Practices for using and working with the Directions.

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One of our client libraries, which include the functionality of several APIs

View a Directions request and response and try a sample request.

Create and restrict an API key, and add it to your code.

Choose or create a project, enable billing, and enable the Directions API.

If you want to use one of our client libraries instead of the standaloneĭirections API or the client-side web service, download and.

You must also provide your API key with each Directions request.įollow this procedure to use the Directions API. The string contains an origin and a destination. You can access the Directions API through an HTTP interface, with requests constructedĪs a URL string. To get the Directions API's functionality. Using the Maps JavaScript API, then use the Directions service Within a user interface element), then use the Directions API. If you want direction calculations that respond in real time to user input (for example, Requests, try one of our client libraries. To use Directions functionality and get serialization of requests andĭeserialization of responses, automatic retries, and some client validation of You can get directions for several modes of transportation, such as transit, With Directions, you can retrieve more than simple driving directions.

for server-side use as part of the Client Libraries for Google Maps Web Servicesĭirections lets you calculate directions between locations.

Or XML-formatted directions between locations. The Directions API is a web service that uses an HTTP request to return JSON

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