28. Get a Google Maps API Key

How to Create a Google Maps API for your website?

This step-by-step guide will help you create and secure a Google Maps API key to enable delivery zone features on your Foodship’s online ordering portal.

✅ What You Need to Know Before You Start:

• Google offers a generous free usage quota—more than enough for most restaurants.

• You may be asked to add your credit card details for identity verification, but you won’t be charged unless your usage exceeds the free limit.

• You’ll get one API key when you enable the first service. This key will work for all the additional services you enable.

• We recommend securing your API key by restricting it with your website domain name (no https// only name)

Step 1: Go to the Google Cloud Console

• Visit: https://console.cloud.google.com/

• In the top-left corner, click the project dropdown.

Step 2: Create a New Project

• Click “New Project”

• Enter a Project Name (e.g., “Maps API Project”).

• Click Create.

Step 3: Select Your Project

• After the project is created, you’ll see a notification popup.

• Click "Select Project" to proceed.

Step 4: Enable Required APIs

In the Dashboard go to "APIs & Services".

In the search bar, search for and enable the following APIs:

• Distance Matrix API

• Places API

• Maps JavaScript API

• Geocoding API

💡 As soon as you enable your first API, an API Key will automatically be generated for your project.

Here’s an example of enabling the Distance Matrix API:

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💡 As soon as you enable your first API, an API Key will automatically be generated for your project.

Step 5: View or Create Your API Key

• In the left menu, go to "APIs & Services" → "Credentials".

• Your key will appear here under API Keys.

• If needed, click “Create Credentials”

(Here, you can view existing keys or generate a new one.)

• Click “API Key” to generate a new one.