getCountry.py

import requests
from secrets import key

def getCountry(s):
    '''
    Takes address string as input, queries Google geocoding API and returns country as ISO code
    '''
    tempUrl='http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=%s' % (s)
    res=requests.get(tempUrl)
    
    if len(res.json()['results'])==0:
        return None
    
    for comp in res.json()['results'][0]['address_components']:
        #print comp.keys()
        #print '\t',comp['types']
        if u'country' in comp['types']:
            #print '\t',
            return comp['short_name']
    return None