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Flask-GoogleMaps: Seamlessly embed interactive maps in your Flask app

Name: Flask-GoogleMaps: Seamlessly embed interactive maps in your Flask app
Author: flask-extensions

Add Google Maps to any Flask project in minutes—perfect for founders who need location features without hand‑coding the API.

From the repo · “Easy way to add GoogleMaps to Flask applications. maintainer: @getcake”

655 stars193 forksPythonGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 21Updated 5/30/2024100% free · open source

What it does

Flask-GoogleMaps allows you to easily integrate Google Maps into your Flask web application

When to use it

•When you need to display location-based data on a map in your Flask app
•When you want to provide directions or geolocation services to your users
•When you need to visualize geographic data, such as store locations or delivery areas

Ready-to-paste prompt

Map(map = Map(identifier='map', lat=37.4419, lng=-122.1419, markers=[(37.4419, -122.1419)], zoom=15, maptype='TERRAIN'))

Heads up: You need a valid Google Maps API key to use Flask-GoogleMaps, which requires a Google Cloud account and enabling the Google Maps JavaScript API

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🔑 Needs an API key

Works after you add credentials — the setup agent will ask you for them.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/flask-googlemaps && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/flask-googlemaps/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/flask-googlemaps/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Flask-GoogleMaps: Seamlessly embed interactive maps in your Flask app works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Flask-GoogleMaps: Seamlessly embed interactive maps in your Flask app is a small Python project (~1.6k lines across 6 code files, plus 3 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit 29 months ago, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size

Small codebase

~1.6k lines · 6 code files · 14 min skim

Setup

One-command install

Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.

Runs on

Python

No API keys detected

Python 77%HTML 22%Makefile 1%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
pyproject.toml
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
3
flask_googlemaps/__init__.py
Inside flask_googlemaps/ — the main logic begins here
4
examples/dark_mode.json
A worked example — copy this to get going

What's in each folder

flask_googlemaps/Core code — the actual logic7 files

examples/Examples you can copy16 files

docs/Documentation5 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)4 files

tests/Tests — proof it works1 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksExamples includedMIT licenseLast update 29 mo ago