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This guide assumes you’ve already configured your google credentials, incase you haven’t follow the guide below to first do that :

Setup Google Credentials

Setup your Google Credentials for the application.

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Setting up the Service Account and Credentials

First, from the menubar on the side, navigate to the IAM & Admin section. In there look for the Service Account section. Or directly visit here, and then select your project. In there click on + CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT . Here, you will see the form that requires you to fill all the details about your service account. Once you’ve filled out the details, click on CREATE AND CONTINUE
  • Grant the roles, based on the internal policies preferred by your organization, in the account.
  • Click on continue.
  • Optionally you can allow a list of users to access the service account:
  • Click on Done
  • Once the service account has been created, you’ll be navigated to the service account details page where you can now configure your key..
  • In the Service Account section where you can see your newly created service account, you will find a KEYS tab.
  • In there navigate to the keys tab.
  • Click on ADD KEY, followed by clicking on Create New Key
  • Choose the json option for downloading the key file, and click on Create.
  • Remember the Client id associated with this json file.
  • Once the key file has been created, choose a reliable location for downloading the key file, this will be used for putting it in the .env of the application

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Enabling APIs

Switch to the new project you just created. The first step is to enable the APIs which are needed for the app.
  • From the menu in the Sidebar, under APIs and Services section select the Enabled APIs & Services.
  • In the Enabled APIs & Services page, click on the + Enable APIs & Services.
  • You will now see a search box where you can search for the specific API that you want to enable. (For example : Google Drive API)
  • Once you search for an API, you will find a list of APIs.
  • From the list of APIs, select the Google Drive API to enable. And then click on Enable in the API page.
  • Once the API is enabled, you will see that the Enable button now changes to Manage. This means that the API has been enabled.
  • When you go back to the Enabled APIs & Services page, you will see that the enabled API has appeared in the list.
Following the same steps above, enable the following APIs :
Please make sure to enable all the APIs listed above to ensure the Xyne app runs smoothly.

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Setting up Delegation

  • Now that all of this is done, the Workspace Admin needs to do some delegations, navigate to Domain Wide Delegation.
  • Click on Add New
  • In there paste the OAuth Client Id that you received when creating the service account key.
  • Paste the following scopes :
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.readonly,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.readonly,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations.readonly,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts.readonly,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts.other.readonly,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.events.readonly,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user.readonly
  • Click on Authorize.