Google Maps Platform · OAuth Scopes

Google Maps Platform OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 searched

Google Maps Platform publishes 1 OAuth 2.0 scope. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Google Maps Platform API on a user’s behalf.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

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Scopes: 1 Flows: Method: searched

Scopes (1)

ScopeDescriptionFlows
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform Required scope on OAuth 2.0 access tokens used with Places API (New).

📄 Provider scope reference: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/get-api-key

Source

OAuth Scopes

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name: Google Maps Platform OAuth scopes
generated: '2026-11-05'
method: searched
source: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/get-api-key
docs: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/get-api-key
note: The OpenAPI contracts in this repo declare only apiKey security. The docs state that Places API (New)
  also accepts OAuth 2.0 tokens and name a single required scope. The dedicated oauth-token page returned
  HTTP 404 to a direct fetch from here on 2026-11-05.
quote: 'To use OAuth with Places API (New), you must assign the OAuth token the following scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'
scopes:
- name: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
  description: Required scope on OAuth 2.0 access tokens used with Places API (New).
  applies_to: Places API (New) (places.googleapis.com)

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