?
-- ANSWER -- THANKS TO MICAH AND BEN NADEL ---
I haven't tried this yet but I think it should work as the idea comes from Ben Nadel's blog entry entitled Creating Globally Accessible User Defined Functions In ColdFusion (Safer Version)
<cfcomponent output="false" hint="I define the application settings and event handlers.">
<!--- Define the application. --->
<cfset this.name = "TestApp" >
<cfset this.applicationTimeout = createTimeSpan( 0, 0, 5, 0 ) >
<!---
Add all of our "global" methods to the URL scope. Since
ColdFusion will automatically seach the URL scope for
non-scoped variables, it will find our non-scoped method
names.
--->
<cfset structAppend( url, createObject( "component", "udf.udf_library" ) ) >
</cfcomponent>
You should now be able to access MyFunction() globally.
If you want to access the function as UDF.MyFunction() then I think you should be able modify Ben's example to the following:
<cfset UDF = StructNew() >
<cfset structAppend( UDF, createObject( "component", "udf.udf_library" ) ) >
<cfset structAppend( url, UDF ) >