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rbp-imac:~ rbp$ python 
Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 16 2012, 12:38:40) 
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import json, requests
>>> 
>>> url = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json'
>>> 
>>> params = dict(
...     origin='Chicago,IL',
...     destination='Los+Angeles,CA',
...     waypoints='Joplin,MO|Oklahoma+City,OK',
...     sensor='false'
... )
>>> 
>>> resp = requests.get(url=url, params=params)
data = json.load(resp)

>>> data = json.load(resp)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 274, in load
    return loads(fp.read(),
AttributeError: 'Response' object has no attribute 'read'
>>> 
>>>