googlemaps/google-maps-services-python

Async support

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#368 opened on Jun 30, 2020

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help wantedpriority: p3type: feature request

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This is based on #156 and #224, but I can't reopen those.

In #156 this was marked as a priority but Python 2.7 support was listed as a blocker. As the earliest version of Python now supported is 3.5 (which is after asyncio was introduced), it seems this blocker has been removed. Since a lot of Python applications (especially webapps) are moving over to async, it would be nice not to have to make workarounds to implement Google Maps support.

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Study the existing synchronous client implementation and design an async interface using async/await. Use an HTTP client like aiohttp or the asyncio compatible variant. Ensure backward compatibility and provide usage examples.
Tech stack
python
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backendapi
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Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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Pythonasyncio
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60