[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-23 UTC."],[[["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."]]],["API keys are required to authenticate Google Maps Platform requests. To create one, navigate to the Google Maps Platform Credentials page, click \"Create credentials,\" then \"API key,\" and close the dialog. To restrict an API key for security, go to the same Credentials page, select the key, set \"Application restrictions\" to IP addresses, specify allowed IP addresses, then set \"API restrictions,\" to the specific API, save your changes. Every Places API request needs the key in the request.\n"]]
