---
title: "Get a Google Maps API key"
description: "Create a Google Maps API key, add it to Shoppy Find in Store, and choose the map region and language."
product: "Shoppy Find in Store"
section: "Getting started"
url: https://help.shoppyconnect.com/find-in-store/getting-started/get-a-google-maps-api-key
markdown_url: https://help.shoppyconnect.com/find-in-store/getting-started/get-a-google-maps-api-key.md
last_updated: 2026-11-05
tags: ["google maps", "api key", "google cloud", "address search", "map", "settings"]
---

# Get a Google Maps API key

> Create a Google Maps API key, add it to Shoppy Find in Store, and choose the map region and language.

Shoppy Find in Store uses Google Maps for address suggestions as customers type, and for the map. You create the key in your own Google Cloud account and add it to the app.

Without a key, customers can't search by address.

## Create a key in Google Cloud

You need a Google account. Google Maps Platform includes free monthly usage, but Google asks for a billing account before you can create a key.

1. Go to the [Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/) and create a project, or pick an existing one.
2. Set up a billing account for the project.
3. Go to **APIs & Services** › **Library** and turn on:
   - **Maps JavaScript API**, for the map.
   - **Places API**, for address suggestions.
4. Go to **APIs & Services** › **Credentials**, click **Create credentials** › **API key**, and copy the key.

For Google's own step-by-step guide, click **How to get a key** in the app, or see [Use API keys](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key) on Google's site.

## Restrict your key

> **Restrict your key so no one else can use it.** Anyone who copies an unrestricted key can run up charges on your Google account.

In Google Cloud, open your key and:

1. Under **Application restrictions**, choose **Websites**.
2. Add your store's domains, for example `your-store.com/*` and `your-store.myshopify.com/*`.
3. Under **API restrictions**, choose **Restrict key** and select **Maps JavaScript API** and **Places API**.
4. Click **Save**.

## Add the key to the app

1. In the app, go to **Settings** › **General**.
2. Paste your key into **API key**.
3. Click **Save** at the top right.

The **Added** badge shows once a key is saved.

![The General tab in Settings, with the Google Maps API key section, the API key field with the Added badge and the How to get a key button, and the Map section with Map region and Map language](https://help.shoppyconnect.com/_astro/01-settings-general.VOslf1u6_1gAooa.webp)

## Choose the map region and language

In the **Map** section:

- **Map region**: the country address suggestions are focused on. Choose the country most of your customers are in, for example **Australia**.
- **Map language**: the language of the map and address suggestions, for example **Australia - English**.

Click **Save** after you change them.

## If address search doesn't work

- Check **Maps JavaScript API** and **Places API** are both turned on in Google Cloud.
- Check the project has a billing account.
- If you restricted the key, check your store's domains are on the list, exactly as customers see them.
- Changes in Google Cloud can take a few minutes to apply.

## Related guides

- [Getting started with Shoppy Find in Store](https://help.shoppyconnect.com/find-in-store/getting-started/getting-started.md)
- [Add the widget to your product page](https://help.shoppyconnect.com/find-in-store/getting-started/add-the-widget-to-your-product-page.md)