Getting unexpected output while creating a client for Google’s Maps API using httplib module in python 2.7

Question

import httplib
try:
    import json
except ImportError:
    import simplejson as json

path = ('/maps/geo?q=207+N.+Defiance+St%2C+Archbold%2C+OH''&output=json&oe=utf8')

connection = httplib.HTTPConnection('maps.google.com')
connection.request('GET', path)

rawreply = connection.getresponse().read()
reply = json.loads(rawreply)
print(reply)

on executing it i'm not getting a desired output instead of it i'm getting:

{u'Status': {u'code': 610, u'request': u'geocode'}}

If anyone knows the solution kindly help me.

Is that the exact code you are using? Why do you have two `''` in the path? — Burhan Khalid, Jul 29 '13 at 20:22
Why not use `urllib2` or, much better, the external [`requests` library](http://python-requests.org) for accessing the maps API? — Martijn Pieters, Jul 29 '13 at 20:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 29 '13 at 20:26

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You need to move from version 2 to version 3 of the API. The old API which you are using was retired in March. See this page on how to upgrade.

answered Jul 29 '13 at 20:26

Burhan Khalid

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What exactly do you want to learn? Network programming is very broad. – Burhan Khalid Jul 29 '13 at 20:57
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But sir this Twisted book does'nt cover any networking basics..and without proper basics jumping on advance thing is not a good practice...that's why i am not reading this book. kindly give me some guidence from where to start for learning twisted python properly. – Jaassi Jul 29 '13 at 21:17

Getting unexpected output while creating a client for Google’s Maps API using httplib module in python 2.7

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