Attempt to calculate commuting time trends to work and back during rush hour

Commute-Tracking.py

# Recording Daily Commute History
# West Queen West <----> North York
# Approx Route: Gardiner eastbound - D.V.P. northboutd - Eglinton Ave. E.
# Google Distance Matrix API
# https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distancematrix/

'''The departure time may be specified by Google Maps API for Business customers 
for to specify the departure_time to receive trip duration considering current 
traffic conditions. The departure_time must be set to within a few minutes of the current time.'''

'''Use of the Distance Matrix API must relate to the display of information on a Google Map;
for example, to determine origin-destination pairs that fall within a specific driving time 
from one another, before requesting and displaying those destinations on a map. Use of the 
service in an application that doesn't display a Google map is prohibited.'''


from datetime import datetime
import time

API_KEY = ""

def CalcCommute():
  origin = ""
  destination = ""
  mode = "driving"
  depart_time = int(time.mktime(datetime.now().timetuple()))
  
  url = ("https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json?"
  "origins={0}&destinations={1}&mode={2}&departure_time={3}&key={4}").format(origin,
                                                                        destination,
                                                                        mode,
                                                                        depart_time,
                                                                        API_KEY)


current_hour = int(datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%H'))
week_day = datetime.today().weekday() # Returns integer, where Monday is 0 and Sunday is 6.

if 7 <= current_hour <= 10:
  CalcCommute()
elif 15 <= current_hour <= 18:
  CalcCommute()
else:
  # outside window of interest
  pass

As far as I can tell, drive times is not available unless you have Google Maps API for Business ($)