Set up the Places API (New)

  • Google Maps Platform products require API keys for authentication and billing purposes, linking your project and billing account to the API.

  • Before using the Places API, ensure you have a project with a billing account and the Places API enabled.

  • You can create and restrict API keys through the Google Cloud Console or the Cloud SDK.

  • Google strongly recommends restricting your API keys to enhance security by limiting usage to only necessary APIs for your application.

  • Include your API key with every Places API request, ensuring it is URL encoded and the request is made over HTTPS.
European Economic Area (EEA) developers

This document describes the prerequisites for using the Places API (New), how to enable it, and then how to make an authenticated request.

Ensure that you meet the prerequisites.

Enable the API in your Google Cloud project.

Configure an API key or OAuth to make an authenticated API request.