nzpostaddy

yay maps, something I haven't really used before. Good to try something new.

Using some demo examples from nz post. Examples are printed below.

script to search for addresses.

Gets address from nzpost then displays static map from mapquestapi



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import json
import shutil
import requests



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opjsres = open('/home/wcmckee/github/nzpostad.json', 'r')



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opjrd = opjsres.read()



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nzpod = json.loads(opjrd)



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nzpod









    Out[5]:





{'addresses': [{'address_id': '196111',
   'dpid': '754977',
   'full_address': '19 Queen Alexandra Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810'},
  {'address_id': '197147',
   'dpid': '750361',
   'full_address': '23 Queen Alexandra Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810'},
  {'address_id': '195925',
   'dpid': '751485',
   'full_address': '7A Queen Alexandra Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810'},
  {'address_id': '198893',
   'dpid': '747422',
   'full_address': '8 Queen Alexandra Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810'},
  {'address_id': '195986',
   'dpid': '754969',
   'full_address': '9A Queen Alexandra Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810'}],
 'success': True}



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nzpaddy = nzpod['addresses']



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nzplen = len(nzpod['addresses'])



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nzplen









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5



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for nzp in range(0, nzplen):
    nzitm = (nzpaddy[nzp])
    print(nzitm['full_address'])









    



19 Queen Alexandra Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810
23 Queen Alexandra Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810
7A Queen Alexandra Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810
8 Queen Alexandra Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810
9A Queen Alexandra Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810



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opsuccessad = open('/home/wcmckee/github/nzpostsuccess.json', 'r')



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opsucrd = opsuccessad.read()



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opjslo = json.loads(opsucrd)



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opjslo









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{'address': {'city': 'Dunedin',
  'country': 'New Zealand',
  'depot_name': 'Dunedin Depot',
  'is_rural_delivery': False,
  'latitude': -45.9041,
  'longitude': 170.552,
  'postcode': '9013',
  'run_number': 'DCP025  ',
  'street': 'Oregon',
  'street_number': 71,
  'street_type': 'Street',
  'suburb': 'Ocean Grove'},
 'message_id': '618a5799-85e3-4559-8a62-280f231a26b3',
 'success': True}



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opja = opjslo['address']



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opja









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{'city': 'Dunedin',
 'country': 'New Zealand',
 'depot_name': 'Dunedin Depot',
 'is_rural_delivery': False,
 'latitude': -45.9041,
 'longitude': 170.552,
 'postcode': '9013',
 'run_number': 'DCP025  ',
 'street': 'Oregon',
 'street_number': 71,
 'street_type': 'Street',
 'suburb': 'Ocean Grove'}



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latad = opja['latitude']



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longad = opja['longitude']



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latad









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-45.9041



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longad









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170.552



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mapk = open('/home/wcmckee/github/mapkey.txt', 'r')



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mapkrd = mapk.read()



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reqimg = 'http://www.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v4/getmap?key=' + mapkrd + '&size=400,200&zoom=10&center=' + str(latad) + ',' + str(longad)



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rmnz = reqimg.replace('\n', '')



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response = requests.get(rmnz, stream=True)
with open('img.png', 'wb') as out_file:
    shutil.copyfileobj(response.raw, out_file)
del response