Where to get the the Google Cloud API Key and Place-ID

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The Place ID Finder sample allows a user to find a place-based upon its address, then it adds a marker for the place to the map, and displays the place's place ID in an info window.
In the sample image, we've searched for Magmodules which returned the PlaceID ChIJ92IwumjvxUcRPlIAimHb69c

There are some steps that are needed to be taken before you can obtain an active Google API Key which is needed to fetch the reviews.
The Google Cloud environment got a lot of options so take time to activate the right APIs. Please also make sure that you have a valid and active Billing account within the Google Cloud Vonsole.

  1. Register https://console.cloud.google.com/
  2. Set an active Billing-Account https://console.cloud.google.com/billing
  3. Create a New project;
  4. Enable the Places API for your project;
  5. Go to Credentials and set the right restriction so others can’t use your API key;
  6. Fill in your API key into Google Review plugin.

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