import urllib

import jsonlib

# serviceurl = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?'

serviceurl = 'http://python-data.dr-chuck.net/geojson?'

while True:

address = input('Enter location: ')

if len(address) < 1: break

url = serviceurl + urllib.urlencode({'sensor':'false', 'address': address})

print ('Retrieving ',url)

url_handle = urllib.urlopen(url)

data = url_handle.read()

print ('Retrieved',len(data),'characters')

json_data = jsonlib.loads(data)

#print json.dumps(json_data['results'], indent=3)

print ('Place id',json_data['results'][0]['place_id'])