Python & Google Places API | Want to get all Restaurants at a specific postion

Question

I want to get all restaurants in London by using python 3.5 and the module googleplaces with the Google Places API. I read the googleplaces documentation and searched here, but I don't get it. Here is my code so far:

from googleplaces import GooglePlaces, types, lang

API_KEY = 'XXXCODEXXX'

google_places = GooglePlaces(API_KEY)

query_result = google_places.nearby_search(
    location='London', keyword='Restaurants',
    radius=1000, types=[types.TYPE_RESTAURANT])

if query_result.has_attributions:
print query_result.html_attributions


for place in query_result.places:
    place.get_details()
    print place.rating 

The code doesn't work. What can I do to get a list with all restaurants in this area?

Solution 1

It'll be better if you drop the keyword parameter, types already searches for restaurants.

Bear in mind the Places API (as other Google Maps APIs) is not a database, it will not return all results that match. Actually returns only 20, and you can get an extra 40 or so, but that's all.

If I'm reading the GooglePlaces correctly, your code will send an API request such like:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=51.507351,-0.127758&radius=1000&types=restaurant&keyword=Restaurants&key=YOUR_API_KEY

If you just drop the keyword parameter, it'll be like:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=51.507351,-0.127758&radius=1000&types=restaurant&key=YOUR_API_KEY

The difference is subtle: keyword=Restaurants will make the API match results that have the word "Restaurants" in their name, address, etc. Some of these may not be restaurants (and will be discarded), while some actual restaurants may not have the word "Restaurants" in them.

Solution 2

Try to change city value by latitude and longitude and it's not necessary to put the keyword because you are specified that on Type try to put this code it's work for me :

query_result = google_places.nearby_search(
        lat_lng={'lat': 46.1667, 'lng': -1.15}, 
        radius=5000,
        types=[types.TYPE_RESTAURANT] or [types.TYPE_CAFE] or [type.TYPE_BAR] or [type.TYPE_CASINO])