places2xls

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places2xls helps to extract places using the google places API and store them in an excel spreadsheet.

Requirements

to install the required packages just use:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

setup

1. Register for a free Google Cloud Plattform Account
2. Enable google places API(https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library) in order to receive your API key.

Enter this api key here:

API_KEY = YOUR-API-KEY

usage

After you entered the above information, run the main.py with at least the required arguments -t for type of business and -z for zipcode

Usage: main.py -c COUNTRYCODE -z ZIPCODE -t TYPE - n NUMBER_OF_RESULTS -s STRICTLVL -v -d DETAILS

i.e. main.py -c DE -z 50667 -t restaurant - n 40 -s 2 -v -d "name, formatted_address, website, opening_hours"

Use main.py -h for a list of all options

License

This code is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. For more details, please take a look at the LICENSE file.

outlook

• Please feel free to enhance the script