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Google Place Search (Python)

October 11, 2019

Package

Check for latest version: https://pypi.org/project/googlemaps/

pip install -U googlemaps

API 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.
import googlemaps

GOOGLE_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"
}

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