{"categories":[{"label":"Internet","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Python client library for Google Maps Places API, providing access to place search, retrieval, and information endpoints through a managed Google Cloud service.","skillfed_tags":["google-cloud","geolocation","api-client"],"use_cases":["Search for places near a given coordinate or address and retrieve detailed information like opening hours, ratings, and contact details.","Build a location-based discovery feature in a mobile or web app that queries nearby businesses, attractions, or services.","Enrich user-submitted addresses or business data by looking up canonical place records and verifying existence.","Integrate place autocomplete or place-details lookups into a form or search interface.","Aggregate place metadata (photos, reviews, types) for analytics or reporting on a set of locations."],"what_it_does":"This is Google's official Python client for the Places API (New), a managed service that provides programmatic access to place information, search results, and location data. It wraps the underlying gRPC and REST endpoints with a Pythonic interface, handling authentication, serialization, and error handling automatically through dependencies on google-api-core, google-auth, and protobuf.\n\nThe library is designed for applications that need to query places by name, location, type, or other criteria\u2014such as finding nearby restaurants, verifying business details, or enriching location datasets. It requires a Google Cloud project with billing enabled and the Places API activated. The package is actively maintained, supports modern Python versions (3.10 and later), and carries no known security vulnerabilities.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need programmatic access to Google Maps place data and are willing to set up a Google Cloud project with billing. The library is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, and is the official client for this API. The main cost is operational\u2014API calls incur charges\u2014not technical adoption."},"id":"google-maps-places","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/google-maps-places","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/google-maps-places.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/google-maps-places/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-06-03","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"google-maps-places","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Google Maps Places API client library"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":322018,"position":7616,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.9.0"}