Google Geocoding API - REQUEST DENIED

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Apparently I do not need a  Maps API key  to use the  Google Geocoding API  according to   http   code google com apis maps documentation geocoding index html  However  I obtain this        status    REQUEST DENIED      results           Does this mean that my IP is blocked  What can I do to overcome this

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If none of given solutions fixed the error, the issue probably about Google Cloud Billing settings. You must enable Billing on the Google Cloud Project at billing/enable.

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{
    "error_message" : "You must enable Billing on the Google Cloud Project at https://console.cloud.google.com/project/_/billing/enable Learn more at https://developers.google.com/maps/gmp-get-started",
    "results" : [],
    "status" : "REQUEST_DENIED"
}

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https   maps googleapis com maps api geocode json address 36  Langford Rd  Bheemanna Garden  Langford Gardens  Bengaluru  Karnataka 560027 amp key  lt apikey gt   with direction services enabled worked for me

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If you just copy amp paste the example URL that Google gives in their website http   maps google com maps api geocode json address 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway  Mountain View  CA amp sensor true or false it will fail because of the wrong parameter of the sensor  You should change it to true or false and not the one that they wrote  Maybe is the error that you have had  like it happened to me

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If you not have configured a billing account with your credit card  the API do not work  The Google is now very hungry for money and not open more your products  quot free quot   Obviously that him offer a free limited access number of consults and over this acces  the billing is very high  https   cloud google com maps-platform pricing

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I had this problem and I realized that I was assuming that Geocoding came with the JS maps API  However  it is a separate API which I hadn t enabled in the cloud console  Enabling it fixed it right away

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Google is returning a very useful error message  which helps to correct the issue   Dim Request         As New XMLHTTP30 Dim Results         As New DOMDocument30 Dim StatusNode      As IXMLDOMNode Request Open  GET    https   maps googleapis com maps api geocode xml        amp    amp address xxx   False Request Send Results LoadXML Request responseText Set StatusNode   Results SelectSingleNode    status   Select Case UCase StatusNode Text      Case  REQUEST DENIED            Debug Print StatusNode NextSibling nodeTypedValue            Error Message Examples  Message 1  Requests to this API must be over SSL  Load the API with  https     instead of  http       Message 2  Server denied the request  You must use an API key to authenticate each request to Google Maps Platform APIs  For additional information  please

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For those who are looking this page in 2017 or beyond  like me  Sensor is not required anymore  I tried and got the error      SensorNotRequired   I just needed to activate my Google Maps Geocoding API  that seems to be necessary nowadays   Hope it helps someone like me

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I found that in my case  calling to the service without secure protocol  meaning  http   after adding the key API KEY  cause this issue  Changing to https solved it

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For anyone struggling with this issue  I just found out that the Geocoding API can t be used with API keys that have referrer restrictions  Just remove all your referrer restrictions and you should be good   If you re using any other APIs that do allow keys with referrer restrictions  like the Maps JS API   it s probably best to create a 2nd key with no restrictions to use exclusively for geocoding  because other APIs might display your key publicly and someone else could start using it on their own site

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Until the end of 2014  a common source of this error was omitting the mandatory sensor parameter from the request  as below  However since then this is no longer required   The sensor Parameter The Google Maps API previously required that you include the sensor parameter to indicate whether your application used a sensor to determine the user s location  This parameter is no longer required    Did you specify the sensor parameter on the request    quot REQUEST DENIED quot  indicates that your request was denied  generally because of lack of a sensor parameter  sensor  required      Indicates whether or not the geocoding request comes from a device with a location sensor  This value must be either true  or false

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I got this problem as well using the drupal 7 Location module   Autofilling all empty locations resulted in this error   Executing one of the requests to the location api manually resulted in this error in the returned JSON       Browser API keys cannot have referer restrictions when used with this API     Resolving the problem then was easy  create a new key without any restrictions and use it only for Geocoding     Note for those new to google api keys  by restrictions they mean limiting requests using an api key to specific domains   subdomains   eg  only request from http   yourdomain com are allowed

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As you say  this can mean that your IP address has been blocked  I d make sure that you specify the key parameter on the query string for the Geocoding API request   https   maps googleapis com maps api geocode xml sensor false amp address Placename amp key XXxxxXXxXxxxxXXxx  Also make sure that if you ve set up IP Address Restrictions within the Developer Console  you ve allowed the correct IP address  just click the project within the list and you ll see the allowed IPs     If you re still running into issues  you might want to look into printing out the values of the status and error message elements from the response from Google  you ll see something like this   REQUEST DENIED - This IP  site or mobile application is not authorized to use this API key  Request received from IP address 123 4 5 678  with empty referer  If it doesn t mention an IP address restriction  it may well give you enough information about the problem to Google a fix

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It s suck Google don t let you that your service is not enabled by this account  Try to enable it first  Go here https   console developers google com project and create a new project with place service activated this may solve your problem

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I ve noticed that you also get REQUEST DENIED for some addresses if you don t properly URL encode your address   For example  in  123 Main St  B  Mytown  CA 94110  the     character needs to be encoded as  23

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Remove the API key parameter and its value   eg  https   maps googleapis com maps api geocode json address  YOUR ADDRESS  amp sensor true

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