Google Maps API warning NoApiKeys

Question

I ve been using Google Maps API v3 for some time without an API key  and it worked well  It still works  but I get a warning in the console      Google Maps API warning  NoApiKeys   https   developers google com maps documentation javascript error-messages no-api-keys   I include the script the standard way    lt script src  https   maps googleapis com maps api js libraries places  gt  lt  script gt    And google maps version indicates that I m using 3 24 2   In the Google documentation I can only see the different ways to obtain a key  but there is no indication if it s required or not  I noticed the warning today and I m quite sure it didn t appear a few weeks ago   Everything is working fine for now  but I m afraid that maps access without an API key will be ceased in the future  I m reluctant to register for a key if I don t absolutely need to   Should I worry about it

User · Answer

I had the same problem and I found out that if you add the URL param ?v=3 you won't get the warning message anymore:

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3"></script>

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As pointed out in the comments by @Zia Ul Rehman Mughal

Turns out specifying this means you are referring to old frozen version 3.0 not the latest version. Frozen old versions are not updated with bug fixes or anything. But this is good to mention though. https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/versions#the-frozen-version

Update 07-Jun-2016

This solution doesn't work anymore.

User · Answer

A key currently still is not required   required  in the meaning  it will not work without    but I think there is a good reason for the warning   But in the documentation you may read now    All JavaScript API applications require authentication     I m sure that it s planned for the future   that Javascript API Applications will not work without a key as it has been in V2    You better use a key when you want to be sure that your application will still work in 1 or 2 years

User · Answer

Google maps requires an API key for new projects since june 2016  For more information take a look at the Google Developers Blog  Also more information in german you ll find at this blog post from the clickstorm Blog

User · Answer

Creating and using the key is the way to go  The usage is free until your application reaches 25 000 calls per day on 90 consecutive days   BTW   In the google Developer documentation it says you shall add the api key as option  key yourKey  when calling the API to create new instances  This however doesn t shush the console warning   You have to add the key as a parameter when including the api    lt script src  https   maps googleapis com maps api js key yourKEYhere  gt  lt  script gt    Get the key here  GoogleApiKey Generation site

[google-maps] Google Maps API warning: NoApiKeys

Update 07-Jun-2016

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