Add user_agent parameter when instantiating classes (and fix examples)
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The Nominatim Usage Policy requires the application to be identified in HTTP requests. In this context, TkinterMapView is not the application; it is a library. Calling applications need to pass a User-Agent string.
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In the case of my team, this has now become a problem because some user of this library has spammed the search API and it seems to have temporarily banned the user agent. I'd like to see this in a future release of the library. |
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The Nominatim Usage Policy requires the application to be identified in HTTP requests. In this context, TkinterMapView is not the application; it is a library. Calling applications need to pass a User-Agent string. (Notice the corresponding documentation for
geopy.)This adds a unique
User-Agentto each example. (Additionally, fix the window title in several examples, and make theimportstatements consistent.)