yahoo_placemaker.py

# Code for using http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/placemaker/
import urllib, httplib2

h = httplib2.Http()

URL = 'http://wherein.yahooapis.com/v1/document'
API_KEY = 'your-Yahoo-API-key'

def placemaker(text, doctype='text/plain'):
    head, response = h.request(URL, 'POST', headers={
        'Content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
    }, body = urllib.urlencode({
        'documentContent': text,
        'documentType': doctype,
        'appid': API_KEY
    }))
    return response