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Script to perform geocoding
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‎projects/Geocoding/README.md‎

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## Geocoding Script
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### This script takes an address and return its latitude and longitude.This process is called geocoding
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#### I have used the locationiq website's geocoding api inorder to solve this problem.
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#### To be able to use this script you have to create a *free account* at https://locationiq.com/ and obtain your *private token*.
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#### Remember, *don'tshare* your private token with anyone.

‎projects/Geocoding/geocoding.py‎

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import requests
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# Base Url for geocoding
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url = "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1/search.php"
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address = input("Input the address: ")
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#Your unique private_token should replace value of the private_token variable.
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#To know how to obtain a unique private_token please refer the README file for this script.
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private_token = "6c0a7b6f14b7cb"
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data = {
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'key': private_token,
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'q': address,
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'format': 'json'
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}
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response = requests.get(url, params=data)
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latitude = response.json()[0]['lat']
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longitude = response.json()[0]['lon']
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print(f"The latitude of the given address is: {latitude}")
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print(f"The longitude of the given address is: {longitude}")
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print("Thanks for using this script")

‎projects/Geocoding/requirements.txt‎

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certifi==2020.6.20
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chardet==3.0.4
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idna==2.10
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requests==2.24.0
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urllib3==1.25.10

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