geocoder.py

# Uses wrapper found here: https://github.com/datadesk/python-googlegeocoder
# pip install python-googlegeocoder

from googlegeocoder import GoogleGeocoder
import time
import logging

logging.basicConfig(format='\033[1;36m%(levelname)s:\033[0;37m %(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG)

def create_list_addresses_from_file():
    ''' convert text file of addresses to a list '''
    list_of_addresses = []
    address_file = open("addresses.txt","r")
    list_of_addresses = address_file.readlines()
    address_file.close()
    geocode_addresses_from_file(list_of_addresses)

def geocode_addresses_from_file(list_of_addresses):
    ''' run a list of addresses through the geocoder '''
    geocoder = GoogleGeocoder()
    f = open("results.txt", "a")
    for address in list_of_addresses:
        time.sleep(5)
        try:
            address = address.replace("\n","")
            search = geocoder.get(address)
        except ValueError:
            continue

        first_result = search[0]

        output =  [
            first_result.formatted_address.encode('ascii', 'ignore'),
            first_result.geometry.location.lat,
            first_result.geometry.location.lng,
            first_result.geometry.location_type,
            first_result.geometry.partial_match
        ]

        address_for_output = '%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n' % (output[0], output[1], output[2], output[3], output[4])
        print address_for_output
        f.write(address_for_output)
    f.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    create_list_addresses_from_file()