Setting HTTP Referrer on Maps API Browser Key Results in 403 Error

Question

I\'m confused about how the HTTP Referrer settings work on Google Maps API Browser Keys.

I\'m building a webpage that programatically requests images from Google Maps (p

Answer 1

According to the HTTP referrer placeholder in the console, the *.example.com/* should indeed work.

In practice, though, this indeed doesn't seem to be the case!

I was able to solve the issue by simply setting the referrer to:

example.com

For more information, have a look at Registering authorized URLs. Good luck!