A simple google places wrapper using requests

simple-google-places-wrapper.py

import requests
import json


GOOGLE_API_KEY = "<A google API key>"


TEXT_SEARCH_TEMPLATE = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?key={}&query={}"
NEARBY_SEARCH_TEMPLATE = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?key={}&location={},{}&radius={}"
DETAIL_SEARCH_ID_TEMPLATE = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?key={}&placeid={}"
DETAIL_SEARCH_REF_TEMPLATE = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?key={}&reference={}"


class GooglePlaces(object):
    def __init__(self, api_key=GOOGLE_API_KEY):
        self.__api_key = api_key

    def search_places(self, query):
        url = TEXT_SEARCH_TEMPLATE.format(self.__api_key, query)
        response = requests.get(url)
        results = json.loads(response.text)
        return results

    def search_nearby(self, latitude, longitude, radius, name=None):
        url = NEARBY_SEARCH_TEMPLATE.format(self.__api_key, latitude, longitude, radius)
        if name:
            url = url + "&name={}".format(name)
        response = requests.get(url)
        results = json.loads(response.text)
        return results

    def get_details_by_placeid(self, place_id):
        url = DETAIL_SEARCH_ID_TEMPLATE.format(self.__api_key, place_id)
        response = requests.get(url)
        results = json.loads(response.text)
        return results

    def get_details_by_reference(self, reference):
        url = DETAIL_SEARCH_REF_TEMPLATE.format(self.__api_key, reference)
        response = requests.get(url)
        results = json.loads(response.text)
        return results