Where can I get Google developer key

Question

I am working on Google API like chat, contacts and so on... I am stuck on developer_key as mentioned in gdata doc.

You can get this at https://code.goog

Answer 1

In the old console layout :

• Select your project
• Select menu item "API access"
• Go to the section below "Create another client ID", called "Simple API Access"
• Choose one of the following options, depending on what kind of app you're creating (server side languages should use the first option - JS should use the second) :
  • Key for server apps (with IP locking)
  • Key for browser apps (with referers)

In the new cloud console layout :

• Select your project
• Choose menu item "APIs & auth"
• Choose menu item "Registered app"
• Register an app of type "web application"
• Choose one of the following options, depending on what kind of app you're creating (server side languages should use the first option - JS should use the second) :
  • Key for server apps (with IP locking)
  • Key for browser apps (with referers)

In case of both procedures, you find your client ID and client secret at the same page. If you're using a different client ID and client secret, replace it with the ones you find here.

During my first experiments today, I've succesfully used the "Key for server apps" as a developer key for connecting with the "contacts", "userinfo" and "analytics" API. I did this using the PHP client.

Wading through the Google API docs certainly is a pain in the @$$... I hope this info will be useful to anyone.