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Python script for pythonista (iOS app) to search google places API and open the first result in Apple Maps
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import requests, json, webbrowser, urllib, sys
API_KEY = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' # Get your api key from https://code.google.com/apis/console/, you MUST add the Places API permission to it
GOOGLE_PLACES_URI = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?query={0}&sensor=false&key={1}'
APPLE_MAPS_URI = 'safari-http://maps.apple.com/?q={0}'
#call this script in pythonista for ios pythonista://GoogleToAppleMaps?action=run&argv=[prompt]
def main():
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
print('You must send the serch term as the first argument of this script')
else:
search_term = sys.argv[1]
r = requests.get(GOOGLE_PLACES_URI.format(search_term, API_KEY))
contents = json.loads(r.content)
if r.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print('Place search success')
# Search successful get first result
first = contents['results'][0]
#name = first['name']
#latlong = first['geometry']
address = first['formatted_address'].encode('utf-8')
print(address)
webbrowser.open(APPLE_MAPS_URI.format(urllib.quote(address)))
else:
print('Error obtaining place')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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