How to Create Google API Key

Create Google API Key in Google Cloud APIs and Services

Step 1: Create a Google project and an API key

Go to https://console.cloud.google.com/, and choose New Project.

Then you name it

Then on dashboard, you choose Explore and enable APIs

Click on Enable API and Services

Search for for “Places API”

Enable it

At this point, you can be prompted to set up Billing account.

If not prompted, then you can get started with this by clicking on the Billing via the hamburger icon.

Go here https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets to set budget $0 so you’ll not be charged.

In case you want more than regular requests (of budget $200 free) and willing to pay, you can set any budget you want.

If you want to limit requests, you can refer to this setting

After that you need to create your API Credentials and just choose the API key

Go to your API key

Set restrictions like this:

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