def geo_lookup( addr, lang='en' ):
'''
geo_lookup( address, language ) -> JSON feedback <type 'dict'>
Parameters:
addr: address in string
lang: (Optional) desired language code in string
see http://goo.gl/Xj4Nx for details
'''
url = util.norm_url( API_URL + OUTPUT_FORMAT, address=addr, language=lang, sensor=False )
handler = util.open_url(url)
return util.get_json(handler)
def find_place( **params ):
'''
Stub doc
'''
# TODO: validate location and radius types and values
url = util.norm_url( API_URL + OUT_FORMAT, ['key', API_KEY], **params )
res = util.open_url(url)
j = util.get_json(res)
res.close()
return j
def reverse_lookup( lat, lng, lang='en' ):
'''
reverse_lookup( lat, lng, lang ) -> JSON feedback <type 'dict'>
Parameters:
lat: latitude in float or str
lng: longitude in float or str
lang: (Optional) desired language code in string
see http://goo.gl/Xj4Nx for details
'''
ll = str(lat) + ',' + str(lng)
url = util.norm_url( API_URL + OUTPUT_FORMAT, latlng=ll, sensor=False )
handler = util.open_url(url)
return util.get_json(handler)
def get_weather(location, locale="en-US"):
"""
get_weather(Location[,language] ) -> dict
input location desired as a string, [ and language (optional),default english]
output Weather information,formatted into a dictionary
"""
url = util.norm_url(API_URL, [], weather=location, hl=locale)
res = util.open_url(url)
data = res.read()
header = res.headers
encoding = util.get_encoding(header)
res.close()
data = util.unicode_s(data, encoding)
element = ET.XML(data)
return Weather(element)