Google API Key Signup

 

1.      Sign up/in Visit: https://console.developers.google.com You will need to login with your Google account, or create a new Google account.

Please agree to the Google’s Terms of Service.

2.      Credentials page Navigate to the “Credentials” page within the “APIs & Services” section of the Google Cloud Platform.
3.      Create new project Click on “create project”.

It does not matter what the project name or ID is set to.

Click “create”.

4.      Create API key Navigate to the “Credentials page”.

Click on “Create credentials”.

Click on “API key”.

5.      Save API key Please copy your API key into an email to your Project Manager.

You do not need to restrict the key.

Click “close”.

6.      Add libraries Navigate to the “Library” page.

Search for “Maps JavaScript API”.

Click “enable”.

7.      Add more libraries Repeat step 6 for:

·         Geocoding API

·         Geolocation API

·         Directions API

·         Distance Matrix API

·         Places API

·         YouTube Data API v3

8.      Billing page Once you have enabled all 7 libraries to the API key, please visit: https://console.cloud.google.com/projectselector/billing/enable

Select the project that you have just created.

9.      Enable billing Click “create billing account”.

Enter billing details.

10.  Send API key Email your Project Manager with the API key that you copied earlier.

We will then add this to your website backend to complete the integration.