Using Google Places API

Some points to keep in mind:

  • In order to use Google’s Places API, you will need to register and obtain a Google Map’s API Key.
  • In class UrlSigner in the tutorial the variable descriptions are: keyString => is your Google Map api key. urlString is the url you want to sign using the api key.
  • In code you will find inputKey and inputUrl. these 2 variables are just for testing purpose you can omit them if you want. You can directly write code as follows:

    URL url = new URL(urlString);

    UrlSigner signer = new UrlSigner(keyString);

    String request = signer.signRequest(url.getPath(),url.getQuery());

    System.out.println("Signed URL :" + url.getProtocol() + "://" + url.getHost() + request);

in main method of UrlSigner class.

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