Simple queries

README.md

@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ Setting this to `True` will get you debug output.
 
 This takes a list in the form `[minlon, minlat, maxlon, maxlat]`, the default is the world: `[-180.0, -90.0, 180.0, 90.0]`
 
+### Simple queries
+
+In addition to just send you query and parse it, the wrapper provides shortcuts for often used map queries. To use them, just pass them like to normal query to the API.
+
+#### MapQuery
+
+Up to now, only a query for [complete ways and relations](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Language_Guide#Completed_ways_and_relations) in a bounding box is supported.
+You just pass the bounding box to the constructor:
+
+```python
+>>> map_query = overpass.MapQuery((50.746,7.154,50.748,7.157))
+>>> response = api.Get(map_query)
+```
+
 ## Need help? Want feature?
 
 Create a [new issue](https://github.com/mvexel/overpass-api-python-wrapper/issues).

overpass/__init__.py

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 __version__ = '0.0.1'
 __license__ = 'Apache 2.0'
 
-from .api import API
+from .api import API
+from .queries import MapQuery

overpass/api.py

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class API(object):
     _debug = False
     _bbox = [-180.0, -90.0, 180.0, 90.0]
 
+    _QUERY_TEMPLATE = "[out:{responseformat}];{query}out body;"
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.endpoint = kwargs.get("endpoint", self._endpoint)
         self.timeout = kwargs.get("timeout", self._timeout)
@@ -59,12 +61,14 @@ def _ConstructError(self, msg):
         }
 
     def _ConstructQLQuery(self, userquery):
-        if not userquery.endswith(";"):
-            userquery += ";"
-        fullquery = "[out:{responseformat}];".format(responseformat=self.responseformat) + userquery + "out body;"
+        raw_query = str(userquery)
+        if not raw_query.endswith(";"):
+            raw_query += ";"
+
+        complete_query = self._QUERY_TEMPLATE.format(responseformat=self.responseformat, query=raw_query)
         if self.debug:
-            print fullquery
-        return "[out:{responseformat}];".format(responseformat=self.responseformat) + userquery + "out body;"
+            print complete_query
+        return complete_query
 
     def _GetFromOverpass(self, query):
         """This sends the API request to the Overpass instance and

overpass/queries.py

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+class MapQuery(object):
+    """Query to retrieve complete ways and relations in an area."""
+
+    _QUERY_TEMPLATE = "(node({bbox[0]},{bbox[1]},{bbox[2]},{bbox[2]});<;);"
+
+    def __init__(self, bbox):
+        """
+        Initialize query with given bounding box.
+        :param bbox Bounding box with limit values in format (s, w, n, e) in a sequence.
+        """
+        self.bbox = bbox
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self._QUERY_TEMPLATE.format(bbox=self.bbox)