2

I try to program a name generator script for various sample data entry jobs. What I need to do is the following:

  • Access the Google Maps Api and give me a random adress (in a specific city if possible)
  • Return Street and Zip Code (and City (see above))

Is that possible in Powershell? I was thinking about using the IE ComObj and just parse the dom of Google Maps but that seems so wasteful.

Any help would be great! Thanks :)

Kara
  • 6,115
  • 16
  • 50
  • 57
sebsn
  • 315
  • 1
  • 3
  • 6

2 Answers2

4

I'm not familiar with the Google maps API however it looks like you are just calling web services.

You can interact with web services in PowerShell. If the service communicates with SOAP you can use the New-WebServiceProxy cmdlet. If it is a REST service you can use the System.Net.WebRequest .NET class, here's an example. As noted in the linked answer, you will probably want a JSON library to process the service response. Also, this fella posted a JSON module on PoshCode that you might want to take a look at.

Also, a new cmdlet is being introduced in PowerShell V3 Invoke-RestMethod, which is currently in community technical preview...

Community
  • 1
  • 1
Andy Arismendi
  • 50,577
  • 16
  • 107
  • 124
  • 1
    Carefully read the terms of service though, the data from most of Google's Web Services must be displayed on a Google map. – Mano Marks Jan 09 '12 at 22:11
0

Google map provides REST API's to use them in Powershell, you can call these using an Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet to get your task done. Infact I wrote a Googlemaps module in powershell and you can get the same from Powershell Gallery

Prateek Singh
  • 1