distance_matrix.md

Distance Matrix

The Google Distance Matrix API is a service that provides travel distance and time for a matrix of origins and destinations. The information returned is based on the recommended route between start and end points, as calculated by the Google Maps API, and consists of rows containing duration and distance values for each pair.

This service does not return detailed route information. Route information can be obtained by passing the desired single origin and destination to the Direction API.

Dependencies

The Distance Matrix API requires an http client and a serializer. The library relies respectively on Httplug which is an http client abstraction library and the Ivory Serializer which is an advanced (de)-serialization library.

To install them, read this documentation.

Configuration

By default, the distance matrix service is disabled. In order to enable the service, you need to configure it.

Http client and message factory

The http client and message factory are mandatory. They define which http client and message factory the distance matrix service will use for issuing http requests.

First, configure the Httplug bundle.

httplug:
    classes:
        client: Http\Adapter\Guzzle6\Client
        message_factory: Http\Message\MessageFactory\GuzzleMessageFactory
    clients:
        acme:
            factory: httplug.factory.guzzle6

Then, configure the Google Map bundle:

ivory_google_map:
    distance_matrix:
        client: httplug.client.default
        message_factory: httplug.message_factory.default

Format

The format allows you to use json/xml format for your http request:

ivory_google_map:
    distance_matrix:
        format: json

Api key

The API key allows you to bypass Google limitation according to your account plan:

ivory_google_map:
    distance_matrix:
        api_key: ~

Business account

The business account allows you to use Google Premium account:

ivory_google_map:
    distance_matrix:
        business_account:
            client_id: ~
            secret: ~
            channel: ~

Usage

Once you have configured your distance matrix service, you can fetch it from the container and use it as explained in the documentation

use Ivory\GoogleMap\Service\Base\Location\AddressLocation;
use Ivory\GoogleMap\Service\DistanceMatrix\DistanceMatrixRequest;

$request = new DistanceMatrixRequest(
   [new AddressLocation('Vancouver BC')], 
   [new AddressLocation('San Francisco')]
);

$response = $this->container->get('ivory.google_map.distance_matrix')->process($request);