Does Geocoder gem work with google API key?

Question

I am using ruby geocoder gem for my project and as the project is growing I am starting to look into connecting to the Google API key. After adding this to the project:

Geocoder.configure do |config|

# geocoding service (see below for supported options):
config.lookup = :google

# to use an API key:
config.api_key = 'my_key'

# geocoding service request timeout, in seconds (default 3):
config.timeout = 5

end 

I get Google Geocoding API error: request denied. when I start the application. From reading around, it seems like others switch over to yahoo if they choose to continue using the gem. Can I configure the gem to work with google api key? Mainly, I would like to keep an eye out for the amount of daily queries to avoid going over the limit.

Answer 1

Geocoder supports Google api keys for Google Premier accounts only.

Its found here in the readme on github: https://github.com/alexreisner/geocoder#google-google-google_premier

If you have a Google Premier api key you just need to put this in an intializer:

# config/initializers/geocoder.rb
   Geocoder.configure(:lookup => :google_premier, :api_key => "...")

And your Geocoder will use your premier key.

Answer 2

I had this issue today and managed to solve it by setting use_https e.g.

Geocoder.configure(
  timeout: 15,
  api_key: "YOUR_KEY",
  use_https: true
)

Answer 3

create a file: config/initializers/geocoder.rb and setup like this:

Geocoder.configure(
  lookup: :google_premier,
  api_key: ['api_key', 'client_id', 'client_id_type'],
)

Answer 4

Geocoder works fine with the free tier of their Map API. However, to make it work I had to register a key using this page specifically.

https://console.developers.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=geocoding_backend&keyType=SERVER_SIDE

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And set up the configuration

# config/initializers/geocoder.rb
Geocoder.configure(
  api_key: 'KEY_HERE',
  use_https: true
)