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Error explanation

As we discussed in 🔑 Protecting the API key(s), key restriction is a security best practice.

Each API key can be restricted to a list of referrers (also called “origins” or simply “websites”.)

If the key is used on a website that isn’t on this list, Google Maps responds with a RefererNotAllowedMapError.

Likely causes

You are likely:

• Using an API key you don’t own (e.g. when copy-pasting code from StackOverflow snippets.)
• Running Google Maps from a (sub)domain (e.g. demo.gmapsbook.com) or a sub-page (e.g. gmapsbook.com/abd/xyz.html) which aren’t matching the referrer patters.
• Using a Production API key on localhost:xyz which is purposefully excluded from the list of referrers.

https://tally.so/r/w2a2jM

Solutions

If you don’t have access to the Google Cloud Console, contact your site administrator or coworker responsible for Maps.

If you do have access to the Cloud Console:

1. Go to https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials and click on “Edit API key”: