Will Wix allow me to load and parse a gpx file?

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Hello everyone!
I am going to try Wix for making a site about mountain hiking tracks.
I just wonder if I am able to implement the following functionality on Wix:

  1. Store tracks data in DB table (images, description, links on YouTube videos, gps files), search and filter tracks and display them on a template-based pages with embedded videos and map?

  2. Will wix allow me to run a JS that will load, parse, and display a gpx file over an embedded map? Code example is here: 142.93.43.97/mapG.html

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A gpx file is an XML file. You should be able to parse using one of the various XML parsers available through the Wix Package Manager : As you can see from the screenshot, there are a number of packages already available. I used the xml-js NPM library for one of my projects and it worked fine.

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You didn’t explain what exactly you mean by “display a gpx file over an embedded map”, but I assume it’s something like showing a route, or marking points on the map. You can probably do this using the map’s API.

Here is an example of a site using an embedded Google map:
Multiple Markers in Google Maps
Embed Google Map on your site with multiple location markers, marker clustering, and custom controls using the HTML component.

Using the map example as a starting point, you might be able to use other Google map API features to display the gpx data on the map.

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Thank you.
I will try to do that

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Hey Oleg, were you able to get this working?

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Yes: https://www.wix.com/velo/forum/coding-with-velo/how-can-i-read-file-content-from-collection