On Jan 29, 12:40 pm, Chaitra <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Does the API key have any fixed length. What would be the > maximum length of the key?
A little research (looking at some existing sites and then generating a key myself for them) yields the following: * Keys are always 86 characters long. * The first eight characters are always ABQIAAAA. * Characters 9 to 30 inclusive relate to the Google account used to generate the key. * Characters 31 to 58 inclusive relate to the URL used to generate the key. * Characters 59 to 86 are a hash to validate the key. The algorithm used to generate the key is closed for obvious reasons, but that much can be reverse-engineered very easily. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
