A very simple python script that get elevation from latitude and longitude with google maps API

elevation.py

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# elevation: A very simple python script that get elevation from latitude and longitude with google maps API by Guillaume Meunier
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# NO DEPENDANCIES except JSON and URLLIB
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# Copyright (c) 2016, Guillaume Meunier <alliages@gmail.com> 
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# @license GPL-3.0+ <http://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0+>
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# EXAMPLE :
# print elevation(48.8445548,2.4222176)

import json
import urllib

def elevation(lat, lng):
    apikey = "USE YOUR OWN KEY !!!"
    url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/elevation/json"
    request = urllib.urlopen(url+"?locations="+str(lat)+","+str(lng)+"&key="+apikey)
    try:
        results = json.load(request).get('results')
        if 0 < len(results):
            elevation = results[0].get('elevation')
            # ELEVATION
            return elevation
        else:
            print 'HTTP GET Request failed.'
    except ValueError, e:
        print 'JSON decode failed: '+str(request)