Re: Search API Discontinued in 2014, but as of 2020 still documented on Google's own site

[JavaJive]

I've found the solution to this, but I don't like it a bit.  Currently my 
key has a Referrer restriction limiting its use to only my site.  To get a 
Geocoding query by URL to work, I have to remove all Referrer restrictions 
on it, but that means anyone else can (ab)use it, potentially even costing 
me money!  For a firm that is anally retentive about security to the point 
of insisting on sending me unwanted texts by insecure SMS to tell me that 
I've just logged into my Google account, as if I didn't know already, and 
insisting that I confirm it was me to avoid the account being locked, why 
is Google now insisting that I make my mapping key available for general 
use?


On Monday, 6 July 2020 22:38:08 UTC+1, JavaJive wrote:
>
> No joy :-(
>
> On Monday, 6 July 2020 20:32:33 UTC+1, JavaJive wrote:
>  
>
>> Thanks, I'll try test page from my live site's test area to see if that 
>> fixes it.
>>
>  
>

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Re: Search API Discontinued in 2014, but as of 2020 still documented on Google's own site

[JavaJive]

No joy :-(

On Monday, 6 July 2020 20:32:33 UTC+1, JavaJive wrote:
 

> Thanks, I'll try test page from my live site's test area to see if that 
> fixes it.
>
 

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Re: Search API Discontinued in 2014, but as of 2020 still documented on Google's own site

[JavaJive]

Thanks again ...

On Monday, 6 July 2020 19:52:11 UTC+1, jgeerdes [AJAX APIs "Guru"] wrote:
>
> The knowledge base questions that you are seeing have been partially 
> updated, but they are still woefully outdated. For instance, many of the 
> links for the Search API documentation point to the Custom Search API, 
> which is what Google recommended to replace the AJAX Search API. What I can 
> tell you is that, while the original crew was in charge, they worked very, 
> very hard to make sure that the documentation was both usable and 
> up-to-date. Since the original services were deprecated, though, Google's 
> API documentation has suffered terribly. The new documentation is much more 
> convoluted, much less usable, and (as you have seen) sometimes outdated.
>

Yes, so it seems.  Doesn't exactly inspire confidence in Google generally.,
 

>
> As for the error message that you're seeing, my best guess would be that 
> your API key is restricted to a given referer domain or page. Thus, when 
> you enter the URL directly into the browser, and that referer header is not 
> included in the request, you get the message that you're seeing. I would 
> suggest going through the Developer Console to sign up for a current API 
> key that is appropriately restricted (or not) depending on your needs. 
> Here's the link:
>
> https://console.developers.google.com/?pli=1
>
>
Thanks, I'll try test page from my live site's test area to see if that 
fixes it.
 

>
> jg
>

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Re: Search API Discontinued in 2014, but as of 2020 still documented on Google's own site

[Jeremy Geerdes]

The knowledge base questions that you are seeing have been partially
updated, but they are still woefully outdated. For instance, many of the
links for the Search API documentation point to the Custom Search API,
which is what Google recommended to replace the AJAX Search API. What I can
tell you is that, while the original crew was in charge, they worked very,
very hard to make sure that the documentation was both usable and
up-to-date. Since the original services were deprecated, though, Google's
API documentation has suffered terribly. The new documentation is much more
convoluted, much less usable, and (as you have seen) sometimes outdated.

As for the error message that you're seeing, my best guess would be that
your API key is restricted to a given referer domain or page. Thus, when
you enter the URL directly into the browser, and that referer header is not
included in the request, you get the message that you're seeing. I would
suggest going through the Developer Console to sign up for a current API
key that is appropriately restricted (or not) depending on your needs.
Here's the link:

https://console.developers.google.com/?pli=1


jg

On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 10:09 AM JavaJive  wrote:

