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Java Google Maps Services

If you are looking for Java client libraries for the following APIs, see the Google Maps Platform APIs in the Cloud Client Libraries for Java (releases).

The new APIs will not be added to this client library.

Description​

Use Java? Want to geocode something? Looking for directions? Maybe matrices of directions? This library brings the Google Maps API Web Services to your server-side Java application.

The Java Client for Google Maps Services is a Java Client library for the following Google Maps APIs:

Requirements​

  • Java 1.8 or later
  • A Cloud project with the relevant API(s) enabled
  • An API key associated with the project above

API Key Security​

The Java Client for Google Maps Services is designed for use in both server and Android applications. In either case, it is important to add API key restrictions to improve the security of your API key. Additional security measures, such as hiding your key from version control, should also be put in place to further improve the security of your API key.

You can refer to API Security Best Practices to learn more about this topic.

[!NOTE] If you are using this library on Android, ensure that your application is using at least version 0.19.0 of this library so that API key restrictions can be enforced.

Installation​

You can add the library to your project via Maven or Gradle.

[!NOTE] Since 0.1.18 there is now a dependency on SLF4J. You need to add one of the adapter dependencies that makes sense for your logging setup. In the configuration samples below we are integrating slf4j-nop, but there are others like slf4j-log4j12 and slf4j-jdk14 that will make more sense in other configurations. This will stop a warning message being emitted when you start using google-maps-services.

Maven​

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.google.maps</groupId>
  <artifactId>google-maps-services</artifactId>
  <version>(insert latest version)</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
  <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
  <version>1.7.25</version>
</dependency>

Gradle​

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.google.maps:google-maps-services:(insert latest version)'
    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.25'
}

You can find the latest version at the top of this README or by searching Maven Central.

Documentation​

View the javadoc.

Additional documentation for the included web services is available at https://developers.google.com/maps/.

Usage​

This example uses the Geocoding API with an API key:

GeoApiContext context = new GeoApiContext.Builder()
    .apiKey("AIza...")
    .build();
GeocodingResponse response =  GeocodingApi.geocode(context,
    "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043").await();
Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();
System.out.println(gson.toJson(response.results[0].addressComponents));

// Invoke .shutdown() after your application is done making requests
context.shutdown();

Note: The GeoApiContext is designed to be a Singleton in your application. Please instantiate one on application startup, and continue to use it for the life of your application. This will enable proper QPS enforcement across all of your requests.

At the end of the execution, call the shutdown() method of GeoApiContext, otherwise the thread will remain instantiated in memory.

For more usage examples, check out the tests.

Features​

Google App Engine Support​

To use Google App Engine with this client library add the latest App Engine dependency to your build.gradle file:

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.google.appengine:appengine-api-1.0-sdk:<latest version>'
}

You can then use this client library on Google App Engine with the following code change:

new GeoApiContext.Builder(new GaeRequestHandler.Builder())
    .apiKey("AIza...")
    .build();

The new GaeRequestHandler.Builder() argument to GeoApiContext.Builder's requestHandlerBuilder tells the Java Client for Google Maps Services to utilise the appropriate calls for making HTTP requests from Google App Engine, instead of the default OkHttp3 based strategy.

Rate Limiting​

Never sleep between requests again! By default, requests are sent at the expected rate limits for each web service, typically 50 queries per second for free users. If you want to speed up or slow down requests, you can do that too, using new GeoApiContext.Builder().queryRateLimit(qps).build(). Note that you still need to manually handle the delay between the initial request and successive pages when you're paging through multiple result sets.

Retry on Failure​

Automatically retry when intermittent failures occur. That is, when any of the retriable 5xx errors are returned from the API.

To alter or disable automatic retries, see these methods in GeoApiContext:

  • .disableRetries()
  • .maxRetries()
  • .retryTimeout()
  • .setIfExceptionIsAllowedToRetry()

POJOs​

Native objects for each of the API responses.

Asynchronous or synchronous -- you choose​

All requests support synchronous or asynchronous calling style.

GeocodingApiRequest req = GeocodingApi.newRequest(context).address("Sydney");

// Synchronous
try {
    req.await();
    // Handle successful request.
} catch (Exception e) {
    // Handle error
}

req.awaitIgnoreError(); // No checked exception.

// Async
req.setCallback(new PendingResult.Callback<GeocodingResponse>() {
  @Override
  public void onResult(GeocodingResponse result) {
    // Handle successful request.
  }

  @Override
  public void onFailure(Throwable e) {
    // Handle error.
  }
});

Building the Project​

[!NOTE] You will need an API key to run the tests.

# Compile and package the project
$ ./gradlew jar

# Run the tests
$ ./gradlew test

Terms​

This library uses Google Maps Platform services. Use of Google Maps Platform services through this library is subject to the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service.

This library is not a Google Maps Platform Core Service. Therefore, the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service (e.g. Technical Support Services, Service Level Agreements, and Deprecation Policy) do not apply to the code in this library.

Support​

This library is offered via an open source license. It is not governed by the Google Maps Platform Support Technical Support Services Guidelines, the SLA, or the Deprecation Policy (however, any Google Maps Platform services used by the library remain subject to the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service).

This library adheres to semantic versioning to indicate when backwards-incompatible changes are introduced. Accordingly, while the library is in version 0.x, backwards-incompatible changes may be introduced at any time.

If you find a bug, or have a feature request, please file an issue on GitHub. If you would like to get answers to technical questions from other Google Maps Platform developers, ask through one of our developer community channels. If you'd like to contribute, please check the Contributing guide in the GitHub repository.