Author: Samarth Goel
This script takes in a list of restaurant names and a location, and outputs a csv file with a fair amount of the restaurant's data.
This script uses the Google Maps API and the Yelp Fusion API. In order to use it, create a Google Maps API Key using the instructions here and a Yelp API Key here and add both a GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY and a YELP_API_KEY variable to a local .env file.
To use a list of restaurants as an input, put it in the datasets folder as a txt file. An example file, nyc-bib-gourmand.txt has been provided to demonstrate proper format. After running the script, you can find the outputted csv file in the outputs folder.
After setting an API key, run generate.ipynb and set the data, output_name, and location variables at the top of the notebook and run the remaining cells. You can find the resulting csv in the outputs folder.
- Missing Values
There's a couple of missing values, which are currently set to empty strings. Perhaps querying another search engine and cross-referencing will fix the issue.
- Accurate Cost
While the cost column uses Google's traditional $ - $$$$ system, I want to get a more accurate cost measure in actual dollar amounts. Perhaps adding basic ML to a menu scan (given the menu can be found through the current API) or a scroll of the website to find the menu would work.