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Code sample

• geojson.py

    import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error
    import json
    import ssl
      
    api_key = False
    # If you have a Google Places API key, enter it here
    # api_key = 'AIzaSy___IDByT70'
    # https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/intro
      
    if api_key is False:
        api_key = 42
        serviceurl = 'http://py4e-data.dr-chuck.net/json?'
    else :
        serviceurl = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?'
      
    # Ignore SSL certificate errors
    ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
    ctx.check_hostname = False
    ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
      
    while True:
        address = input('Enter location: ')
        if len(address) < 1: break
      
        parms = dict()
        parms['address'] = address
        if api_key is not False: parms['key'] = api_key
        url = serviceurl + urllib.parse.urlencode(parms)
      
        print('Retrieving', url)
        uh = urllib.request.urlopen(url, context=ctx)
        data = uh.read().decode()
        print('Retrieved', len(data), 'characters')
      
        try:
            js = json.loads(data)
        except:
            js = None
      
        if not js or 'status' not in js or js['status'] != 'OK':
            print('= Failure To Retrieve ')
            print(data)
            continue
      
        print(json.dumps(js, indent=4))
      
        lat = js['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lat']
        lng = js['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lng']
        print('lat', lat, 'lng', lng)
        location = js['results'][0]['formatted_address']
        print(location)
  

  • Output

      Enter location: Ann Arbor, MI
      Retrieving http://py4e-data.dr-chuck.net/json?address=Ann+Arbor%2C+MI&key=42
      Retrieved 1736 characters
      {
          "results": [
              {
                  "address_components": [
                      {
                          "long_name": "Ann Arbor",
                          "short_name": "Ann Arbor",
                          "types": [
                              "locality",
                              "political"
                          ]
                      },
                      {
                          "long_name": "Washtenaw County",
                          "short_name": "Washtenaw County",
                          "types": [
                              "administrative_area_level_2",
                              "political"
                          ]
                      },
                      {
                          "long_name": "Michigan",
                          "short_name": "MI",
                          "types": [
                              "administrative_area_level_1",
                              "political"
                          ]
                      },
                      {
                          "long_name": "United States",
                          "short_name": "US",
                          "types": [
                              "country",
                              "political"
                          ]
                      }
                  ],
                  "formatted_address": "Ann Arbor, MI, USA",
                  "geometry": {
                      "bounds": {
                          "northeast": {
                              "lat": 42.3239728,
                              "lng": -83.6758069
                          },
                          "southwest": {
                              "lat": 42.222668,
                              "lng": -83.799572
                          }
                      },
                      "location": {
                          "lat": 42.2808256,
                          "lng": -83.7430378
                      },
                      "location_type": "APPROXIMATE",
                      "viewport": {
                          "northeast": {
                              "lat": 42.3239728,
                              "lng": -83.6758069
                          },
                          "southwest": {
                              "lat": 42.222668,
                              "lng": -83.799572
                          }
                      }
                  },
                  "place_id": "ChIJMx9D1A2wPIgR4rXIhkb5Cds",
                  "types": [
                      "locality",
                      "political"
                  ]
              }
          ],
          "status": "OK"
      }
      lat 42.2808256 lng -83.7430378
      Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    

    We can add location wherever we want