Google Disabled map API access for Volkswagen website
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So the client ID is "gme-volkswagenag"... Which is a business client ID for the Google Maps API.
So the error message FAQ points to: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/business/gu...
So this client ID somehow is not valid for the URL (makes sense otherwise anybody could use VW's client ID). Perhaps they tested with something more restrictive like beta.vw.com. Seems like VW just needs to modify their authorized URLs for that client ID in their admin console.
My opinion is that this Hacker News article title is wrong and misleading.
Basically the key that they are using for access has a whitelist of sites it is allowed to work on, they must have forgotten to include the production url to their key. It's a pretty quick fix on their side, somebody who owns that account just needs to add the url.
Of course, finding out who owns the account who owns the key might be difficult at VW.
"Google has disabled use of the Maps API for this application. This site is not authorized to use the Google Maps client id provided. If you are the owner of this application, you can learn more about registering URLs here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/business/gu...
It's probably a case where the dev API key was pushed live instead of the correct key for vw.com
slow hacker news day maybe? :)
Someone that will look on this on the business side could say: if VW isn't meticulous on their website, where else do they make mistakes?