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//
// GooglePlaces.swift
//
// Created by Kirby Shabaga on 9/8/14.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Ref: https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/search#PlaceSearchRequests
//
// Example search
//
// https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=-33.8670522,151.1957362&radius=500&types=food&name=cruise&key=AddYourOwnKeyHere
//
// required parameters: key, location, radius
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
import CoreLocation
import Foundation
import MapKit
protocol GooglePlacesDelegate {
func googlePlacesSearchResult([MKMapItem])
}
class GooglePlaces {
let URL = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?"
let LOCATION = "location="
let RADIUS = "radius="
var KEY = "key="
var delegate : GooglePlacesDelegate? = nil
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// init requires google.plist with key "places-key"
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
init() {
var path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("google", ofType: "plist")
var google = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: path!)
if let apiKey = google!["places-key"] as? String {
self.KEY = "\(self.KEY)\(apiKey)"
} else {
// TODO: Exception handling
println("Exception: places-key is not set in google.plist")
}
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Google Places search with callback
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
func search(
location : CLLocationCoordinate2D,
radius : Int,
query : String,
callback : (items : [MKMapItem]?, errorDescription : String?) -> Void) {
var urlEncodedQuery = query.stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
var urlString = "\(URL)\(LOCATION)\(location.latitude),\(location.longitude)&\(RADIUS)\(radius)&\(KEY)&name=\(urlEncodedQuery!)"
var url = NSURL(string: urlString)!
var session = NSURLSession(configuration: NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration())
session.dataTaskWithURL(url, completionHandler: { (data : NSData!, response : NSURLResponse!, error : NSError!) -> Void in
if error != nil {
callback(items: nil, errorDescription: error.localizedDescription)
}
if let statusCode = response as? NSHTTPURLResponse {
if statusCode.statusCode != 200 {
callback(items: nil, errorDescription: "Could not continue. HTTP Status Code was \(statusCode)")
}
}
NSOperationQueue.mainQueue().addOperationWithBlock({ () -> Void in
callback(items: GooglePlaces.parseFromData(data), errorDescription: nil)
})
}).resume()
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Google Places search with delegate
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
func searchWithDelegate(
location : CLLocationCoordinate2D,
radius : Int,
query : String) {
self.search(location, radius: radius, query: query) { (items, errorDescription) -> Void in
if self.delegate != nil {
NSOperationQueue.mainQueue().addOperationWithBlock({ () -> Void in
self.delegate!.googlePlacesSearchResult(items!)
})
}
}
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Parse JSON into array of MKMapItem
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class func parseFromData(data : NSData) -> [MKMapItem] {
var mapItems = [MKMapItem]()
var json = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers, error: nil) as NSDictionary
var results = json["results"] as? Array<NSDictionary>
println("results = \(results!.count)")
for result in results! {
var name = result["name"] as String
var coordinate : CLLocationCoordinate2D!
if let geometry = result["geometry"] as? NSDictionary {
if let location = geometry["location"] as? NSDictionary {
var lat = location["lat"] as CLLocationDegrees
var long = location["lng"] as CLLocationDegrees
coordinate = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: lat, longitude: long)
var placemark = MKPlacemark(coordinate: coordinate, addressDictionary: nil)
var mapItem = MKMapItem(placemark: placemark)
mapItem.name = name
mapItems.append(mapItem)
}
}
}
return mapItems
}
}
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