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European Economic Area (EEA) developers
Follow these steps to get set up with Routes Library, Maps JavaScript API
Get an API key and enable the Maps JavaScript API
Before using the Routes Library, Maps JavaScript API,
you need a Cloud project with a billing account, and both the
Maps JavaScript API and Routes API enabled. To
learn more, see Set up your Google Cloud project.
Get an API key
Enable the Maps JavaScript API
Enable the Routes API
Update your map initialization code
- Load the
Maps JavaScript API.
- Load the Routes library from within an
async function when needed:
const { Route, RouteMatrix } = await google.maps.importLibrary('routes');
Next steps
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Last updated 2025-09-09 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-09-09 UTC."],[],[],null,["**European Economic Area (EEA) developers** If your billing address is in the European Economic Area, effective on 8 July 2025, the [Google Maps Platform EEA Terms of Service](https://cloud.google.com/terms/maps-platform/eea) will apply to your use of the Services. Functionality varies by region. [Learn more](/maps/comms/eea/faq).\n\nFollow these steps to get set up with Routes Library, Maps JavaScript API\n\nGet an API key and enable the Maps JavaScript API \nBefore using the Routes Library, Maps JavaScript API,\nyou need a Cloud project with a billing account, and both the\nMaps JavaScript API and Routes API enabled. To\nlearn more, see [Set up your Google Cloud project](/maps/documentation/javascript/cloud-setup).\n[Get an API key](/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key)\n\n\n[Enable the Maps JavaScript API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/maps-backend.googleapis.com)\n\n\n[Enable the Routes API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/routes.googleapis.com)\n\nUpdate your map initialization code\n\n1. [Load the\n Maps JavaScript API](/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api).\n2. Load the Routes library from within an `async` function when needed:\n\n```javascript\n const { Route, RouteMatrix } = await google.maps.importLibrary('routes');\n \n```\n\nNext steps\n\n- [Route class overview](/maps/documentation/javascript/routes/route-class-overview)\n- [Migrate to the new Route class](/maps/documentation/javascript/routes/routes-js-migration)\n- [Route Matrix class overview](/maps/documentation/javascript/routes/route-matrix-class-overview)\n- [Migrate to the new Route Matrix class](/maps/documentation/javascript/routes/route-matrix-js-migration)"]]
