HTTP requests and JSON parsing in Python

[Eazy_Walkers]

I want to dynamically query Google Maps through the Google Directions API. As an example, this request calculates the route from Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA via two waypoints in Joplin, MO and Oklahoma City, OK:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=Chicago,IL&destination=Los+Angeles,CA&waypoints=Joplin,MO|Oklahoma+City,OK&sensor=false

It returns a result in the JSON format.

How can I do this in Python? I want to send such a request, receive the result and parse it.

[lenny_h]

@Eazy_Walkers

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=Chicago,IL&destination=Los+Angeles,CA&waypoints=Joplin,MO|Oklahoma+City,OK&sensor=false

I don’t know what this has to do with this product, but you need to find a JSON library in Python and go from there. This is a pretty simple explanation:

Python JSON