Quick library for Google Place API

gplaces.py

import urllib2
import simplejson

class GPlaces(object):
    def __init__(self, key):
        self.key = key
        self.search_url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json"

    def search(self, location, radius, sensor, **kwargs):
        # Build the url
        parameters = []
        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            parameters.append("%s=%s" %(key, value))
        parameters.append("location=%s" %(location,))
        parameters.append("radius=%s" %(radius,))
        parameters.append("sensor=%s" %(sensor,))
        parameters.append("key=%s" %(self.key,))

        parameters_string = '&'.join(parameters)
        url = "%s?%s" %(self.search_url, parameters_string)
        request = urllib2.Request(url, None, {'Referer': "http://localhost"})
        response = urllib2.urlopen(request)

        # Process the JSON string.
        results = simplejson.load(response)
        # now have some fun with the results...
        print results

if __name__ == '__main__':
    api = GPlaces("YOURKEYHERE")
    api.search("41.526143699999999,-87.889218900000003", "1000", "false")