I have finished the Geocoding Toolbox 7/5

mbta_finder.py

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 Full instructions are at:
 https://sites.google.com/site/sd15spring/home/project-toolbox/geocoding-and-web-apis
 """
+"""
+Completed by Kevin Zhang
+Software Design Spring 2016
+"""
 
 import urllib   # urlencode function
 import urllib2  # urlopen function (better than urllib version)
@@ -25,7 +29,11 @@ def get_json(url):
     Given a properly formatted URL for a JSON web API request, return
     a Python JSON object containing the response to that request.
     """
-    pass
+    f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
+    response_text = f.read()
+    response_data = json.loads(response_text)
+
+    return response_data
 
 
 def get_lat_long(place_name):
@@ -36,7 +44,14 @@ def get_lat_long(place_name):
     See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/
     for Google Maps Geocode API URL formatting requirements.
     """
-    pass
+
+    place = place_name.replace(" ", "+")
+    url = GMAPS_BASE_URL + "?address=" + place
+    json_data = get_json(url)
+    lat = json_data["results"][0]["geometry"]["location"]["lat"]
+    lon = json_data["results"][0]["geometry"]["location"]["lng"]
+
+    return lat, lon
 
 
 def get_nearest_station(latitude, longitude):
@@ -47,13 +62,46 @@ def get_nearest_station(latitude, longitude):
     See http://realtime.mbta.com/Portal/Home/Documents for URL
     formatting requirements for the 'stopsbylocation' API.
     """
-    pass
+    url = MBTA_BASE_URL + "?api_key=" + MBTA_DEMO_API_KEY + "&lat=" + str(latitude) + "&lon=" + str(longitude) + "&format=json"
+    json_data = get_json(url)
+
+
+    station_name = json_data["stop"][0]["stop_name"]
+    distance = json_data["stop"][0]["distance"]
+
+    return station_name, distance
+
 
 
 def find_stop_near(place_name):
     """
     Given a place name or address, print the nearest MBTA stop and the 
     distance from the given place to that stop.
     """
-    pass
+    lat, lng = get_lat_long(place_name)
+    print "The location you gave is at " + str(lat) + " latitude and " + str(lng) + " longitude."
+    print ''
+
+    station_name, distance = get_nearest_station(lat, lng)
+    print "The nearest MBTA station to that location is " + str(station_name) + ", which is {:.4f} miles away.".format(float(distance))
+    print ''
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    done = False
+    count = 0
+    while not done:
+        if count == 0:
+            place = raw_input("Please type in the a location to determine your nearest MBTA Station (National Post Service format please!)\n\n")
+            count +=1
+        else:
+            place = raw_input("Wanna type in another location to find the nearest MBTA?\n\n")
+
 
+        if place == "done":
+            print "Thanks for using me!"
+            done = True
+        else:
+           find_stop_near(place)