Using our own API keys Google Map

We have moved to a support ticketing system and our forums are now closed.

Open Support Ticket

Tagged: google maps api key keys

Author

Posts
March 11, 2016 at 8:46 am #137684

mb
Buyer

Post count: 151

Hi support,

we need to use our own API keys to track the map hits for Google Maps. Any idea where in the code we should plug them?

I suppose we have to change code in a source file but that’s fine as long as it is working.

Thanks.

March 11, 2016 at 4:09 pm #137977

Paolo
Site Admin

Post count: 31211

Hi,

personally I have no idea… I’ve asked to Stiofan to follow up and let you know.

Thanks

March 11, 2016 at 4:56 pm #137993
Stiofan O’Connor
Site Admin

Post count: 22956
Hi mb,

It looks like Google have started wnating people to use their own api keys now, so it is likely we will add a settig for it in the near future but for now you can simply use this code snippet replacing “YOUR_API_KEY” with your actual api key.

and add the code to your child theme functions.php
```
add_filter('geodir_googlemap_script_extra', 'my_map_api_key_add',200,1);
function my_map_api_key_add($extras){
    $extras .= "&key=YOUR_API_KEY";
    return $extras;
}
```
Thanks,

Stiofan
March 11, 2016 at 9:34 pm #138076

mb
Buyer

Post count: 151

Thanks, Stiofan! Once again amazed how almost everything with GD can be solved with these little code snippets in functions.php.

I am a fan. Officially.

March 12, 2016 at 12:23 pm #138369

mb
Buyer

Post count: 151

Hi Stiofan,

I applied our API key with the code above. The sidebar maps on search results are working fine, but the Map in the Tab on the Listing Details Page doesn’t work. Just keeps rotating the loading image.

Do you know which Google APIs we need enabled to make all maps instances working properly?

Right now we have the following enabled for our API key:

Google Maps Directions API
Google Maps Distance Matrix API
Google Maps Geocoding API
Google Maps Geolocation API
Google Maps JavaScript API

Thanks.

March 12, 2016 at 1:00 pm #138399
Stiofan O’Connor
Site Admin

Post count: 22956
Hi mb,

Yeah thats the only ones i have active and it seems to work fine, for the details page it seems to be conflicting with the addition of the places extra, just change the priority to 200 and it should work fine.
```
add_filter('geodir_googlemap_script_extra', 'my_map_api_key_add',200,1);
function my_map_api_key_add($extras){
    $extras .= "&key=YOUR_API_KEY";
    return $extras;
}
```
Thanks,

Stiofan
March 12, 2016 at 1:05 pm #138400

mb
Buyer

Post count: 151

Works like a charm now! Thanks in a million!
Author

Posts