Maps not loading?

[gg2001]

I have cloned this repo, and ran it but google maps doesn't load.

[PandaWhisperer]

Yes, it says right there in the console what your problem is: you are using an invalid API key.

You need to go to the Google Developers Console (sign up if necessary) and create a new project, then activate the Google Maps API for that project.

Then, copy the newly created API key and place it in your settings/development.json by replacing the string YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY_HERE.

{
  "public": {
    "googleApiKey": "YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY_HERE"
  }
}

Restart the server if it's running so that the new settings are loaded (they only get read on startup), and maps should be working.

Please comment with results.

[gg2001]

Thanks a lot.

[PandaWhisperer]

@gg2001 does that mean this solved your issue?

[gg2001]

Yup. Feel free to close this issue.

[PandaWhisperer]

Thanks @gg2001. I'll close it once I've added these extra instructions to the tutorial. Thanks for testing them.