[Python] How to use the Google Maps Places API (New) in python?

I want to use the textSearch (https://developers.google.com/maps/...Spicy Vegetarian Food in Sydney, Australia"}}) in Places API (New) to obtain all of the POIs of one specific category in an area, but I'm always getting no return from the code.

My code:

import requests

def get_places_by_category(query, api_key):
# Base URL for the Text Search API
base_url = "https://places.googleapis.com/v1/places:searchText"

# Parameters for the request
params = {
"query": query,
"key": api_key
}

# Send the request
response = requests.get(base_url, params=params)

# Check if the request was successful
if response.status_code == 200:
return response.json()
else:
return None

# Example usage
api_key = API_KEY # Replace with the actual API key
query = "restaurant" # Category of POIs you want to search for

places = get_places_by_category(query, api_key)

if places:
for place in places['results']:
print(f"Name: {place['name']}, Address: {place['formatted_address']}")
else:
print("Failed to get a response from Google Places API (New)")


It keeps returning "Failed to get a response from Google Places API (New)".

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