gmaps-api v3 - get country name and area_lv_1 name

get_info.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Mon Mar  9 12:47:29 2020

@author: parashar
"""

import googlemaps

api_key="***api_key_here***"
gmaps = googlemaps.Client(key=api_key)

def get_loc(place_str):
    
    place_str=place_str.replace('Photos and Videos of ','')
    print(place_str)
    loca = gmaps.find_place(input=place_str, input_type="textquery",fields=['place_id','plus_code','formatted_address'])
    info = gmaps.place(loca.get('candidates',[{}])[0].get('place_id'))
    area_1=None;country = None
    for item in info['result']['address_components']:
        if( 'administrative_area_level_1' in item.get('types')):
            area_1 = item.get('long_name')
        elif( 'country' in item.get('types')):
            country = item.get('long_name')
    print(area_1,country)     

    p_code = loca.get('candidates',[{}])[0].get('plus_code')
    print(p_code)
    return info

info = get_loc('Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre')

info = get_loc('Malpani resorts, Sangamner')

info = get_loc('Naples, Italy')

info = get_loc('Vomero, Campania, Italy')

info = get_loc('Photos and Videos of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca')

info = get_loc('Windmill Lake')

info = get_loc('Australia')

info = get_loc('Sydney Australia')

info = get_loc('The Abbey Food & Bar - West Hollywood')

info = get_loc('Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park')