>
> Thanks for replying ...
>
> I was merely following the instructions on the web page I linked ...
>
> https://support.google.com/code/answer/74501
>
> ... viz, the dynamic loading equivalent of Google's own static loading
> example given there, in other words the dynamic loading equivalent of this:
>
> http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=YOUR-KEY";>
> 
>
>   google.load("search", "1");
>
>   // ...
>   google.load("maps", "3");
>
> 
>
>
> It worked until first the 302 affair of a week or two back previously
> posted about, but I was able to fix that, until now the search itself is
> giving a 404 seemingly as from this last weekend.  It may have been
> deprecated in 2010, and was supposedly switched off in 2014, but I had no
> knowledge of that, and it was working last week.
>
> And there's still the question of why Google's own documentation is still
> claiming that it's current, apparently a decade after its deprecation was
> announced?
>
> Apparently the equivalent replacement service is the Geocoding service
> which is part of Google Maps.  I have a Google Maps app and apparently
> Geocoding is already enabled as part of it, but when, following Google's
> own example page ...
>
> https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/start
>
> ... I put the followiing into a browser's address bar ...
>
>
> https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=+UK=
> 
> 
>
> ... I get back (I have to look at the page source to see it) ...
>
> {
>"error_message" : "API keys with referer restrictions cannot be used
> with this API.",
>"results" : [],
>"status" : "REQUEST_DENIED"
> }
>
> ... so now I'm wondering if the Geocoding API instructions are fully
> pukka, or if they are out of date as well!
>
>
> On Monday, 6 July 2020 13:39:57 UTC+1, jgeerdes [AJAX APIs "Guru"] wrote:
>
>
>> I don't know what API you've been using, but the suite of services that
>> was originally known as the AJAX Search APIs was shut down. Other services
>> which were rolled out under the AJAX APIs loader have continued to function.
>>
>> jg
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 6:57 AM JavaJive <...> wrote:
>>
>>> As per subject, two questions stand out about this:
>>>
>>> ? If it was turned off in 2014, how is it that my site has been using it
>>> without problems for all these years since, until this last weekend?
>>>
>>> ? Why has its documentation existed on Google's site over all the
>>> intervening years and stills exist now, with a current date?
>>>
>>> https://support.google.com/code/answer/74501
>>>
>>>
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>> 4025 Lower Beaver Rd
>> Des Moines, IA 50310
>>
>> (515) 344-3037
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Re: Search API Discontinued in 2014, but as of 2020 still documented on Google's own site

[JavaJive]

Thanks for replying ...

I was merely following the instructions on the web page I linked ...

https://support.google.com/code/answer/74501

... viz, the dynamic loading equivalent of Google's own static loading 
example given there, in other words the dynamic loading equivalent of this:

http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=YOUR-KEY";> 
 

google.load("search", "1");

// ...
google.load("maps", "3");

 


It worked until first the 302 affair of a week or two back previously 
posted about, but I was able to fix that, until now the search itself is 
giving a 404 seemingly as from this last weekend.  It may have been 
deprecated in 2010, and was supposedly switched off in 2014, but I had no 
knowledge of that, and it was working last week.

And there's still the question of why Google's own documentation is still 
claiming that it's current, apparently a decade after its deprecation was 
announced?

Apparently the equivalent replacement service is the Geocoding service 
which is part of Google Maps.  I have a Google Maps app and apparently 
Geocoding is already enabled as part of it, but when, following Google's 
own example page ...

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/start

... I put the followiing into a browser's address bar ...

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=+UK= 



... I get back (I have to look at the page source to see it) ...

{ 
   "error_message" : "API keys with referer restrictions cannot be used 
with this API.", 
   "results" : [], 
   "status" : "REQUEST_DENIED" 
} 

... so now I'm wondering if the Geocoding API instructions are fully pukka, 
or if they are out of date as well!


On Monday, 6 July 2020 13:39:57 UTC+1, jgeerdes [AJAX APIs "Guru"] wrote:
 

> I don't know what API you've been using, but the suite of services that 
> was originally known as the AJAX Search APIs was shut down. Other services 
> which were rolled out under the AJAX APIs loader have continued to function.
>
> jg
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 6:57 AM JavaJive <... > wrote:
>
>> As per subject, two questions stand out about this:
>>
>> ? If it was turned off in 2014, how is it that my site has been using it 
>> without problems for all these years since, until this last weekend?
>>
>> ? Why has its documentation existed on Google's site over all the 
>> intervening years and stills exist now, with a current date?
>>
>> https://support.google.com/code/answer/74501
>>
>>
> -- 
> Rev. Jeremy R. Geerdes, Pastor
> Debra Heights Wesleyan Church
> 4025 Lower Beaver Rd
> Des Moines, IA 50310
>
> (515) 344-3037
> jgee...@debraheightswesleyan.org 
> http://dhw.church
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Re: Search API Discontinued in 2014, but as of 2020 still documented on Google's own site

[Jeremy Geerdes]

I don't know what API you've been using, but the suite of services that was
originally known as the AJAX Search APIs was shut down. Other services
which were rolled out under the AJAX APIs loader have continued to function.

jg

On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 6:57 AM JavaJive  wrote:

> As per subject, two questions stand out about this:
>
> ? If it was turned off in 2014, how is it that my site has been using it
> without problems for all these years since, until this last weekend?
>
> ? Why has its documentation existed on Google's site over all the
> intervening years and stills exist now, with a current date?
>
> https://support.google.com/code/answer/74501
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