Hello All,

I am trying to parse a JSON response from a Google API and am having a bit of trouble figuring out what is the right syntax to get the correct field values.  The program flow is to call the API then map the responses into my variables.  So the call looks like this: 

<$geocoder = Geo::Coder::Google->new(apiver => 3);
        eval {
            $latlong = $geocoder->geocode(location => $location);
                print Dumper($latlong);
        };
       
                $map_coords = $latlong->{geometry}{location}{lat} . " 
+" . $latlong->{geometry}{location}{lng};
                $country = $latlong->{address_components}{types}{count
+ry}{long_name};
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My problem is in the mapping for $COUNTRY.  In the JSON response, which dumps as follows, I get an error in trying to grab the long_name of the country out of the types (which I thought was a hash, but according to the error, it isn't):

$VAR1 = {
          'formatted_address' => 'Johannesburg, South Africa',
          'types' => [
                       'locality',
                       'political'
                     ],
          'address_components' => [
                                    {
                                      'types' => [
                                                   'locality',
                                                   'political'
                                                 ],
                                      'short_name' => 'Johannesburg',
                                      'long_name' => 'Johannesburg'
                                    },
                                    {
                                      'types' => [
                                                   'administrative_are
+a_level_3',
                                                   'political'
                                                 ],
                                      'short_name' => 'Johannesburg',
                                      'long_name' => 'Johannesburg'
                                    },
                                    {
                                      'types' => [
                                                   'administrative_are
+a_level_2',
                                                   'political'
                                                 ],
                                      'short_name' => 'City of Johanne
+sburg Metropolitan Municipality',
                                      'long_name' => 'City of Johannes
+burg Metropolitan Municipality'
                                    },
                                    {
                                      'types' => [
                                                   'administrative_are
+a_level_1',
                                                   'political'
                                                 ],
                                      'short_name' => 'GP',
                                      'long_name' => 'Gauteng'
                                    },
                                    {
                                      'types' => [
                                                   'country',
                                                   'political'
                                                 ],
                                      'short_name' => 'ZA',
                                      'long_name' => 'South Africa'
                                    }
                                  ],
          'geometry' => {
                          'viewport' => {
                                          'southwest' => {
                                                           'lat' => '-
+26.2389231',
                                                           'lng' => '2
+7.942449'
                                                         },
                                          'northeast' => {
                                                           'lat' => '-
+26.1041199',
                                                           'lng' => '2
+8.1376001'
                                                         }
                                        },
                          'location' => {
                                          'lat' => '-26.2041028',
                                          'lng' => '28.0473051'
                                        },
                          'location_type' => 'APPROXIMATE',
                          'bounds' => {
                                        'southwest' => {
                                                         'lat' => '-26
+.2389231',
                                                         'lng' => '27.
+942449'
                                                       },
                                        'northeast' => {
                                                         'lat' => '-26
+.1041199',
                                                         'lng' => '28.
+1376001'
                                                       }
                                      }
                        }
        };
Not a HASH reference at cvlt_jobs_2 line 239.
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If the correct answer is 'South Africa' (address_components >> types >> country >> long_name), how do I grab that? 

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