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Add a marker using a place name

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Add a Marker using a place name or address for its location using the forward geocoder.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Add a marker using a place name</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.8.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.8.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@mapbox/mapbox-sdk/umd/mapbox-sdk.min.js"></script>

<script>
	// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
	// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
	// https://account.mapbox.com
	mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
    const mapboxClient = mapboxSdk({ accessToken: mapboxgl.accessToken });
    mapboxClient.geocoding
        .forwardGeocode({
            query: 'Wellington, New Zealand',
            autocomplete: false,
            limit: 1
        })
        .send()
        .then((response) => {
            if (
                !response ||
                !response.body ||
                !response.body.features ||
                !response.body.features.length
            ) {
                console.error('Invalid response:');
                console.error(response);
                return;
            }
            const feature = response.body.features[0];

            const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
                container: 'map',
                // Choose from Mapbox's core styles, or make your own style with Mapbox Studio
                style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v12',
                center: feature.center,
                zoom: 10
            });

            // Create a marker and add it to the map.
            new mapboxgl.Marker().setLngLat(feature.center).addTo(map);
        });
</script>

</body>
</html>
This code snippet will not work as expected until you replace YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN with an access token from your Mapbox account.
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