Overview

This document will detail the steps to enable or disable google's autocomplete functionality for an UltraCart storefront host.

Configuring the Google Places API in the Google Cloud Console

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console at https://console.cloud.google.com/
2. Create a project called "UltraCart Checkout"
3. Enable the Places API on the checkout
4. Create an API key under credentials.
5. Enable the project for billing.  If this is your first project then you'll have to create a billing profile and then link it to the project.

Configuring the Google Places API key in the storefront host

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1. Navigate to the storefront menu within your UltraCart account.
2. In the storefront menu, click the 'Advanced' tab, then click the 'Google Autocomplete' tab:
   

3. Paste your Google Place API key into the configuration field then click the save button:

   

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   title Obtaining Your Google Places API Key
   Visit https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/get-api-key to create a key. Please note there is a difference between a Google Maps API key and a Google Places API key.

   
   

For Visual Builder Themes

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The field will appear in the lower portion of the Theme page (exactly where depends on the installed theme and the version number of the installed theme.)

Make sure to click the save button at the bottom of the page to save the changes!