HTTP Request
An HTTP request indicates the desired action to be performed on an identified resource. Actions include: GET, POST, HEAD, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE, TRACE, PATCH and CONNECT.
Python Example
# Import the requests module, which may need to be installed. import requests # Set the endpoint. URL = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json" # Create a parameters dictionary. parameters = {'address': 'San Francisco'} # Send the request. result = requests.get(url = URL, params = parameters) # Extract result data in JSON format. data = result.json() # Get formatted result data. address = data['results'][0]['formatted_address']