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Configure your Google Maps API key

You need to make sure you enable the Google Maps APIs, create credentials for an API, and restrict it to these APIs:

Please always refer to Google's online help for the most up-to-date information. See their help topic, Maps JavaScript API.

Prerequisite

  1. Create a project. See Google's help article, Getting started with Google Maps Platform.
  2. Under APIs and services, navigate to the API Library and enable the APIs:
    • Geocoding API
    • Maps JavaScript API
  3. Under APIs and services, under Credentials, create credentials for an API key. 
  4. Remember to restrict the API key before using it in production. See Google's help article, Restricting your API keys.GoogleAPIs.png
  5. You should restrict your key to your standard applaud domain and any custom domain. See Google's help article, Setting an application restriction for an API key.
    • Restriction type: HTTP referrers
        • Example: *.applaud.com/*
        • Example: *.mycompany.com/*
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  6. Take a copy of your API Key.

Procedure

  1. In the Applaud platform, on the Admin home page, select Settings.
  2. Under the Google Maps API Key section, in the Google Map Key box, enter your API key.
  3. Select UPDATE.

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