Google API key is a necessary component for the page several apps and pages to display content correctly and completely such as Maps, Places, Date... This guide will instruct you on how to obtain and setup Google API key with all fundamental services.
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- Go to Google Console Page & Login to your Google account.
- Select Create Project from Console Dashboard OR or Select projects menu, then click on the + symbol on the popup window to create new project.
- Enter name for new project, select your preference of email notification and lastly choose Yes to agree on Terms of Service >> Create.
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You will see the library of available services you can apply to your Google app here. You .
From here, you can find the services you want to enable in the list or use Use search box for quickly reference.
Next we will guide you on how to enable a service, for instance "Google Calendar API" which is vital for displaying date and time on several components.
- Type "Google Calendar API" into the search box, and select it from result list.
- Select Enable to activate this service. You sucessfully enabled the service for your Google app.
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We highly recommend you to go back and continue to find and enable these below services for your Google app to ensure all settings work and display content displays correctly on your site. For Map & Location service:
For Video service:
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After enabling all necessary services, we need to generate the API key to use to setup in phpFox setting.
Go back to Dashboard and select Credentials from left menu.
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Enter your Google API key here and Save Changes.
You sucessfully setup Google API key for your website.