AfriGIS Python Search Client

Overview

AfriGIS Python Search Client is a modern, async Python SDK for seamless integration with the AfriGIS Search suite of APIs. It provides robust, versioned, and strongly-typed access to Autocomplete, Geocode, Place Details, and Delivery Address Format APIs, handling authentication, request formatting, and error mapping for you.

• Token-based authentication (OAuth2)
• API key support
• Strongly-typed request/response models (Pydantic)
• Async API for scalable apps
• Comprehensive error handling
• Thread/async-safe and production-ready
• Versioned endpoints for future compatibility

Installation

Install via pip (after building or from PyPI):

pip install afrigis-search-client

Configuration

You can provide credentials via environment variables, .env file, or directly as parameters. Example .env:

AFRIGIS_AUTH_URL=https://auth.afrigis.services
AFRIGIS_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
AFRIGIS_CLIENT_SECRET=your-client-secret
AFRIGIS_API_KEY=your-api-key

Client Initialization

from afrigis_search_client import AfrigisSearchClient
import os

client = AfrigisSearchClient(
    client_id=os.getenv("AFRIGIS_CLIENT_ID"),
    client_secret=os.getenv("AFRIGIS_CLIENT_SECRET"),
    api_key=os.getenv("AFRIGIS_API_KEY")
)

Usage Examples

All endpoints are async and raise exceptions for error conditions. See below for details on which exceptions are raised and when.

Autocomplete

result = await client.autocomplete.v3.autocomplete(query="446 Rigel", max_results=5)
for suggestion in result.result:
    print(f"{suggestion.description} ({suggestion.country})")

Geocoding

result = await client.geocode.v3.geocode_address(query="446 Rigel Avenue South, Erasmusrand", max_results=5)
for address in result.result:
    print(f"{address.formatted_address} - {address.location}")

Place Details

result = await client.details.v3.get_details(reference="2XIAs5De9f_eEXNFubwV-ZXI41F281017")
print(result.result.formatted_address)
print(result.result.location)

Delivery Address Lookup

result = await client.delivery.v1.get_delivery(reference="2XIAs5De9f_eEXNFubwV-ZXI41F281017")
print(result.result.formatted_address)
print(result.result.delivery)

Autocomplete/Geocode with IncludeTypes/ExcludeTypes

result = await client.autocomplete.v3.autocomplete(
    query="446 Rigel",
    max_results=5,
    include_types=["street_address_level_1", "locality"],
    exclude_types=["administrative_area_level_1"]
)

Exception Handling

All endpoints raise exceptions for error conditions:

• ValueError: For invalid input (e.g., empty query)
• Exception: For API errors, network errors, or response validation errors

Thread Safety & Token Management

• The client is async/thread-safe and manages authentication tokens automatically.
• Tokens are refreshed as needed; you do not need to handle this yourself.

API Reference

• Autocomplete v3
• Geocode v3
• Place Details v3
• Delivery Address Format v1

Support & Further Resources

• Contact AfriGIS for production support and API documentation