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+from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim
+from geopy.point import Point
+from flask import Flask
+from flask import request
+from flask import json
+from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException, UnprocessableEntity
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+
+# Define custom error handler for returning
+# the default errors as JSON instead of HTML
+@app.errorhandler(HTTPException)
+def handle_exception(e):
+    response = e.get_response()
+    response.data = json.dumps({
+        "code": e.code,
+        "name": e.name,
+        "description": e.description,
+    })
+    response.content_type = "application/json"
+    return response
+
+
+# Get latitude and longitude from the corresponding request arguments,
+# also require application name for geopy,
+# raises HTTP status 422 if not provided,
+# returns location as JSON
+@app.route('/api/v1/reverse', methods=['GET'])
+def reverse():
+    if all(key in request.args for key in ('lat', 'lng', 'app_name')):
+        lat = request.args.get('lat', type=float)
+        lng = request.args.get('lng', type=float)
+        app_name = request.args.get('app_name', type=str)
+    else:
+        raise UnprocessableEntity(
+            "Either latitude, longitude or application name missing!")
+    point = Point(lat, lng)
+    geolocator = Nominatim(user_agent=app_name)
+    location = geolocator.reverse(point)
+    return location.raw