Python solution to the GoEuroTest

goeuro_test.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
"""
Created by Christian Stade-Schuldt on 2013-11-12.
"""

import sys
import os
import csv
import json
import urllib


def main():
    url = "http://pre.dev.goeuro.de:12345/api/v1/suggest/position/en/name/"
    parameter = "ber"
    response = urllib.urlopen(url+parameter)
    data = json.loads(response.read())
    results = []
    for result in data["results"]:
        _type = result["_type"]
        _id = result["_id"]
        _name = result["name"]
        _latitude = result["geo_position"]["latitude"]
        _longitude = result["geo_position"]["longitude"]
        results.append([_type, _id, _name, _latitude, _longitude])
        
    with open("output.csv", "wb") as f:
        writer = csv.writer(f)
        for result in results:
            writer.writerow(result)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()