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Using Python requests and the Google Maps Geocoding API
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# Using Python requests and the Google Maps Geocoding API. | |
# | |
# References: | |
# | |
# * http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/ | |
# * https://developers.google.com/maps/ | |
import requests | |
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_URL = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json' | |
params = { | |
'address': '221B Baker Street, London, United Kingdom', | |
'sensor': 'false', | |
'region': 'uk' | |
} | |
# Do the request and get the response data | |
req = requests.get(GOOGLE_MAPS_API_URL, params=params) | |
res = req.json() | |
# Use the first result | |
result = res['results'][0] | |
geodata = dict() | |
geodata['lat'] = result['geometry']['location']['lat'] | |
geodata['lng'] = result['geometry']['location']['lng'] | |
geodata['address'] = result['formatted_address'] | |
print('{address}. (lat, lng) = ({lat}, {lng})'.format(**geodata)) | |
# 221B Baker Street, London, Greater London NW1 6XE, UK. (lat, lng) = (51.5237038, -0.1585531) | |
After adding the key to params:
params = {
'address': '221B Baker Street, London, United Kingdom',
'sensor': 'false',
'region': 'uk',
'key' : 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
}
This is what i get from the terminal output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:/Users/Documents/google api key print.py", line 24, in
result = res['results'][0]
IndexError: list index out of range
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Just tried RyanKor's solution above (August 2021) ; it worked!
I've re-written his instructions (on adding the Geocoding API to your Google Cloud Platform project, then getting that's project's API key)
To get a google API key:
Note it's not free, but the cost is very minimal: $6.29 per 1K requests.
Here is what a key looks like (note this is not an actual working key; you'll have to get your own):
XIzaCymizrfTr77GlKxYb7BhqQmo5qImd3ZFZto
So params looks like:
params = {'address': 'Mountain View, CA',
'sensor': 'false', 'key': 'XIzaCymizrfTr77GlKxYb7BhqQmo5qImd3ZFZto'}
(There's also an optional 'region' key that I didn't include here)