Getting Started With Google Maps Places (New) API In Python

[@CompanyLumix]

hi Jie i am getting error Failed to create service instance for places: [WinError 10060] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond [WinError 10060] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond None

[@CompanyLumix]

service is as nonetype object

[@jiejenn]

WinError is usually the issue with Google Cloud's server is temporarily down. Usually wait a minute or two and try again.

[@CompanyLumix]

@@jiejenn necessary to add my credit card on google cloud website for print the data from google map error because not completed the billing account is it necessary or optional ?

[@darknights5020]

can we extract plot maps by searching the address? using google api and fetching through python?

[@jiejenn]

Sure. You just need to convert an address to a coordinate first.

[@darknights5020]

@jiejenn then will it give a plot map like the this address has this land area etc? Like what we see in the google maps app

[@lucaschiqui]

You are definetly the number 1, Jie. I was using API Places Details but couldn't use the (new) one and this helped me. Still there's something I need for a personal project, and for that I need to get access to all the reviews people leave on each place (ramen in your case f.e.). These APIs only gives us 5 reviews and I need at least 50. Do you know how to do that? I found the "My bussiness API reviews" but you need to be like owner of a Place...

[@jiejenn]

Google is very protective when it comes to Google Maps data. For reviews and business information, I use Playwright to manually load the HTML markup and use beautifulsoup to extract the information.

[@lucaschiqui]

@@jiejenn oh I get it, thanks Jie, that's really helpful

[@leearningjourney]

Hi Jie, can I know how to obtain the number of residential properties within 1km for each train station ?

[@jiejenn]

I don't know the answer right off the back to be honest.

[@valcoholics]

cant get pass authentication, just Error 400: invalid_scope Request details: flowName=GeneralOAuthFlow

[@jiejenn]

Delete your oauth consent screen and recreate a new one.

[@seththunder2077]

Hey Jie, I have a task where I require to get latitude and longtitude based on google CID. Do you have any suggestions on how I can do that

[@jiejenn]

You need to use the Google Maps place details API. developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/details

[@seththunder2077]

@@jiejenndo I need paid google account

[@blackeagle7288]

Hi Jie, thanks for the video. Are there any details such as the top searches or number of clicks for places searched in the region?

[@jiejenn]

I don't believe those information are available in Google Places APIs. Perhaps Google Search/Custom Search APIs.

[@xevenau]

Is it possible to track traffic congestions on google maps based on street and time of day?

[@jiejenn]

I believe you can use routes API to check traffics.

[@SkillsToLearn]

Can we check Map Grid business rankings with the new API? And what's new kind of ranking

[@jiejenn]

Can you be more specific? Never heard of Map Grid business ranking before.

[@SkillsToLearn]

@@jiejenn Hey Jie Jenn, I'm curious about using the Google Maps Places API to analyze local business rankings across different map points, similar to what tools like LocalFalcon or BrightLocal do. These tools assess how a business shows up in the 'Local Pack'/Google Maps listing on Google Maps at various geographical points. Is it possible with the new version of the Places API to explore or replicate this kind of grid-based ranking analysis? If so, which API features should I be looking at to set this up?

[@SkillsToLearn]

​ @jiejenn Just done

[@jiejenn]

@@SkillsToLearn I don't know the answer to be honest.

[@fm109]

Hi Jie, can we extract data for example list of all schools in a city?

[@jiejenn]

Starts with yellow pages.

[@fm109]

@@jiejenn just brainstorming here, what if a country did not have yellow pages, does that mean using an API to look for schools marked on the map?

[@JD41088]

I actually just run a test using this workflow to map schools in my town. Only issue I see is that seems not all schools are extracted by default. @jiejenn Might be something related to scale of the search or some other parameter that i am not aware of?