Google apps script map api for distance calculation between two points

Question

I know there is an api to calculate the distance between two points for google apps but what i am looking for is the google apps script api to calculate the driving distance not the direct distance between two points. Is there such an api?

Answer 1

One can follow the below link to get more details about it. Calculating driving distance with google map api v2

Answer 2

Google directions API gives you the total distance between the source and destination. try this

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=nj&destination=ny&sensor=false

API Documentation here