How to send a HTTP GET request with parameters and JSON parsing in Python (using requests)

Install requests python module as follows

$ pip install requests

CODE

import requests

url = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json'

params = dict(
    origin='Chicago,IL',
    destination='Los+Angeles,CA',
    sensor='false'
)

resp = requests.get(url=url, params=params)
data = resp.json()
print('place_id', data['geocoded_waypoints'][0]['place_id'])

place_id = ChIJ7cv00DwsDogRAMDACa2m4K8