using geocoding fomarting address

gistfile1.py

In [1]: import urllib
 
In [2]: import json
 
In [3]: geo_url_fomart="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=%s&sensor=true"
 
In [4]: address = "627 Masonic Ave San Francisco CA 94117"
 
In [5]: geo_fomart_address = '+'.join(address.split())
 
In [6]: url = geo_url_fomart%geo_fomart_address
 
In [7]: url
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=627+Masonic+Ave+San+Francisco+CA+94117&sensor=true
 
In [8]: json_obj = json.lo
json.load json.loads
 
In [8]: json_obj = json.load(urllib.urlopen(url))
 
In [9]: json_obj['results'][0]['formatted_address']
Out[9]: u'627 Masonic Ave, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA'