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# Python script to convert Google Maps JSON file to a KML file
# Copyright (C) 2017 Dimitri Souza
# https://github.com/dmrsouza/json2kml
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# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3 as published by
# the Free Software Foundation.
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import json
import simplekml
import sys
import codecs
import html

try:
inputFile = sys.argv[1]
except IndexError:
print("Usage: python json2kml.py filename.json")
exit(1)

inputFile = "Saved Places.json"
outputFile = "Saved Places.kml"
outputFile = f'{inputFile[:-5]} [json2kml.py].kml'

# JSON Encoding is UTF-8. Change stdout to UTF-8 to prevent encoding error
# when calling print titles inside the loop
sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter("utf-8")(sys.stdout.detach())
# sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter("utf-8")(sys.stdout.detach())

print(f'Opening file "{inputFile}"')

print ('Opening file "'+inputFile+'"')
with open(inputFile, encoding='utf8') as jsonFile:
data = json.load(jsonFile)

with open (inputFile) as jsonFile:
data = json.load (jsonFile)

kml = simplekml.Kml ()
kml = simplekml.Kml()
kml.resetidcounter()
kml.document.name = outputFile

count = 0
for place in data["features"]:
if place["type"] == "Feature":
title = place["properties"]["Title"]
print ('Parsing place "'+title+'"')

placeLocation = place["properties"]["Location"]
try:
name = place["properties"]["Title"]
except KeyError:
name = place["properties"]["name"]
print(f'Parsing place "{name}"')

lon = place["geometry"]["coordinates"][0]
lat = place["geometry"]["coordinates"][1]

if "Address" in placeLocation:
address = placeLocation ["Address"]
else:
address = "N/A"

kml.newpoint (name=title, coords=[(lon,lat)], address=address)

try:
placeLocation = place["properties"]["Location"]

if "Address" in placeLocation:
address = html.escape(placeLocation["Address"])
else:
address = None

except KeyError:
if 'address' in place['properties']:
address = html.escape(place['properties']['address'])
else:
address = None

kml.newpoint(name=name, coords=[(lon, lat)], address=address)
count += 1

print ('Saving file "'+outputFile+'"')
kml.save (outputFile)

print ('Done! Total of '+str(count)+' places saved to the KML file.')
print(f'Saving file "{outputFile}"')
kml.save(outputFile)

print(f'Done! Total of {count} places saved to the KML file.')