cannot import name GoogleMaps in python

Question

I am using the code below to get the latitude & longitude of an address:

from googlemaps import GoogleMaps
gmaps = GoogleMaps(api_key)
address = 'Constitution Ave NW & 10th St NW, Washington, DC'
lat, lng = gmaps.address_to_latlng(address)
print lat, lng

but am getting the error below

File "C:/Users/Pavan/PycharmProjects/MGCW/latlong6.py", line 1, in <module>
    from googlemaps import GoogleMaps
ImportError: cannot import name GoogleMaps

I have seen another question similar to this, but the solution didn't work for me.

Answer 1

Use geopy instead, no need for api-key.

From their example:

from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim
geolocator = Nominatim()
location = geolocator.geocode("175 5th Avenue NYC")
print(location.address)
print((location.latitude, location.longitude))

prints:

Flatiron Building, 175, 5th Avenue, Flatiron, New York, NYC, New York, 10010,  United States of America
(40.7410861, -73.9896297241625)