---
title: Coveo Google API Position Provider
slug: '2306'
canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/2306/
collection: coveo-for-sitecore-v5
source_format: adoc
---
# Coveo Google API Position Provider
> **Legacy feature**
>
> The Coveo Hive Framework is now in maintenance mode and is no longer recommended for new implementations.
> 
> To build new search experiences, use one of Coveo's more modern, lightweight, and responsive libraries.
> To get started, see the [Build search](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2473/) article.

> **Important**
>
> This rendering has been deprecated.
> You can replace your **Coveo Google API Position Provider** renderings with the [Coveo Navigator Position Provider](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2392/) rendering.

![Coveo for Sitecore Specific Rendering](c4sc-v5/sitecore-20-px-new.png)
This rendering is used to resolve the current user position using the Google API.

## Usage notes

* The [Coveo Distance Resources](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2272/) rendering must first be added to the page.
Subsequently, the **Coveo Google API Position Provider** can be inserted in the **Distance Providers** placeholder of the **Coveo Distance Resources** rendering.

![Placeholder distance providers | Coveo for Sitecore 5](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/placeholder-distance-providers.png)

* Provide your own Google API key to use this rendering.

## Data source options

The following table lists the available data source options for this rendering.

[%header,cols="33%,66%"]
|===
|Option name
|Description

|Google API key
|The API key to use for the Google Geolocation API.

|DOM unique ID
a|{empty}
--
Randomly generated HTML element ID.
--
|===

## Sample HTML Output

```html
<div class="CoveoGoogleApiPositionProvider" data-google-api-key='{...}'></div>
```