{"id":4343,"date":"2018-08-14T09:50:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ning.com\/ning3help\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2019-12-18T07:21:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T15:21:23","slug":"get-google-maps-api-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/get-google-maps-api-key\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get a Google Maps API key"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a01. Go to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/maps-platform\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Maps web page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and open the developer console (image 1, step 1).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/11-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/11-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image 1<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00a02. Open the navigation menu (image 2, step 2).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a03. Select <\/span><b>APIs &amp; Services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and proceed to the Dashboard (image 2, step 3).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00a04. Follow the <b>Enable APIs <\/b>link (image 3, step 4).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/44.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image 3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00a05. Type \u201c<b><i>map<\/i><\/b>\u201d in the search bar and select the <b>Maps Javascript API <\/b>tile (image 4, step 5).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/55.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/55.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image 4<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00a06.\u00a0Click <b>Enable<\/b> (image 5, step 6).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/66.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/66.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image 5<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00a07. Switch to the <b>Credentials <\/b>tab (image 6, step 7).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a08. Click the <\/span><b>Create credentials <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">button and choose the <\/span><b>API key <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">option (image 6, steps 8, 9).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/789.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/789.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image 6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00a09. Copy the newly generated key (image 7, step 9).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image 7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00a010. To know more about pricing plans, access options, etc., please refer to the official documentation: <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/maps\/documentation\/javascript\/usage-and-billing\">https:\/\/developers.google.com\/maps\/documentation\/javascript\/usage-and-billing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a01. Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/maps-platform\/\">Google Maps web page<\/a> and open the developer console (image 1, step 1).\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/11-2.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nImage 1<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a02. Open the navigation menu (image 2, step 2).<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a03. Select APIs &amp; Services and proceed to the Dashboard (image 2, step 3).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/22.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nImage 2<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a04. Follow the Enable APIs link (image 3, step 4).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/44.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nImage 3<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a05. Type \u201cmap\u201d in the search bar and select the Maps Javascript API tile (image 4, step 5).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/55.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nImage 4<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a06.\u00a0Click Enable (image 5, step 6).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/66.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nImage 5<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a07. Switch to the Credentials tab (image 6, step 7).<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a08. Click the Create credentials button and choose the API key option (image 6, steps 8, 9).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/789.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nImage 6<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a09. Copy the newly generated key (image 7, step 9).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/10.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nImage 7<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a010. To know more about pricing plans, access options, etc., please refer to the official documentation: <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/maps\/documentation\/javascript\/usage-and-billing\">https:\/\/developers.google.com\/maps\/documentation\/javascript\/usage-and-billing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[248],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/get-google-maps-api-key\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to get a Google Maps API key - Ning 3 Help\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 \u00a01. Go to the Google Maps web page and open the developer console (image 1, step 1).\u00a0 Image 1 \u00a0 \u00a02. Open the navigation menu (image 2, step 2). \u00a0 \u00a03. Select APIs &amp; Services and proceed to the Dashboard (image 2, step 3). Image 2 \u00a0 \u00a04. Follow the Enable APIs link (image 3, step 4). Image 3 \u00a0 \u00a05. Type \u201cmap\u201d in the search bar and select the Maps Javascript API tile (image 4, step 5). Image 4 \u00a0 \u00a06.\u00a0Click Enable (image 5, step 6). Image 5 \u00a0 \u00a07. Switch to the Credentials tab (image 6, step 7). \u00a0 \u00a08. Click the Create credentials button and choose the API key option (image 6, steps 8, 9). Image 6 \u00a0 \u00a09. Copy the newly generated key (image 7, step 9). Image 7 \u00a0 \u00a010. 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