Vue3 Nuxt 2 InvalidKeyMapError error

[Malfunction13]

Hello!

I get the following error on input of address:
Google Maps JavaScript API error: InvalidKeyMapError
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/error-messages#invalid-key-map-error

I am trying to implement the package in a Vue3 project with Nuxt2 and after a little troubleshooting around the issues section i followed the advice some of the users gave and injected it the following way:

nuxt.config.js

script: [{
    head: {
        script: [{
            src: `https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=${process.env.GOOGLE_APY_KEY}&libraries=places
        `}],
},
plugins: [
   { src: "@/plugins/map-places.js", ssr: false },
]

plugins folder in project root - map-places.js

import VueGoogleAutocomplete from 'vue-google-autocomplete';
Vue.use(VueGoogleAutocomplete);
Vue.component('vue-google-autocomplete', VueGoogleAutocomplete)

in the components as described in the example

        <h3 class="title is-4">Start typing an address and below you will see found result,
          <a v-on:click="$refs.address.geolocate()">or force current location</a>
        </h3>
        <vue-google-autocomplete
          id="map"
          ref="address"
          classname="input"
          placeholder="Start typing"
          v-on:placechanged="getAddressData"
          v-on:error="handleAddressError"
          country="sg"
        >
        </vue-google-autocomplete>

Of course I double checked if the key is correct, which would be highly unlikely to be incorrect because it was copy-pasted.
I have generated 2 keys and they look different:
The first key that has no attached billing details to it looks like 'AIzaSyD5D...' *note doesnt have a dash
The 2nd key with set billing info is starts like this 'AIzaSyC-NBGh....'

Any ideas how could this be fixed?

[Malfunction13]

Fellow developers, whoever faces this issue in the future just try deleting and re-creating the api key as it seems INDEED that dash was badly generated key from google's side and something simple as re-generating the key fixes the issue.
Peace.