Ch13.Asnt13.3.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


break_stop=0
while True:
    address = input('Enter location: ')
    # address = 'Universidad del Valle de Guatemala'
    if len(address) < 1: break
    break_stop=break_stop+1
    if break_stop == 2:
        quit()

    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')
    js = json.loads(data)
    # print(json.dumps(js, indent=4))
    print('place id', js["results"][0]["place_id"])

    #


    # 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)