import requests API_KEY = "AIzaSyBoBHzeQFgR7O-NlNsuHXQcC1B7ccEHpl8" url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json" origin = "51.5636306598907,-0.11061106079085892" dest = "51.53836609846008,-0.12743940233824352" params = { "origins": origin, "destinations": dest, "key": API_KEY, "departure_time": "", # timstamp, optional "mode": "transit", } r = requests.get(url, params=params) print(r.status_code) print(r.json()) with open("code/json/routing_distancematrix.json", "w") as f: f.write(r.text)