Reverse Geocoding (lat, long -> {city, state, zip_code})

location.py

def reverse_geocode_location(lat, long):
    """
        For a given geolocation, return the city, state and zip code in a dictionary
    """
    try:
        location = {}

        lat_long = '%s,%s' % (lat, long)
        if lat not in ('', None) and long not in ('', None):
            response = urllib2.urlopen("https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?%s" %
                                       urllib.urlencode({'latlng': lat_long, 'sensor':'false'}))
            data = response.read()
            results = json.loads(data).get('results')
            if results is not None and len(results) > 0:
                for result in results:
                    if 'postal_code' in result['types'][0]:
                        address_components = result.get('address_components', {})
                        for address_component in address_components:
                            if 'locality' in address_component.get('types', []):
                                location['city'] = address_component.get('long_name')
                            if 'administrative_area_level_1' in address_component.get('types', []):
                                location['state'] = address_component.get('short_name')
                            if 'postal_code' in address_component.get('types', []):
                                location['zip_code'] = address_component.get('short_name')

            return location
    except:
        logger.info("problem reverse geocoding location")
        return None