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Prerequisites : Introduction to Tkinter | Using google distance matrix API

Python offers multiple options for developing GUI (Graphical User Interface). Out of all the GUI methods, tkinter is most commonly used method. It is a standard Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit shipped with Python. Python with tkinter outputs the fastest and easiest way to create the GUI applications. Creating a GUI using tkinter is an easy task.

To create a tkinter :

  1. Importing the module – tkinter
  2. Create the main window (container)
  3. Add any number of widgets to the main window
  4. Apply the event Trigger on the widgets.

Let’s create a GUI based Distance-Time calculator using Python Tkinter module, which can tell distance between two city / location and time taken in travelling from one location to another location .

Modules required:

tkinter
requests
json

 
Below is the implementation :




# Python3 program to create Distance
# Time GUI calculator using Tkinter
  
# import everything from tkinter modules
from tkinter import *
  
# import modules
import requests, json
  
  
# Function for finding distance
# and duration between two places 
def result(source, destination, travel_modes):
  
    # Enter your API key here
    api_key = 'Your_api_key'
  
    # base variable to store base url
  
    # Check travel modes
    if travel_modes == "train":
  
        # complete_url variable to store complete url address
        complete_url = base + 'origins =' + source + \
                      '&destinations =' + destination + \
                      '&mode = transit&transit_mode = train' + \
                      '&key ='+api_key
  
        # get method of requests module
        # return response object
        r = requests.get(complete_url)
          
    else:
          
        # complete_url variable to
        # store complete url address
        complete_url = base + 'origins =' + source+ \
                       '&destinations ='+ destination + \
                       '&mode ='+travel_modes+'&key ='+ api_key
  
        # get method of requests module
        # return response object
        r = requests.get(complete_url)
  
    # json method of response object convert
    # json format data into python format data
    x = r.json()
  
    # x contains list of nested dictionaries
    # we know dictionary contains key value pair
      
    # Extracting useful information
    # from x dictionary
    row = x['rows'][0]
    cell = row['elements'][0]
  
    # Check value corresponding to
    # status key in cell dictionary
    if cell['status'] == 'OK' :
  
        # insert method inserting the 
        # value in the text entry box.
        # Extracting useful information
        # from cell dictionary and inserting
        # into the respective text fields.
        distance_field.insert(10, cell['distance']['text'])
        duration_field.insert(10, cell['duration']['text'])
          
    else :
          
        # insert method inserting the
        # value in the text entry box.
        # Extract value corresponding to
        # status key from cell dictionary and
        # inserting into the respective text fields.
        mode_field.insert(10, cell['status'])
        distance_field.insert(10, cell['status'])
  
# Function for getting values from
# respective text entry boxes and 
# calling result function .                             
def find() :
  
    # get method returns current text 
    # as a string from text entry box
    source = source_field.get()
    destination = destination_field.get()
    travel_modes = mode_field.get()
  
    # Calling result() Function
    result(source, destination, travel_modes)
  
# Function for inserting the train string
# in the mode_field text entry box
def train() :
    mode_field.insert(10, "train")
  
# Function for inserting the driving string
# in the mode_field text entry box
def driving() :
    mode_field.insert(10, "driving")
  
# Function for inserting the walking string
# in the mode_field text entry box
def walking() :
    mode_field.insert(10, "walking")
  
# Function for clearing the contents 
# of source_field, distance_field,
# duration_field text entry boxes. 
def del_source() :
    source_field.delete(0, END)
    distance_field.delete(0, END)
    duration_field.delete(0, END)
  
# Function for clearing the contents of 
# destination_field, distance_field,
# duration_field text entry boxes.
def del_destination() :
    destination_field.delete(0, END)
    distance_field.delete(0, END)
    duration_field.delete(0, END)
  
# function for clearing the contents of mode_field,
# distance_field, duration_field text entry boxes.
def del_modes() :
    mode_field.delete(0, END)
    distance_field.delete(0, END)
    duration_field.delete(0, END)
  
