GeoCoder
4 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder: Plugins & Add-ons
Last Post: September 3, 2023 (RSS)
By pgplast - September 2, 2023
I have recently insralled Geocoder on a site to do some testing as we develop. (v.1.09)
I created a Google account with crediot card, created an API key and enabled all the Map related APIs.
(I have restricted to key to the one domain I am setting up.)
I have set the $GLOBALS['GEOCODER_GOOGLE_API_KEY'] = 'My-API-Key' and activated the plugin in CMSB.
When I run the test I get:
Attempting to geocode address '1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500, USA'...Geocoder errors: STATUS_REQUEST_DENIED
Google, it seems, is denying the request. Am I missing something alse in the setup?
Thanks.
By Dave - September 2, 2023
Hi pgplast,
We're working on an update to that plugin to potentially provide better error reporting but in the meantime try this query in your browser:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Vancouver&key=[YOUR_API_KEY]
It should return a JSON error message with more details. For example, when I tried with an old key I hadn't used in a while it reported this:
{
"error_message" : "You must enable Billing on the Google Cloud Project at https://console.cloud.google.com/project/_/billing/enable Learn more at https://developers.google.com/maps/gmp-get-started",
"results" : [],
"status" : "REQUEST_DENIED"
}
Let me know if you find it what it is, I'm curious!
Good luck!
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By pgplast - September 3, 2023
Dave:
Thanks so much for that. The response revealed that the restrictions I put on the key were the thing.
I removed them and now it is working. It seems that restricting to one doamin causes a problem. Oh well.
Thanks for your help.
By Dave - September 3, 2023
Ok, great. Glad it's working and thanks for letting us know.
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