Basic Google Street View Imagery API calls

simple_streetview.py

import requests
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO
import json

url = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview'

key = STREETVIEW_API_KEY

out_file = 'streetviewimg.jpg'
# Get an image
params = {
	"location":'Newport, RI',  # this can be lat/lon
	'size':"600x400",
	'key': key,
}

resp = requests.get(url, params=params, stream=True)
img = Image.open(BytesIO(resp.content))
img.save(out_file,'jpeg')


# Get metadata
params = {'location': 'Newport, RI', 'key':key}
met = requests.get(url + '/metadata', params=params)
data = json.loads(met.content)