Class to Access Google Maps API

google_maps.py

import urllib
import json

"""
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distancematrix/
"""
class GoogleMapsAPI(object):

    def __init__(self):
        self.domain = "https://maps.googleapis.com"

    @staticmethod
    def retrieve_url(url):
        response = json.loads(urllib.urlopen(url).read())
        return response

    def get_geocode_query_url(self, input_address):
        path = u'/maps/api/geocode/json'
        query = [(u'address',input_address),(u'sensor',u'false')]
        url  = u'%s?%s' % (self.domain+path, urllib.urlencode(query))
        return url


    def get_distance_matrix_url(self, origin, destination):
        origin
        path = u'/maps/api/distancematrix/json'
        query = [(u'origins', origin), (u'destinations', destination), (u'sensor', u'false')]
        url  = u'%s?%s' % (self.domain+path, urllib.urlencode(query))
        return url


G = GoogleMapsAPI()
url = G.get_geocode_query_url('paris, france')
print G.retrieve_url(url)
url2 = G.get_distance_matrix_url('6500 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA', '521 N. Soledad #A, Santa Barbara, CA')