import requests # You need to install the requests module to use this code import json 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' while True: address = input('Enter location: ') if len(address) < 1: break payload = dict() payload['address'] = address if api_key is not False: payload['key'] = api_key r = requests.get(serviceurl, params=payload) print('Retrieved', r.url) data = r.text 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)