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mrnato
mrnato

Reputation: 13

Python won't let me call a method

I am making a simple python script that will ask for a zipcode and return the weather implementing the latitude and longitude of that zipcode into a weather.gov url and the weather can be fetched. I am still a beginner so this might be a very simple fix. I will explain my code so far. I have done the Beautiful Soup stuff this is just implementing the zipcode to lat and long.

This imports the search engine:

from uszipcode import SearchEngine

This specifies simple zipcode:

search = SearchEngine(simple_zipcode=True)

This specifies the zipcode in question:

zipcode = search.by_zipcode("*****")

This takes the zipcode, gets it's data, turns it into a dict, and stores it into a variable:

latLong = zipcode.to_dict

This takes the lat and long from the dict and stores them in variables:

lat = latLong['lat']
long = latLong['long']

And finally, this puts the lat and long in the url for BeautifulSoup to do it's magic:

my_url = 'https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=' + lat + '&lon=' + long + '#.XGTPH1xKiUk'

As you can see, I am using the uszipcode library. (Here's a link: https://uszipcode.readthedocs.io/?badge=latest)

Something else that might be important to note is that this is what you would get if you were to call the latLong variable:

<bound method ExtendedBase.to_dict of SimpleZipcode(zipcode='*****', zipcode_type='Standard', major_city='*****', post_office_city='******', common_city_list=['*****'], county='*****', state='****', lat=****, lng=****, timezone='****', radius_in_miles=*****, area_code_list=['***', '((('], population=***, population_density=*****, land_area_in_sqmi=***, water_area_in_sqmi=***, housing_units=******, occupied_housing_units=*****, median_home_value=*****, median_household_income=****, bounds_west=******, bounds_east=*****, bounds_north=*****, bounds_south=****)>

Ok so here's my problem: Whenever I try to call the method/values of variables in the dictionary, (aka the lat = latLong['lat']) this error message pops up:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "c:\Users\bobko\Desktop\Hello\Test.py", line 8, in <module>
 lat = zipcode.to_dict['lat']
TypeError: 'method' object is not subscriptable

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. Can someone please help? Just a side note: I haven't implemented the input thing I am just seeing if this will even work.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 166

Answers (3)

Bhanu Tez
Bhanu Tez

Reputation: 306

The below works for me. You have to call the to_dict method by adding parentheses and also the attribute is not "long" it is "lng"

from uszipcode import SearchEngine

search = SearchEngine(simple_zipcode=True)
zipcode = search.by_zipcode("11217")
latLong = zipcode.to_dict()
lat = latLong['lat']
long = latLong['lng']

Upvotes: 2

John Gordon
John Gordon

Reputation: 33335

zipcode.to_dict is a method. You have to call it, i.e. zipcode.to_dict().

Without the parentheses, you're referring to the method instead of calling it.

Upvotes: 0

blhsing
blhsing

Reputation: 106553

You should call the method by placing parentheses after the method name:

latLong = zipcode.to_dict()

Otherwise you're only assigning the method object to latLong, hence the error.

Upvotes: 1

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