This document describes the steps you need to start using the Maps Datasets API.

## Prerequisites

This procedure guides you through setting up a Google Cloud Account and
Google Cloud project with billing enabled.


You should also be familiar with how you are charged for using the Maps Datasets API.

1. **Verify** that you have a
   [Google Cloud Account](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/15277265).

   [Sign in to the Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/google/maps-apis/overview?utm_source=Docs_SignIn&utm_content=Docs_mapsplatformdatasets&ref=/maps/documentation/datasets/get-api-key)

   > [!NOTE]
   > **Note:** If you are a new user and don't have a Google Cloud Account, meaning you cannot sign in to the console, see [Getting started with Google Maps Platform](https://developers.google.com/maps/get-started.md.txt).

2. **Verify** that you have a
   [Google Cloud project](https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/getting-started#creating_a_google_project)
   with billing enabled.

   [Go to the Billing page](https://console.cloud.google.com/projectselector/billing?utm_source=Docs_Billing&utm_content=Docs_mapsplatformdatasets&ref=/maps/documentation/datasets/get-api-key)

   > [!NOTE]
   > **Note:** If you are a new user and don't have a Google Cloud project, see [Getting started with Google Maps Platform](https://developers.google.com/maps/get-started.md.txt).

   1. Select your project to open the **Billing** page.
   2. On the **Billing** page:

      - If billing is already enabled for the selected project, and you only have a single billing account, then the **Billing** page opens.
      - If you have multiple billing accounts, select **Go to linked billing account** to see the details about the billing account associated with the project.
      - If a billing account exists but is not associated with the project, you are prompted to link a billing account with the project.
      - If no billing account exists, or you want to create a new billing a account, select **Manage Billing Accounts** to create a new billing account. For more information, see [Create a new self-serve Cloud Billing account](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/create-billing-account).

## Enable the API

Before you can use Maps Datasets API, you must use the Google Cloud console or the
[`gcloud`](https://cloud.google.com/sdk) command to enable
it in your Google Cloud project.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:**After you enable an API you might have to wait a few minutes before you can make a request to it.

To enable the API:

### Console

1. Open the product page in the Google Cloud console:

   [Enable the Maps Datasets API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/mapsplatformdatasets.googleapis.com?utm_source=Docs_EnableAPIs&utm_content=Docs_mapsplatformdatasets&ref=/maps/documentation/datasets/get-api-key)
2. Click the **Enable** button.

   > [!NOTE]
   > **Note:** If the API is already enabled, you see the **Manage** button instead of **Enable**.

### gcloud

```bash
gcloud services enable \
    --project "PROJECT" \
    "mapsplatformdatasets.googleapis.com"
```

Read more about the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk), [Cloud SDK installation](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install), and the following commands:

- [`gcloud services enable`](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/services/enable)
- [`gcloud services disable`](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/services/disable)

Google Maps Platform products require API calls to include an OAuth token to
prevent unauthorized use.

## Create an OAuth token

Maps Datasets API supports OAuth 2.0 for authentication. Google supports common
OAuth 2.0 scenarios, such as scenarios for a web server.

This document describes how to pass an OAuth token to a Maps Datasets API call
in your development environment. For more information about using OAuth in a
production environment, see
[Authentication methods at Google](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication).

## OAuth overview

You can create and manage access tokens with OAuth in several ways depending on
your deployment environment.

You can use OAuth 2.0 for server-to-server interactions between your
application and a Google service. For this scenario, you use a service account
that's associated with your application rather than an individual user. You
can make API requests using the service account without involving users
directly. For more information about authentication methods, see
[Authentication methods at Google](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication).

Alternatively, you can integrate Maps Datasets API into an Android or iOS
mobile app. For more information about using OAuth and managing access tokens
for different deployment environments, see
[Using OAuth 2.0 to Access Google APIs](https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2.md.txt).

## OAuth scopes

To use OAuth with Maps Datasets API, you must assign the OAuth token the
following scope:

    https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

## Configure roles

To create and manage datasets in a Google Cloud project, you must hold either the
[Owner or Editor IAM role](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/roles-overview#role-types)
on the project.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** If you created the project, then you have the Owner role on the project. The [**IAM** page](https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/iam) of the Google Cloud console shows the project owners and editors.

Alternatively, you can assign the following IAM roles to a user account or
service account that you use to manage datasets:

- The `Maps Platform Datasets Admin` role grants the user or services account read/write access to datasets in the project. This role lets the user perform all operations on a dataset.
- The `Maps Platform Datasets Viewer` role grants read-only access to datasets in the project. This role lets you perform a list, get, or download operation on a dataset.

For more information, see
[Grant an IAM role by using the Google Cloud console](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/grant-role-console).

## Example: Try REST API calls in your local development environment

If you don't have an environment that generates tokens and you want to try
Maps Datasets API with an OAuth token, use the procedure in this section.

This example describes how to use the OAuth token provided by
[Application Default Credentials (ADC)](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/application-default-credentials) to make the call. For more
information about using ADC to call Google APIs with client libraries, see
[Authenticate using client libraries](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/client-libraries).

Use the following REST procedure only for development or testing, not for
production.

### Prerequisites

Before you make a REST request using ADC, use the `gcloud` CLI to provide
credentials to ADC:

1. Install and initialize the `gcloud` CLI. For more information, see
   [Install the gcloud CLI](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install).

2. Authenticate with the `gcloud` CLI:

   ```
   gcloud auth application-default login
   ```
3. Complete the sign-in process to save your credentials in the
   [local credential file used by ADC](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/application-default-credentials#personal).

For more information, see
[Set up ADC for a local development environment](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

### Make a REST request

In this example, you pass two request headers:

- Pass the OAuth token in the `Authorization` header by using the following
  command to generate the token:

  [`gcloud auth application-default print-access-token`](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/application-default/print-access-token)

  The returned token has a scope of
  `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`.
- Pass the ID or name of your Google Cloud project that has billing
  enabled in the `X-Goog-User-Project` header.

To call Maps Datasets API using an OAuth token, complete the following steps:

1. In the following code sample, replace <var translate="no">PROJECT_NUMBER_OR_ID</var> with
   your Google Cloud project number or ID:

   ```
   curl -X GET \
   -H "X-Goog-User-Project: PROJECT_NUMBER_OR_ID" \
   -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth application-default print-access-token)" \
   "https://mapsplatformdatasets.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_NUMBER_OR_ID/datasets"
   ```
2. To copy the `curl` command, click **Copy** in the code sample.

3. Paste the command in a terminal window, and then run it.

The response is a JSON object:

```json
{
  "datasets": [
    {
      "name": "projects/119757792857/datasets/44a910cc2a3827f3",
      "displayName": "my data",
      "description": " ",
      "versionId": "9ae80e92-ae13e3a07f8",
      "usage": [
        "USAGE_DATA_DRIVEN_STYLING"
      ],
      "localFileSource": {
        "filename": "mydata.csv",
        "fileFormat": "FILE_FORMAT_CSV"
      },
      "createTime": "2024-08-12T20:08:16.513950Z",
      "updateTime": "2024-08-12T20:08:17.904961Z",
      "versionCreateTime": "2024-08-12T20:08:17.904961Z",
      "status": {
        "state": "STATE_COMPLETED"
      },
      "sizeBytes": "4191",
      "downloadable": true
    },
  ...
  ]
}
```

### Troubleshooting

If your request returns an error message stating that this API doesn't support
end-user credentials, see [Troubleshoot your ADC setup](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/troubleshoot-adc).