geocoding.py

from pygeocoder import Geocoder

#MEMECACHE
import memcache
mc = memcache.Client(['127.0.0.1:11211'], debug=0)






def geocode(place_list):

	#reformat the placelist to work ask keys for memcache and google maps
	place_list = [i.encode('utf8') for i in place_list ]
	keylist = [i.replace(" ", "_") for i in place_list]

	keyplace = dict(zip(keylist, place_list))

	existing = mc.get_multi(keylist)

	for key, value in existing.items():
		keyplace[key] = value


		#'New_York' : 'New York'
	for key, value in keyplace.iteritems():

		if key not in existing:
			print "I don't exist yet"	

			name = value
			try:
				loc = Geocoder.geocode(value)

				lat, lon = (loc[0].coordinates)

				itemdict = {}
				itemdict = {'name': name, 'lat': lat, 'lon': lon}

				keyplace[key] = itemdict
				mc.set(key, itemdict)
	
			except Exception:
				pass

	return keyplace


def main():
	""" Tests """

	#place_list = [u'New Orleans', u'Iowa', u'Colorado', u'North Carolina', u'Asheville', u'New York', u'ADSFADSfjdhf']

	
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()