Title: Can’t create api key
Last modified: April 15, 2021

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# Can’t create api key

 *  [DreamSiteGurus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dreamsitegurus/)
 * (@dreamsitegurus)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-api-key/)
 * I am unable to create an api in the Google cloud platform using the documentation.
   How do I do this now in 2021?

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 *  Plugin Author [Matt Keys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattkeys/)
 * (@mattkeys)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-api-key/#post-14323201)
 * This changes often, but taking a look at the moment:
    1. Login to the Google developer console: [https://console.cloud.google.com/](https://console.cloud.google.com/)(
       create an account if you do not already have a google account)
    2. Go to ‘library’ and search for ‘PageSpeed Insights API’
    3. Click ‘Enable’ on the pagespeed insights API. (this will say ‘Manage’ if you’ve
       already previously enabled it)
    4. Go to your ‘APIs & Services’ Credentials page. I got there by clicking the hamburger
       menu in the top left of the page. (screeshot: [https://cloudup.com/cZlAvVGtMiD](https://cloudup.com/cZlAvVGtMiD))
    5. Click the ‘Create Credentials’ button from the top of the page, and select ‘
       API key’
    6. An API Key should pop up right away. I recommend you do testing with this API
       key before putting in place any restrictions, as I’ve found the restrictions
       are often incompatible with the Pagespeed Insights API
 * I hope this helps.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-api-key/#post-14323201)
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