# Using Google Directions Node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-google-directions-node/11164>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [15 May 2019 13:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-google-directions-node/11164 "2019-05-15T13:03:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![emspe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/emspe/32/5421_2.png) [@emspe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/emspe)\
**Post date:** [15 May 2019 13:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-google-directions-node/11164/1 "2019-05-15T13:03:32Z")

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I'm trying to familiarize with **Google Directions Node** after installing **node-red-node-google** and yes I read the information and added  
-google API key  
-filled **origin and destination** in lonlat without space  
-mode to driving  
-input an inject node

I always receive below in my debug panel when I inject. Mmm...may be I have done this in a wrong way 😧

> 5/15/2019, 5:58:56 PM[node: 2be13b4a.310774](http://192.168.1.4:1880/#)msg : Object  
> object  
> code: 400  
> message: "Please supply an destination value"  
> status: "MISSING\_VALUES"

Since this is my first time of using google APIs and I'm wondering how to get this work. I was trying to find any similar thread/example to have an idea but I could not. Does anybody try to play with this node ?🤔 Any suggestion or direction please...

Thank you !

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**Author:** ![dwainsims](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@dwainsims](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dwainsims)\
**Post date:** [6 November 2019 19:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-google-directions-node/11164/2 "2019-11-06T19:16:01Z")

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I am having exactly the same issue. Are the node-red-google-nodes working at all? I get the same response out of the geocode node as well.

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**Author:** ![vomov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@vomov](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vomov)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2019 12:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-google-directions-node/11164/3 "2019-11-13T12:51:56Z")

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I suspect not; the last update to the directions scripts was about two years ago, and it was mainly cosmetic.

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**Author:** ![optimalprimate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/optimalprimate/32/35300_2.png) [@optimalprimate](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/optimalprimate)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2021 10:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-google-directions-node/11164/4 "2021-01-13T10:40:54Z")

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This was fixed for me by setting up a billing account in [https://console.cloud.google.com](https://console.cloud.google.com). There's still a generous free quota for the maps API, but you'll need billing set up to get API calls to work.