# Function for clearing the
# contents of all text entry boxes 
def delete_all() :
    source_field.delete(0, END)
    destination_field.delete(0, END)
    mode_field.delete(0, END)
    distance_field.delete(0, END)
    duration_field.delete(0, END)
  
  
# Driver code
if __name__ == "__main__" :
  
    # Create a GUI window
    root = Tk()
  
    # Set the background colour of GUI window
    root.configure(background = 'light green')
  
    # Set the configuration of GUI window
    root.geometry("500x300")
  
    # Create a welcome to distance time calculator label
    headlabel = Label(root, text = 'welcome to distance time calculator',
                      fg = 'black', bg = "red")
      
    # Create a Source: label
    label1 = Label(root, text = "Source:",
                   fg = 'black', bg = 'dark green')
  
    # Create a Destination: label
    label2 = Label(root, text = "Destination:",
                   fg = 'black', bg = 'dark green')
      
    # Create a Choose travelling modes: label
    label3 = Label(root, text = "Choose travelling modes: ",
                   fg = 'black', bg = 'red')
  
    # Create a Distance: label
    label4 = Label(root, text = "Distance:",
                    fg = 'black', bg = 'dark green')
  
    # Create a Duration: label
    label5 = Label(root, text = "Duration:"
                    fg = 'black', bg = 'dark green')
      
    # grid method is used for placing
    # the widgets at respective positions
    # in table like structure . 
    headlabel.grid(row = 0, column = 1)
    label1.grid(row = 1, column = 0, sticky ="E")
    label2.grid(row = 2, column = 0, sticky ="E")
    label3.grid(row = 3, column = 1)
    label4.grid(row = 7, column = 0, sticky ="E")
    label5.grid(row = 8, column = 0, sticky ="E")
      
    # Create a text entry box
    # for filling or typing the information.
    source_field = Entry(root)
    destination_field = Entry(root)
    mode_field = Entry(root)
    distance_field = Entry(root)
    duration_field = Entry(root)
  
    # grid method is used for placing
    # the widgets at respective positions
    # in table like structure .
    # ipadx keyword argument set width of entry space .
    source_field.grid(row = 1, column = 1, ipadx ="100")
    destination_field.grid(row = 2, column = 1, ipadx ="100")
    mode_field.grid(row = 5, column = 1, ipadx ="50")
    distance_field.grid(row = 7, column = 1, ipadx ="100")
    duration_field.grid(row = 8, column = 1, ipadx ="100")
  
  
    # Create a CLEAR Button and attached
    # to del_source function
    button1 = Button(root, text = "CLEAR", bg = "red",
                     fg = "black", command = del_source)
  
    # Create a CLEAR Button and attached to del_destination
    button2 = Button(root, text = "CLEAR", bg = "red",
                     fg = "black", command = del_destination)
  
    # Create a RESULT Button and attached to find function
    button3 = Button(root, text = "RESULT"
                     bg = "red", fg = "black",
                                command = find)
  
    # Create a CLEAR ALL Button and attached to delete_all function
    button4 = Button(root, text = "CLEAR ALL",
                     bg = "red", fg = "black",
                            command = delete_all)
  
    # Create a Train Button and attached to train function
    button5 = Button(root, text = "Train", command = train)
  
    # Create a Driving Button and attached to driving function
    button6 = Button(root, text = "Driving", command = driving)
  
    # Create a Walking Button and attached to walking function
    button7 = Button(root, text = "Walking", command = walking)
  
    # Create a CLEAR Button and attached to del_modes function
    button8 = Button(root, text = "CLEAR",
                     fg = "black", bg = "red",
                           command = del_modes)
  
    # grid method is used for placing
    # the widgets at respective positions
    # in table like structure .
    button1.grid(row = 1, column = 2)
    button2.grid(row = 2, column = 2)
    button3.grid(row = 6, column = 1)
    button4.grid(row = 9, column = 1)
    button5.grid(row = 4, column = 0)
    button6.grid(row = 4, column = 1)
    button7.grid(row = 4, column = 2)
    button8.grid(row = 5, column = 2)
  
    # Start the GUI
    root.mainloop()


Output:

output



Last Updated : 21 Nov, 2019
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