I'm using angular to get the cookie:
$cookies.get('_ga');
But it only prints a series of numbers that I dont understand.
Example:
GA1.1.332332589.7892389403
Is it possible to get the utm_source, utm_medium etc. from this cookie? If so, how?
NOTE: I was going to use ga.js but the docs said it's deprecated and I should start using analytics.js instead. But I just want to get the utm_source and utm_medium and it seems like analytics.js only stores _ga cookie and nothing else.
What you see there is the cid (Client ID). Analytics use this Client ID to identify sessions and users. You don't get Source or Medium from the Cookie.
Go to Network, there you will find ?collect...-URLs in this URLs you maybe (depends on your set up) find the Information you need.
I use google managed-VMs. My module has several instances. I need to perform a HTTP call on each of these instances. Hence, I would like to know if there is a way to specify the recipient instance in the URL.
For instance I tried: http://<instance-name>.<module-name>.<project-name>.appspot.com/ without success.
You're missing a <version-name> in there:
http://<instance-name>.<version-name>.<module-name>.<project-name>.appspot.com
See https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/modules/#Python_Application_hierarchy for more details (this is the page for Python, but it applies across-the-board.
I am using the Gmail API to put messages into a Google Apps email account. I use
the OAuth 2.0 authentication protocol with a service account. This is more or
less working fine. One of our customers has asked us to put messages
directly into a Google Vault. I don't see a Vault API, but I did find this
information related to the "insert" method (which is what we use to add
messages to a normal account):
parameter "deleted" (boolean): Mark the email as permanently deleted
(not TRASH) and only visible in Google Apps Vault to a Vault administrator.
Only used for Google Apps for Work accounts.
When I do this, some messages are accepted, but frequently I get http error
500 in response to the POST. The error text says "Backend Error". I thought
the pattern was that the first time the message was posted, it would work,
but the second time would generate the error. Therefore I was thinking it
was a duplicate check issue. However I now see some examples of messages
that fail immediately. The POST url looks like this:
https://www.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/v1/users/user#domain.com/messages?uploadType=multipart&internalDateSource=dateHeader&deleted=true&access_token=ABC...
As I mentioned, the same message to the same url (without deleted=true) will
always work. Any ideas what is causing the error?
Was just fighting this issue myself. Apparently the error has something to do if the message is compatible with the Google vault retention policies:
If I turn on a default policy of "Retain everything" then I've been able to get the messages to import correctly. HTH!
I'm using the import api method and the backendError seems to be related to filters/policies. For example we asked Google to reject messages with xls and macros and we get the error on mail with that kind of attachment
I'm building some reporting tool. Ideally I want to avoid going through web server logs myself and use (some of) the power of Piwik.
The stuff I get from the visitor log would be a good start, this is at http://example.com/piwik/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday#/module=Live&action=getVisitorLog&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday
Unfortunately I can't find a getVisitorLog action in the HTTP API docs at
http://developer.piwik.org/api-reference/reporting-api#Actions (and it's also not an undocumented feature, method=Actions.getVisitorLog gives me
The method 'getVisitorLog' does not exist or is not available in the module '\Piwik\Plugins\Actions\API'.
Is there another way to get to this? Or should I write a plugin for Piwik?
Apparently it is possible through the Live plugin API:
http://developer.piwik.org/api-reference/reporting-api#Live
This works as desired:
http://example.com/piwik/index.php?module=API&method=Live.getLastVisitsDetails&format=JSON&idSite=1&period=day&date=2015-07-21&expanded=1&token_auth=XXXXX&filter_limit=100
Apparently I do not need a 'Maps API key' to use the 'Google Geocoding API' according to:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/index.html
However, I obtain this:
{
"status": "REQUEST_DENIED",
"results": [ ]
}
Does this mean that my IP is blocked? What can I do to overcome this?
Until the end of 2014, a common source of this error was omitting the mandatory sensor parameter from the request, as below. However since then this is no longer required:
The sensor Parameter
The Google Maps API previously required that you include the sensor parameter to indicate whether your application used a sensor to determine the user's location. This parameter is no longer required.
Did you specify the sensor parameter on the request?
"REQUEST_DENIED" indicates that your request was denied, generally because of lack of a sensor parameter.
sensor (required) — Indicates whether or not the geocoding request comes from a device with a location sensor. This value must be either true or false
Remove the API key parameter and its value.
eg. https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=[YOUR ADDRESS]&sensor=true
I found that in my case, calling to the service without secure protocol (meaning: http), after adding the key=API_KEY, cause this issue.
