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European Economic Area (EEA) developers
Follow these steps to get set up with Address Validation in Maps JavaScript API.
Get an API key and enable the Maps JavaScript API
Before using Address Validation in Maps JavaScript API, you need a Cloud
project with a billing account, and both the Maps JavaScript API
and Address Validation APIenabled. To learn more, see
Set up your Google Cloud project.
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