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Created December 15, 2019 21:30
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Get nearby venues using Foursquare API
def getNearbyVenues(names, latitudes, longitudes, radius=500, LIMIT = 100):
venues_list=[]
for name, lat, lng in zip(names, latitudes, longitudes):
print(name)
# create the API request URL
url = 'https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/explore?&client_id={}&client_secret={}&v={}&ll={},{}&radius={}&limit={}'.format(
CLIENT_ID,
CLIENT_SECRET,
VERSION,
lat,
lng,
radius,
LIMIT)
# make the GET request
results = requests.get(url).json()["response"]['groups'][0]['items']
# return only relevant information for each nearby venue
venues_list.append([(
name,
lat,
lng,
v['venue']['name'],
v['venue']['location']['lat'],
v['venue']['location']['lng'],
v['venue']['categories'][0]['name']) for v in results])
nearby_venues = pd.DataFrame([item for venue_list in venues_list for item in venue_list])
nearby_venues.columns = ['Suburb',
'Suburb Latitude',
'Suburb Longitude',
'Venue',
'Venue Latitude',
'Venue Longitude',
'Venue Category']
return(nearby_venues)
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