get_pano.py

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
  
def get_pano(pano_id, api_key=your_api_key_here):
    url_request = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?size=320x320&pano=" + pano_id + "&fov=120&heading=0&pitch=90&key=" + api_key
    response = requests.get(url_request)
    img = Image.open(StringIO(response.content))
    return img

# undocumented API lets us get more pano metadata
def outdoors(lat, lon):
    url_request = "http://cbk0.google.com/cbk?output=xml&ll=" + str(lat) + "," + str(lon) + "&it=all"
    response = requests.get(url_request)
    
    metadata = ET.fromstring(response.content)
    if len(metadata) > 0:
        if ('level_id' in metadata[0].attrib):
            return 0
        else:
            return metadata[0].attrib['pano_id']
    else:
        return -1