SmartZIP: Get your Google Places API key

SmartZIP: Get your Google Places API key

You have the choice with our SmartZIP products of using Loqate or Google Places APIs. Google's having a distinct price benefit if you fall within their free $200 per month allowance limit (which most clients will).

Get an API KEY

You will need an API key to use Google APIs with SmartZIP. The process of creating these is the same for all of Googles' API based services.
  1. Go to the Google API Console.
  2. From the projects list, select a project or create a new one.
  3. If the APIs & services page isn't already open, open the left side menu (the three horizontal lines icon) and select APIs & services.
  4. You will see the currently enabled APIs on the Dashboard. If any that you require are missing (see below list) then click 'Enable APIs and Services'
  5. You now select the APIs.
    1. Type ‘Places API‘ in the search area. Select the ‘Places API‘ from search results and click the ‘ENABLE‘ button
    2. Type ‘Maps Javascript API‘ in the search area. Select the ‘Maps Javascript API‘ from search results and click the ‘ENABLE‘ button
  6. On the left, choose Credentials.
  7. Click Create credentials and then: Select API key and copy the generated key to use in SmartZIP.
  8. Copy the created API key.
  9. Secure your key by clicking on the key on the  ‘APIs & Services’ page select the ‘Credentials‘ tab. Under 'Application restrictions' select 'HTTP referrers' and add *.[yourdomain]/* i.e. *.smartthing.org/* and then 'Save'

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