#!/usr/bin/env python import urllib, json, sys if len(sys.argv) < 3: print 'Usage: %s ' % sys.argv[0] sys.exit(2) url = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=%s&destination=%s&sensor=false' % (sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]) result = json.loads(urllib.urlopen(url).read()) duration = result['routes'][0]['legs'][0]['duration']['text'] distance = result['routes'][0]['legs'][0]['distance']['text'] print '%s for %s' % (duration, distance)