Set API key with embed API google analytics

Question

I was rending map with my google analytics data using embed api as:


    (function(w,d,s,g,js,fs){
      g=w.gapi||(w.gapi={});g.analytics={q:[],ready:function(f){this.q.push(f);}};
      js=d.createElement(s);fs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
      js.src='https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js';
      fs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fs);js.onload=function(){g.load('analytics');};
    }(window,document,'script'));

    gapi.analytics.auth.authorize({
       serverAuth: {
           access_token: 'my access token' 
        }
    )};

    var commonConfig2 = {
       query: {
           ids: 'ga:' + gaViewId,
           metrics: 'ga:users',
           dimensions: 'ga:region',
           'max-results': 5,
           sort : '-ga:users'   
        },
           chart: {
           type: 'GEO',
           container: 'timeline',
           options: {
              displayMode: 'markers',
              width: '100%' 
           }
        }
    };

    var dataChart3 = new gapi.analytics.googleCharts.DataChart(commonConfig2)
          .set({query: dateRange1})
          .set({chart: {container: 'chart-3-container'}});

Map was rendering fine. But few days back i got error "Google Maps API error: MissingKeyMapError" and map is no longer rending. After some googling i came to know that google now require Api key to access its api. How can i set api key with my existing code.

You know I am not all that sure you can. I am thinking its built into the Embeded API. I am going to ping Google on this, see if they respond might take a while they are west cost USA. — DaImTo
don't use analytics, so i'm guessing this doesn't apply? --> Specify a key when loading the api — WhiteHat
@WhiteHat post editted please check how gapi is initialized. not able to set key. — Sadia

DaImTo DaImTo · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-03T06:32:56

This took a little emailing back and forth with the team at Google.

It appears that the Maps API has changed and now requires that you send an key to access it.

The embedded API was not designed to allow you to send a key it assumed that one was not needed.

Status: At this time no one is working on the Embedded API and the code for it is not open source. Maps in the Embedded API are broken until further notice. My Google contact was unable to tell me when or if it would be fixed in the future.

Set API key with embed API google analytics

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