As far as I know, Firebase does not allow any http endpoints, and Baidu Maps API does not have an https endpoint available. Any potential workarounds for getting Baidu Maps to work in a Firebase application?
I can't use Google Maps because this is a web-app for China. I think Bing Maps might be an option if I can't get Baidu Maps to work.
Please refer to this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/36069560/1342816
Basically is to add "&s=1" at the end of script src.
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I am looking for an automated way to get a place's reservation/menu URL to use in my service. However, I am having a hard time finding this in their docs. Is this not possible via the Google Places API? If so, is there an alternative I could use?
My site is using Google reCAPTCHA control but I am hearing its being block in
China, Is there anyway around this I see there is some people reporting that changing the API to https://www.recaptcha.net works in China?
Anyone try this because I see it still going out to google?
string apiUrl = "https://www.recaptcha.net/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret={0}&response={1}";
As google says in his assistance page, you should use this domain "www.recaptcha.net" instead "www.google.com" on the api call.
First, replace src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js" with
src="https://www.recaptcha.net/recaptcha/api.js"
After that, apply the same to everywhere else that uses "www.google.com/recaptcha/" on your site.
Obtained from: https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/faq#can-i-use-recaptcha-globally
Edit: to clarify on some of the comments, while if you try it outside of china yes you do get references to gstatic.com but if you try this in china, any references to gstatic.com are replaced with gstatic.cn (don't forget to add it to your SCP). So this solution is still valid.
IMHO, google things are not stable in China as it can be blocked anytime.
From Baidu threads, it also mentioned that sometime google recaptcha works, sometime it doesn't.
https://www.v2ex.com/t/492752 (Chinese)
In programming world ,unstable function means useless or more code for dealing with exception.
If you really need to use google recaptcha,
you would better test properly using VPN (IP in China) first.
Here are some options you can consider,
You can use alternative captcha
Google will tell you various captcha.
Build your own captcha
Open Source Invisible reCAPTCHA alternatives
Use proxy web server(nginx) to send and receive data to or from google recaptcha
I have shared the solution to this problem by using cURL.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/63568516/11910869
cURL acts as a middle man between the client and the server. So even if google.com/recaptcha can not be accessed by the client because it is blocked by the service provider, cURL can act as the proxy to send the HTTP requests and get the response.
I am asking this question after extensively reading Google's recommended approach, but I do have a problem with all these approaches, let me explain the situation.
I use combination of geolocation and geocoding API to know the approximate state location and then display relevant content. The geolocation API needs to be called obviously from the browser to get appropriate geolocation of the user. Google provides HTTP Referrer based restriction for this API. I know someone can easily spoof the referrer and make calls with the same API key. I do not see a huge advantage even though Google recommends this.
On the other hand Google does not allow HTTP Referrer for geocoding API, but it does allow that for the MAPS JavaScript API. But again if you are not using Google maps then using that API is violation of Google's terms. Now google recommends to move the code that uses geocoding web services API to be on the back-end so that your key will be protected. But since ultimately I need to deliver the result to a front-end web application that is publicly accessible and I can only make a browser based Ajax call to first get the geolocation to feed to geocoding, I ultimately need to make an Ajax call to get my geocoding information. Then someone can easily just latch onto my end-point to piggy back on and call the geocoding API as much as they want. So for situations like this I want to know what is the ideal and secured way to deal with. May be there are other APIs that might be an ideal situation for this.
In my case, I am not doing any maps so it's all purely server-side to get latitudes, longitudes and driving distance between two points. This today from Google support which might help and if you're using maps, then the links may provide further insight.
Regarding API restrictions, please note that HTTP referrers will not
work on Geocoding API since HTTP referrers can only be used for client
side services. In other words, Geocoding is a web service API and
should only be used on server-side implementation. IP address
restrictions should be used for web service APIs. However, if you are
using the Geocoding API in a website, IP address restriction would not
work. Please check the suitable restrictions for each API in the
following link:
https://developers.google.com/maps/api-key-best-practices#api_key_table
To make this work, you should create a separate key and use the new
one in your Geocoding API request URL. You may add a restriction to
this key by using an "API restriction", and restrict it to Geocoding
API only. If you don't want to create another key, you may keep using
your current one but make sure to change your implementation and use
the client side Geocoding service from the Maps JavaScript API. In
that case, please refer to this documentation:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/geocoding
Another suggestion would be to get a static IP address from your ISP,
especially if you are planning to use it on a public website. For
development purposes, a sound solution would be to get three separate
keys: one for the staging and tests, another for server-side requests
and a third one for client-side requests. That way, you are making
sure your API key is protected.
I need to use Google Plus API in my app that is stored in Heroku. I got my Google API Key but there is no way to put the correct allowed referers.
My current allowed referers:
rocky-wave-5545.herokuapp.com/*
http://rocky-wave-5545.herokuapp.com/
rocky-wave-5545.herokuapp.com/*
*.rocky-wave-5545.herokuapp.com/*
rocky-wave-5545.herokuapp.com/
I have tried all of them but none works. The page that call this API is
http://rocky-wave-5545.herokuapp.com/start?var=1
I don't know if this matters.
Any ideas?
I have a project that uses Apple's "CoreLocation" framework for reverse geocoding.
How can I make it use Google's "GoogleMaps" framework ?
You might consider using GoogleApsis directly via an HTTP Connection you handle yourself via [NSURLConnection]
"http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=%#&sensor=false"
Or you can use the Google Maps API for iOS located here.