Changing to https solved it.
I've noticed that you also get REQUEST_DENIED for some addresses if you don't properly URL encode your address. For example, in
123 Main St #B, Mytown, CA 94110
the '#' character needs to be encoded as %23
For those who are looking this page in 2017 or beyond, like me
Sensor is not required anymore, I tried and got the error:
SensorNotRequired
I just needed to activate my Google Maps Geocoding API, that seems to be necessary nowadays.
Hope it helps someone like me.
If you just copy&paste the example URL that Google gives in their website
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=1600+Amphitheatre+Parkway,+Mountain+View,+CA&sensor=true_or_false
it will fail because of the wrong parameter of the sensor. You should change it to true or false and not the one that they wrote.
Maybe is the error that you have had, like it happened to me...
I had this problem and I realized that I was assuming that Geocoding came with the JS maps API. However, it is a separate API which I hadn't enabled in the cloud console. Enabling it fixed it right away.
I got this problem as well using the drupal 7 Location module. Autofilling all empty locations resulted in this error. Executing one of the requests to the location api manually resulted in this error in the returned JSON:
"Browser API keys cannot have referer restrictions when used with this API."
Resolving the problem then was easy: create a new key without any restrictions and use it only for Geocoding.
Note for those new to google api keys: by restrictions they mean limiting requests using an api key to specific domains / subdomains. (eg. only request from http://yourdomain.com are allowed).
It's suck Google don't let you that your service is not enabled by this account. Try to enable it first.
Go here https://console.developers.google.com/project
and create a new project with place service activated this may solve your problem.
If you not have configured a billing account with your credit card, the API do not work. The Google is now very hungry for money and not open more your products "free". Obviously that him offer a free limited access number of consults and over this acces, the billing is very high.
https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing
As you say, this can mean that your IP address has been blocked. I'd make sure that you specify the key parameter on the query string for the Geocoding API request.
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?sensor=false&address=Placename&key=XXxxxXXxXxxxxXXxx
Also make sure that if you've set up IP Address Restrictions within the Developer Console, you've allowed the correct IP address, just click the project within the list and you'll see the allowed IPs.
If you're still running into issues, you might want to look into printing out the values of the status and error_message elements from the response from Google, you'll see something like this:
REQUEST_DENIED - This IP, site or mobile application is not authorized to use this API key. Request received from IP address 123.4.5.678, with empty referer
If it doesn't mention an IP address restriction, it may well give you enough information about the problem to Google a fix.
For anyone struggling with this issue, I just found out that the Geocoding API can't be used with API keys that have referrer restrictions. Just remove all your referrer restrictions and you should be good.
If you're using any other APIs that do allow keys with referrer restrictions (like the Maps JS API), it's probably best to create a 2nd key with no restrictions to use exclusively for geocoding, because other APIs might display your key publicly and someone else could start using it on their own site.
Google is returning a very useful error message, which helps to correct the issue!
Dim Request As New XMLHTTP30
Dim Results As New DOMDocument30
Dim StatusNode As IXMLDOMNode
Request.Open "GET", "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?" _
& "&address=xxx", False
Request.Send
Results.LoadXML Request.responseText
Set StatusNode = Results.SelectSingleNode("//status")
Select Case UCase(StatusNode.Text)
Case "REQUEST_DENIED"
Debug.Print StatusNode.NextSibling.nodeTypedValue
...
Error Message Examples
Message 1:
Requests to this API must be over SSL. Load the API with "https://"
instead of "http://".
Message 2:
Server denied the request: You must use an API key to authenticate each request to Google Maps Platform APIs. For additional information, please ...
If none of given solutions fixed the error, the issue probably about Google Cloud Billing settings. You must enable Billing on the Google Cloud Project at billing/enable.
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{
"error_message" : "You must enable Billing on the Google Cloud Project at https://console.cloud.google.com/project/_/billing/enable Learn more at https://developers.google.com/maps/gmp-get-started",
"results" : [],
"status" : "REQUEST_DENIED"
}
I created another Credential(New API) only for Geocoding, with "Key restrictions" 'None' and "API restrictions" 'Restrict key'
Selected APIs:
Directions API
Geocoding API
Geolocation API
Maps JavaScript API
Places API
and then it's worked.
I just ENABLED my geocoding API, geolocation API and places API on my google cloud platform (where I had generated my API key I was using) and it worked.