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Simple python script for retrieving longitude and latitude from Google Location Geocoding API
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# geocoder.py | |
# | |
# requires googlemaps python package: | |
# | |
# 1. pip install googlemaps | |
# 2. get and set your Api Key: https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_apikeys#introduction | |
# 3. run with a single search or multiple | |
# | |
# geocoder.py 'Toronto, Canada' | |
# geocoder.py 'Toronto, Canada' 'Paris, France' | |
#!/usr/local/bin/python | |
import sys | |
import googlemaps | |
gmaps = googlemaps.Client(key='SET_API_KEY_HERE') | |
locations = sys.argv | |
locations.pop(0) | |
class bcolors: | |
HEADER = '\033[95m' | |
OKBLUE = '\033[94m' | |
OKGREEN = '\033[92m' | |
WARNING = '\033[93m' | |
FAIL = '\033[91m' | |
ENDC = '\033[0m' | |
BOLD = '\033[1m' | |
UNDERLINE = '\033[4m' | |
if len(locations): | |
def printGeoLocation(location): | |
geocode_result = gmaps.geocode(location) | |
if len(geocode_result): | |
lat = geocode_result[0]['geometry']['location']['lat'] | |
lng = geocode_result[0]['geometry']['location']['lng'] | |
print "%(lat)s, %(lng)s, '%(location)s'" % locals() | |
else: | |
print "no_result,no_result,'%(location)s'" % locals() | |
print "lat,lng,term" | |
map (printGeoLocation, locations) | |
else: | |
print bcolors.HEADER + bcolors.UNDERLINE + "\ngetlnglat.py\n" + bcolors.ENDC + bcolors.WARNING + "\nNo locations given.\n" + bcolors.ENDC + "Please Provide a single search or a list\n\n> geocode.py 'Toronto, Canada'\n> geocode.py 'Toronto, Canada', 'Paris, France'" |
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