Creating a Google Maps API key for Igloo StreetView

A Google Maps API key is required to pull image/street view requests from Google Maps. Without the key, depending on your installed version of node, Streetview (as viewed through Igloo Web/Peruse-a-rue) may either be labeled with a “For development purposes only” or be coloured in grayscale.

The API key can be obtained from this page:

https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboard

This ought to prompt for a login, for the purposes of this document, an account with no existing API services will be used.

The dashboard appears as follows:

There are a lot of menus on the Google Cloud platform. To return to the dashboard at any time, select the three bars in the top left of the webpage and select APIs & services → Dashboard.

First, create a project using the highlighted dropdown, then select ENABLE APIS AND SERVICES which will open the API Library. Search for Maps:

The three required APIs are the Maps JavaScript API, the Directions API and the Places API. Click each and select enable:

Once all three APIs have been enabled, return to the dashboard. The APIs should be listed:

Select Credentials from the sidebar. Select Create Credentials and choose API Key. Once completed, the API Key will appear in the credentials list:

The API key will look something like this:
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Finally, billing must be enabled for the project.

This is mainly targeted at large corporations making use of the API, and Google, at the time of writing, provides the first $200 USD of maps calls for free each month. More information found here: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing

Select the three bars in the top left of the page, and click on Billing:

There, it should prompt the linking between project and billing account. Create a billing account, make the link and the key should then be active for use.

Installing the key: - Pre ICE 1.3

In the root directory of the Igloo Streetview app, there is a file APIKey.json.”The API key should be stored here. The file presents as a single line to host the API key.

Post 1.3

In the C:\igloo\igloo-core-service edit the config.JSON file on line 79 enter the key. Save and restart services.