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**Read Time:** 30 minutes
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## # Introduction
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## Introduction
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If you’re an iced-bev-meets-coworking-space fiend like me and want to shake up what cafe you head to next, this is the perfect project for you. We’ll be using our trilogy of web dev tools: ****HTML****, ****CSS****, and ****JavaScript****, and an API from the Google Maps Platform called ****Places****. We’ll also make some quick animations and implement swiping recognition with a JavaScript library called ****Hammer****!
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## # About the Google Maps Platform
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## About the Google Maps Platform
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The Google Maps Platform is a collection of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Software Development Kits (SDKs). Each tool on the platform lets users use Google Maps functions and data in their own projects!
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The [Places API](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/overview) is a smaller API under the Google Maps API. It fetches location data like location names, addresses, photos, and many more attributes! It’s a great tool for accessing updated data and finding multiple places without manually copying all of their information into a project. ****We’ll be using this in our project!****
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## # Setup
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## Setup
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#### # Workspace
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### Workspace
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Start by creating a new HTML/CSS/JS project in [Codédex Builds](https://www.codedex.io/builds). You can also use a Code editor of your choice, like [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/).
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#### # Google Cloud Console
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### Google Cloud Console
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Set up your project in the [[Google Cloud Console](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/elevation/cloud-setup). You’ll enter a project name and billing information. Your website won’t work as it should unless you enable billing, but you won’t be charged if the API doesn’t get called past the monthly limit (we'll teach you how to cap it at the limit, which is usually 10,000 API calls).
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#### # Clone Template
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Head over to [this GitHub link](https://github.com/gbanaag/codedex-cafe-finder-template/tree/main) and clone the repository. The repo has all the basic HTML and CSS set up so we don’t have to worry about it later and focus on API implementation.
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If you don’t have VS Code and don’t know how to use it, head over to our [VS Code setup tutorial](https://www.codedex.io/projects/set-up-your-local-environment-in-python#download-vs-code).
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## # Accessing Locations with JavaScript
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## Accessing Locations with JavaScript
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Time to write some back-end code!
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#### # API Key
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### API Key
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Here’s how to create and protect your API key:
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#### # cors-anywhere
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### cors-anywhere
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Head to [https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/](https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/). Make sure to click on the ``Request temporary access to the demo server`` button to get set up with a temporary server for your project.
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To see cafes nearby, the browser needs access to your location. There’s a built-in JavaScript function that takes care of that for you called ``useLocation()`` and it takes your device’s latitude and longitude coordinates.
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We’re gonna create a wrapper for our cards, and inject data from the API into the wrapper as we go. To start, let’s make a function called ``displayCards()`` that renders a div container whenever the website starts up.
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## # Conclusion
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#### # Troubleshooting
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- Make sure you’re granted temporary access on https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/.
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## ### Additional Resources
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### Additional Resources
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- [GitHub repository with all the code](https://github.com/gbanaag/codedex-cafe-curator)
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- YouTube video (coming soon!)

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