A Python module to access the OpenCage Geocoding API.
You can find a comprehensive tutorial for using this module on the OpenCage site.
There are also two brief video tutorials on YouTube, one covering forward geocoding, one covering reverse geocoding.
Supports Python 3.7 or newer. Use the older opencage 1.x releases if you need Python 2.7 support.
Install the module:
pip install opencage
Load the module:
from opencage.geocoder import OpenCageGeocode
Create an instance of the geocoder module, passing a valid OpenCage Data Geocoder API key as a parameter to the geocoder modules's constructor:
key = 'your-api-key-here'
geocoder = OpenCageGeocode(key)
Pass a string containing the query or address to be geocoded to the modules' geocode
method:
query = '82 Clerkenwell Road, London'
results = geocoder.geocode(query)
You can add additional parameters:
results = geocoder.geocode('London', no_annotations=1, language='es')
For example you can use the proximity parameter to provide the geocoder with a hint:
results = geocoder.geocode('London', proximity='42.828576, -81.406643')
print(results[0]['formatted'])
# u'London, ON N6A 3M8, Canada'
Turn a lat/long into an address with the reverse_geocode
method:
result = geocoder.reverse_geocode(51.51024, -0.10303)
You can reuse your HTTP connection for multiple requests by
using a with
block. This can help performance when making
a lot of requests:
queries = ['82 Clerkenwell Road, London', ...]
with OpenCageGeocode(key) as geocoder:
# Queries reuse the same HTTP connection
results = [geocoder.geocode(query) for query in queries]
You can run requests in parallel with the geocode_async
and reverse_geocode_async
method which have the same parameters and response as their synronous counterparts.
You will need at least Python 3.7 and the asyncio
and aiohttp
packages installed.
async with OpenCageGeocode(key) as geocoder:
results = await geocoder.geocode_async(address)
For a more complete example and links to futher tutorials on asyncronous IO see
batch.py
in the examples
directory.
If you have trouble accesing the OpenCage API with https, e.g. issues with OpenSSL libraries in your enviroment, then you can set the 'http' protocol instead. Please understand that the connection to the OpenCage API will no longer be encrypted.
geocoder = OpenCageGeocode('your-api-key', 'http')
See examples/batch.py
for an example to geocode a CSV file.
If anything goes wrong, then an exception will be raised:
InvalidInputError
for non-unicode query stringsNotAuthorizedError
if API key is missing, invalid syntax or disabledForbiddenError
API key is blocked or suspendedRateLimitExceededError
if you go past your rate limitUnknownError
if there's some problem with the API (bad results, 500 status code, etc)
This software is copyright OpenCage GmbH.
Please see LICENSE.txt
We run a worldwide geocoding API and geosearch service based on open data. Learn more about us.
We also run Geomob, a series of regular meetups for location based service creators, where we do our best to highlight geoinnovation. If you like geo stuff, you will probably enjoy the Geomob podcast.