# 1. Setting up your Google Account & API in Leads Importer

### Setting up Google Account in Google Console Developer

To setup your Google API key necessary to run with LeadsImporter, we recommend following this page:

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Setting up your Google API Key
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Don't forget to enable:

1. Billing when creating the project
2. Geocoding API
3. Google Places API
4. Don't restrict the Key to any IP or Website for the moment (We are working on a safer solution as of now).
5. Save the Google API key for later

You can also follow this video for more visual instructions:

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#### Adding the Google API key to Leads Importer

1. Go to "API Settings" page in Leads Importer.
2. Add the key in "Google API keyword..." and press "Save API Key" and you are done for this part.

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