Google Distance Matrix API Client

The Distance Matrix API is a service that provides travel distance and time for a matrix of origins and destinations, based on the recommended route between start and end points.

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distance-matrix/start

Usage

require 'google/apis/distance_matrix'

distance_matrix = Google::Apis::DistanceMatrix::DistanceMatrixService.new
distance_matrix.key = '<GOOGLE_API_KEY>'

pp distance_matrix.distance(origins: 'Washington, DC', destinations: 'New York, NY')
# #<Google::Apis::DistanceMatrix::DistanceMatrixData:0x00007fc59a2828c0
#  @destination_addresses=["New York, NY, USA"],
#  @origin_addresses=["Washington, DC, USA"],
#  @rows=
#   [#<Google::Apis::DistanceMatrix::Row:0x00007fc59a250ff0
#     @elements=
#      [#<Google::Apis::DistanceMatrix::Element:0x00007fc59a2502a8
#        @distance=
#         #<Google::Apis::DistanceMatrix::Distance:0x00007fc59a24b7d0
#          @text="362 km",
#          @value=361957>,
#        @duration=
#         #<Google::Apis::DistanceMatrix::Duration:0x00007fc59a24a1c8
#          @text="3 hours 51 mins",
#          @value=13840>,
#        @status="OK">]>],
#  @status="OK">

Installation

• Add this line to your Gemfile

  gem 'google-apis-distance_matrix', '~> 0.1'

• And then execute

  bundle
  

Development

The client was generated by the google-api-client gem.

https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-ruby-client#generating-apis

• Install dependencies

  $ bundle
  

• Create .env file

  $ echo "GOOGLE_API_KEY=<YOUR_KEY>" > .env
  

• Run tests

  $ bundle exec rake
  

• Build the gem

  $ bundle exec rake build