[SOLVED] Geokit Gem :Uninitialized Constant

Geokit Gem :Uninitialized Constant

so I just want to extract the longitude/latitude coordinates from a regular address(string). I went to geokit gem documentation and did precisely what was documented, yet I keep getting this error: "NameError: uninitialized constant Geokit::Geocoders::OpenSSL"

I added "geokit" to the gemfile and this:

require 'rubygems'
require 'geokit'




def get_coordinates
  @a = Geokit::Geocoders::GoogleGeocoder.geocode '140 Market St, San Francisco, CA'
  @a.ll
end

I've also tried adding this before, but to no avail. Geokit::Geocoders::GoogleGeocoder.api_key = api_key

I just want coordinates, if this isn't a viable solution, can someone recommend another geocoder. I tried the railscasts but couldn't get that to work either. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks!

Solution

Add require 'openssl' before require 'geokit'.

Geokit does not automatically include the required OpenSSL gem.