Exceeded usage limits for Geocoding API

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Jon picture Jon · Mar 10, 2015 · Viewed 40.2k times · Source

When accessing the below link: http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json

I get the response:

{
   "error_message" : "You have exceeded your daily request quota for this API.",
   "results" : [],
   "status" : "OVER_QUERY_LIMIT"
}

There are only two APIs listed in the Google Developers Console - both report they are under their usage limits.

Is the geocode service included in either of these and if not is there a way to check the useage or pay to upgrade?

Maps API v3 # of requests Daily quota: 25k 28-day total: 2.37k

Static Maps API # of requests Daily quota: 25k 28-day total: 45.21k

Thanks in advance, Jon

Answer

Jon picture Jon · Mar 11, 2015

Thanks to luke_mclachlan for the fix.

The URL was missing the parameter for the API key e.g.

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?key=AbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUvWxYz&address=Dallas&sensor=true

What was throwing us was that without the API key there seems to be a lower limit that we were hitting by about 2:30am which didn't appear in testing.

The API key used can be found in the Google Developers Console here: https://console.developers.google.com/project

Click your project name Then look on the left hand menu and click "Credentials" under "APIs & auth" The value "API KEY" is the same for all usages

Jon

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