Package
Check for latest version: https://pypi.org/project/googlemaps/
pip install -U googlemapsAPI Key
Create API Key at Google Cloud Console -> Credentials
- Create credentials -> API Key (Copy API Key)
- Restrict API Key:
- Application restrictions: for cli and backend server, API could be restricted by IP Address. But since I am planning to use Cloud Functions, thus I have to use None.
- API restrictions: I select Restrict Key and select
Places API.
Place Search
import googlemapsGOOGLE_API_KEY = ...gmaps = googlemaps.Client(key=GOOGLE_API_KEY)result = gmaps.find_place( input='bahn mi', input_type='textquery', # https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search#Fields fields=['place_id', 'name', 'types', 'geometry', 'formatted_address'], # circle:radius@lat,lng # rectangle:south,west|north,east location_bias='point:3.0189534,101.6311891', # https://developers.google.com/maps/faq#languagesupport language='en' )Sample result
{ "candidates": [ { "formatted_address": "5, Jalan Kenari 8, Bandar Puchong Jaya, 47100 Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia", "geometry": { "location": { "lat": 3.0478144, "lng": 101.6230629 }, "viewport": { "northeast": { "lat": 3.049169229892722, "lng": 101.6244009298927 }, "southwest": { "lat": 3.046469570107277, "lng": 101.6217012701073 } } }, "name": "Banh Mi Cafe Bandar Puchong Jaya", "place_id": "ChIJVYN_lVtLzDERmjMdXcXG39E", "types": [ "restaurant", "food", "point_of_interest", "establishment" ] } ], "status": "OK"}{ "candidates": [], "status": "ZERO_RESULTS"}References: